<p>I have been offered a $2500/yr scholarship from my state flagship if I major in music and participate in the band. I don’t know for sure what I want to major in. I used to think maybe music but I am much less sure about it recently. </p>
<p>I’m also considering the local CC since it looks like a lot of the first year will be the same type of classes. I wonder if I go to the CC for one or two years is that going to mean I may not get a scholarship when I transfer to a 4-year school?</p>
<p>Also I guess I am going to miss out on the traditional going away college experience - that is sort of bothering me too. I am starting to feel like I’ve failed before I even get started.</p>
<p>Has anyone else been thinking about these things or can give me some hope it can still turn out OK. You know most of my HS friends are going off to college and some keep saying the CC is for those that are low life or not to bright.</p>
<p>Check with the school you are thinking of transferring to. Our flagship Us have transfer scholarships. They are not usually quite as high as potential freshman scholarships, but they are as good as the one you have been offered ($2500).</p>
<p>If you are not sure what you want then CC is a perfectly reasonable choice. You will get your basics out of the way at a much cheaper price. I am an old student who just completed 2 years at a CC and transferred to the flagship State U. I think the classes at the CC might have been a little easier. But I also found the teachers, in general, to be more interested and invested in their students. So there are pluses and minuses. In the end your degree will come from the University you eventually graduate from. Do what suits you, and don’t worry about what your friends think.</p>
<p>In order to be successful in the music major, you have to be passionate about it. If you have any slight reservations about going into music, don’t do it. Usually, the cost-to-benefit ratio of the music profession does not go your way, unless you are REALLY good. I’d take the cheaper CC route if I were you. The “not too bright” students usually disappear by the drop without “W” date.</p>
<p>In my state, a scholarship for $2,500 at the state university would not bring the total cost of attendance anywhere near the range of the cost of attendance at the community colleges. Even if you were a music major there and kept that scholarship for all four years, you are talking about a total savings of only $10,000. How much can you save from the cost of four years of college by spending your first two years at community college? You may save more by doing that than the scholarship is worth.</p>
<p>its what a lot of transfer students face.
it seems like you care less about the whole scholarship deal because happymom basically has thrown that out the window…but more about missing the “college experience”</p>
<p>im not gonna lie, it sucks not being able to be a freshman or a sophomore. after transferring i was automatically much older than my fellow classmates.
like you, all my friends went to great UC’s while i was at the local community college
which was even called “mt STUCK” (mt sac was its real name)</p>
<p>and some transfer students, once they transfer, will go through almost a binge of college experience…partying 30x harder than frat boys. but many will just concentrate on academics. </p>
<p>but just because you attend a CC doesnt mean you cant have fun or create your own CC experience. i loved my time at CC, i was in honors, multiple clubs, and even doing research. my gf even got an internship at JPL (thats NASA!). </p>
<p>the hardest part is the first semester at CC, you are alone, friends are all out of state or gone, it will take time to adjust to things. but in no time you’ll come to enjoy it.</p>
<p>one of the best perks about CC is that you get to get a nice pretty GPA that is much harder to achieve at a university. my CC didnt count -/+'s so a 90% was still an A. thats how i came into USC with a 3.9 GPA and its a great pillow to fall back on in case you need it. and when youre freshman/sophomore at a university, what do you normally do? you go through the “college experience” aka…greek life, parties, drinking, and maybe studying? a lot of people suffer during those two years in terms of academics, but tahts not to say that its impossible to do well and balance a social life…just harder. </p>
<p>PM me and i can write u a whole story of my transfer experience.
im currently a junior at USC from mt sac.
everything will turn out for the best :)</p>
<p>By the way, I started at San Jose State University in 2001 as a music major, but my heart was not entirely in it. It turned out to be a train wreck. It’s a TON of work, HOURS and HOURS of practice time, and no time to enjoy yourself. I ended up leaving SJSU with a 1.93 GPA. If I had just gone from high school straight into Las Positas College (my CC, sometimes called Lost Potentials), I could be finishing up a Ph.D. right now, instead of just now getting my Bachelor’s.</p>
<p>Think twice before taking the music major, unless your heart is completely in it.</p>
<p>From what I’ve found, there aren’t many scholarships for transfer students - community college or not. In fact, the few scholarships I have gotten were for being from a community college. Universities tend to view that more favorably, because it seems like you’re trying to save money, rather than escape bad grades at another university.</p>
<p>Many colleges have a webpage that details the scholarships they offer. If you have several choice schools, see if they offer any scholarships specific to transfer students.</p>
<p>The school I wanted to transfer to offered a significant scholarship which included assistance in securing a paid or volunteer job related to the recipents choice over the summer between their junior and senior years. This scholarship was only available to CCC students, and was to be awarded to one student from each of about ten of their top feeder schools.</p>
<p>It took a bit of effort and several steps including securing letters of recommendation and enduring an in-person review panel, but I won that scholarship today. Taken with my financial aid package (My CCC assured me that it will not reduce the existing package), I will not incurr any loans for my junior and senior years.</p>
<p>I would recommend checking out scholarships like this. It proves that there is ample scholarship dollars out there for CCC transfer students. You just need to dig a little.</p>
<p>Some schools don’t give good aid for transfers, which is something to keep in mind. If you’re not 100% sure about being a music major, then don’t do it. If your heart isn’t in it, you won’t do well.</p>
<p>It completely depends. I received a small scholarship to a school out of high school. Then I went to cc and received a $15,000 scholarship elsewhere. If you do well, some schools will give out a lot of scholarships. Other schools, like state schools, normally do not have many merit awards for transfers.</p>
<p>Hi! I’m looking at a CC right now, 'cos I’m an international student and costs are running just a little bit too high for me. I’m a music major as well, and since this is my second degree, I’m pretty sure this is what I want to do.</p>
<p>I just want to ask all those people on this thread who went through the CC-then-uni route if all their credits were transferred to the uni for 2 years, or if only GED classes were transferred. People on other threads tell me that I will still start from Year 1 in uni and have only a few credits transferred. If any of you have done a successful music major transfer, please do let me know of the name of the CC and the uni!!</p>
<p>PS. I’m looking at a CC in California and then transferring to UCLA, UC Irvine or CSU LA.</p>