Thinking About Transfering

[dark]

I am in conflict, I need advise from someone who has done the whole college game or anyone else would be fine.

Here is my conflict, I am stuck between colleges to transfer to since I will be graduating from this 2 year CC this spring. One costs significantly lower than the other but the price drop comes at a price. The place, as I have heard, does not coincide with a style I would like to live around. Without revealing to many details it consists of a majority social environment I would not like to be around in an academic setting. On the other hand the more costly one has a more desirable academic setting.

Now with personal preferences placed out, the university that costs more does have a better reputation academically and has other things that attract me. Whiles the cheaper(still costs a shit load) one doesn't have anything non-academic attractions for me.

Now I am sure I will end up with a lot of college loans when I am done with this whole thing, so will it be worth going to the more costly university so I actually live in an environment I would enjoy or should I go to the less costly and take my chances?

I am asking this because I want to know how others dealt with these things. I have reduced a large list of 15 universities to 2 finally. After my BA I will be going out of state, but for now I am staying in state so I can afford it etc.

I have been talking to people at school and they either tell me I should go to this place or that place because of some preference they have. Those don't matter to me, what I care about is the well-being of my mind. The less costly university has always been negatively seen in my mind, the other school has always been just there but never desirable but it is probably the best choice.

Before I make this too long and completely ridiculous(which it probably already is) I am going to end; less costly/not attractive vs more costly/attractive?

 

[EyeSeeCold]

Go for broke, what have you got to lose?

 

[descendant]

if it was me, I would go for the one that attracts me more despite the cost
I really need to get into the mood to study so if I go to a place that I don't like.. it would take away all my motivation to study
well that's me, you have to make your own decision

 

[dark]

Good points, but I am afraid I am looking at the more attractive university subjectively, well apparently I am looking at both subjectively since I have a bias.

And why is it that this is the first time I have encountered a choice that I have had trouble with? I am not even sure what is holding me back from a choice, probably because even though I have all this information, I really have none to make a good choice, will have to talk to my adviser again on Monday about these choices to gain more information.

 

[snafupants]

What are the names of both universities?

 

[Latro]

How much of a price difference are we actually talking about? Normally I'd say "go for the one that sounds livable and better academically", but if one were $10000 a year and the other were $50000 a year I'd say "screw that" and suggest the $10000 a year one. I know it's not that extreme, hence why I'm asking.

 

[The Journey]

I am in conflict, I need advise from someone who has done the whole college game or anyone else would be fine.

Here is my conflict, I am stuck between colleges to transfer to since I will be graduating from this 2 year CC this spring. One costs significantly lower than the other but the price drop comes at a price. The place, as I have heard, does not coincide with a style I would like to live around. Without revealing to many details it consists of a majority social environment I would not like to be around in an academic setting. On the other hand the more costly one has a more desirable academic setting.

Now with personal preferences placed out, the university that costs more does have a better reputation academically and has other things that attract me. Whiles the cheaper(still costs a shit load) one doesn't have anything non-academic attractions for me.

Now I am sure I will end up with a lot of college loans when I am done with this whole thing, so will it be worth going to the more costly university so I actually live in an environment I would enjoy or should I go to the less costly and take my chances?

I am asking this because I want to know how others dealt with these things. I have reduced a large list of 15 universities to 2 finally. After my BA I will be going out of state, but for now I am staying in state so I can afford it etc.

I have been talking to people at school and they either tell me I should go to this place or that place because of some preference they have. Those don't matter to me, what I care about is the well-being of my mind. The less costly university has always been negatively seen in my mind, the other school has always been just there but never desirable but it is probably the best choice.

Before I make this too long and completely ridiculous(which it probably already is) I am going to end; less costly/not attractive vs more costly/attractive?

If the difference between the two is not too great, then go to the more expensive one and get good grades if you want to transfer to a good graduate school.

Otherwise go to the less expensive one and get good grades + good relevant internships to your major for the graduate school.

A friend of mine graduated with a lot of student debt and he's unemployed atm, so you have to put the economy into perspective too.

 

[dark]

Thanks for the advice, I have decided the more expensive one would be the best option like everyone has advised since the price isn't that big of a difference. I think there is a $4K difference but that is a tuition thing and the CC I am at has a program that lets me pay their price for tuition at a university as long as I graduate with my 2 year degree. So now I know all (almost all) the information it will probably be around a $1k difference.

 

[Vrecknidj]

I went to a community college for two years before transferring to a university. I sent letters to about 150 schools (this was WAY before there was anything like a useful Internet). I got lots of shiny brochures and the like and had a lot of thinking to do. I applied to maybe 10 schools and decided I would go to the one that offered me the best package. One school offered to pay for my tuition, room, and books, and so I picked that school.

To get the best education I could, I went through both the catalog of classes and the catalog of instructors. I talked to lots of current students to find out who they liked. But, the key for me was taking classes from professors who themselves obtained their PhDs as places like Yale and Princeton.

I started as a chemistry major, but switched to philosophy after taking an amazing course from a professor who had gotten his degree at Yale.

Turned out to have been a good decision.

So, I offer nothing to you as a solution to your problem except that you can get the education you want from far more than just one school. That said, the environment is an important element and it shouldn't be discounted.

Best of luck,

Dave