Where should I transfer after community college?

writingmachine
Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:35:22 +0000

I’m in my sophomore year at community college and I’m planning on graduating this spring. My problem is that I have no idea where I’d like to transfer. I’ve basically sent away for information from every state school in my state and looked over everything, but I’m still just as lost as I was before.

I spent my freshman year at a state school and I hated it. I spent the majority of Spring semester counting down the days until I could leave school for good. I should have transferred out at the end of Fall semester, but I convinced myself that things would get better, but they didn’t. I found out quickly I hated being away from home and I hated dorming. If possible I’d really like to live at home and just commute to school.

The problem is I live near mostly private colleges with big price tags. There is one state school near me that I could commute to, but I’m not very interested in it besides the fact that I could live at home and would only need to pay for tuition. I don’t qualify for anything from fafsa, so a private school isn’t very practical for me personally. I don’t want to be in piles of debt when I graduate.

I’m not very sure what to do at this point. Choosing schools to apply to when I was a senior was difficult for me, and it’s even more difficult the second time around. I’m considering applying to the state school near me because of the smaller price tag and being able to live at home, but I’m unsure if I’d be happy there or not. Any advice?

My major is English/Secondary Education, I have a 3.6 gpa, and I live in Pennsylvania.