<p>Hello, I am a high school junior living in Guam. I plan to major in mechanical engineering or related engineering majors. I am currently looking at several schools with engineering programs. Knowing that 1) all schools have a general education requirement that would approximately take two years to complete, 2) any school in the continental U.S. is considered “out-of-state”, and most likely, more expensive, 3) unable to afford most colleges except UOG (University of Guam), I ask you, fellow ccers, what are my chances of transferring to a target college from my “safe” college? (BTW, prices at my local university is roughly 2k-3k a year/semester, i forget). Will it schools be more likely to accept freshman undergrads or juniors?</p>
<p>This is a conversation best had with your school’s counselors who have answered this question previously, undoubtedly.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.uog.edu/admin/assetmanager/images/cnas/uoguiagreement.pdf[/url]”>http://www.uog.edu/admin/assetmanager/images/cnas/uoguiagreement.pdf</a> indicates that the University of Iowa has an engineering course articulation agreement for transfer students coming from the University of Guam. University of Guam is regionally accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, so it is likely that transfer credit is generally accepted if you choose the correct courses (which should be similar to the list given in the agreement for University of Iowa), though transfer credit would likely have to be individually evaluated on transfer.</p>
<p>Some lower cost (for out of state) universities with engineering include:</p>
<p>South Dakota State ($16,560 per year)
South Dakota Mines ($22,980 per year)
New Mexico Mines
Iowa State
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
North Carolina State
Virginia Tech
Stony Brook (and other SUNYs)
Cal Poly SLO (and other CSUs)</p>
<p>As far as frosh versus transfer, which is easier to get in depends on how well you are doing in high school. If you are doing well, you may want to apply as a frosh to schools like the following (check for the desired engineering major):</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-18.html#post15895768[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-18.html#post15895768</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1461983-competitive-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-2.html#post15889078[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1461983-competitive-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-2.html#post15889078</a></p>
<p>Depending on your financial aid situation, applying to private universities with good financial aid may also be worth considering (check their net price calculators).</p>
<p>On the other hand, if you do not get into a desired (including low enough cost) school as a frosh, you can go to the University of Guam inexpensively, do well there, and then transfer based on your college record instead of your high school record. However, most of the more accepting-of-transfer schools are state universities, and big scholarships are less common for transfers than frosh.</p>
<p>How do i rep you?
Thanks this really gave me insight into a transfer/freshman enrollment. Btw what is frosh? It sounds like freshman but yet its not?</p>
<p>frosh = freshman</p>