Transferring to NYU/Columbia University after completing AA in Biology.?
Are you sure you're going to get an associates? Most 4-year schools don't offer them; you don't automatically get one after two years of college courses. Those schools are both harder to get into as a transfer student than a freshman, so you'll need a lot more than you would as a high school student. There's not much reason for transferring to a top school if you don't want to apply to grad schools, so if that's your plan, it's a good idea to get some research experience at your school before trying to transfer.
Umass Amherst Or University of Florida????
I will soon have my AA degree in liberal arts at a local Mass Comm. College, as result I get guaranteed acceptance into Umass Amherst(ranked 96th in the country). Or I can move to Tampa,fl go to SPC(comm.college) and have an increase chance of going to University of Flordia(Public Ivy,#50) with the state's marticulation agreement, however it is not guranteed and my grades are slightly above average, with the inclusion of many clubs,sga,volunteering,et cetra. My goal is to get into NYU Law School and if not the best posible law school possible. How good is umass amherst and how will they be ranked in the future(they seem to be diminshing as a top tier) and what of the risk of moving to flordia and not getting into UF? Also any help from any law students or of course umass amherst/uf students. thank you!
Is going to community college and earning an associate’s degree better than going to a 4-year university? Will I be less likely to be in debt?
Like so many things in life; it depends.It depends on what you plan for a career.DoctorLawyerEngineerCollege professorMiddle school music directorYou'll need at least a four-year degree, plus more for most of these. Read: PhD, Master's degree, professional doctorate. There is a higher cost for these, but with the exception of teachers because we as a society undervalue them by 40% (my number, no one else's), you also earn a higher salary than average.If you want to be:Radiology TechnicianDiesel MechanicWind Turbine TechnicianHVAC/Plumbing/ElectricianCertified Nurse Assistant (CNA)You can likely complete programs to get certified through a community college, but you won't need a full Associates degree. These are technical careers and they typically only require 12–18 month programs. These programs will be less costly than four year degrees, and many of them can make more starting out than four-year college graduates.If you'd like to step into the nebulous “real world” with a degree in History, English, Communication, any foreign language, hell even business, a four-year degree will definitely land you a job faster and allow you to move up more quickly, i.e. make more money and take on greater responsibility.The cost for school at a two-year college is great if you need to watch what you spend, or you want to minimize your total debt, but whether or not a ln Associate's degree will be better for you can't be answered with the information given.Good luck figuring out what your path in life will be. I’m still figuring out mine….
If I go to a community college for 2 years then go to a normal college, can I change my major?
When I taught at community college, I had 3 kinds of student: students seeking an associate's degree or professional degree as their final education experience (not planning to get a bachelor's); students planning to transfer to a 4 year school to get their bachelor's degree; and students who just wanted to take classes for continuing ed or personal interest. The thing I found most frustrating were students who were the second kind, but still thought they had to receive their AA before they could transfer. I had a friend who spent 5 years in community college because he wanted the AA, and he couldn't pass his math class. When he transferred, he didn't even need that class to get his BA. He spent less time in his 4 year school and graduate school combined than he did in community college. That's not how the system is supposed to work.If you are going to a community college for 2 years before going on to a 4 year school, you should have an idea of what school you would be transferring into, and how credits transfer. Most community colleges have articulation agreements with specific 4 year schools, where all credits (or at least all gen ed credits) transfer. If you don't have that, then you need to know which credits will transfer, and only take those. I have found that, depending on the major, a lot of major classes don't transfer between schools. I have less experience in the sciences than in the arts and humanities, so I don't quite know how that works. But people do change their minds about their majors all the time, even in 4 year schools. People go from being English majors to Chemistry majors at the turn of a dime. Many schools say that you have to have declared your major by the beginning of your 3rd year of college. If you spent your first two knocking out gen eds, then you enter your 4 year college with a major in mind, then you aren't behind at all.