Red_Fox said:
The university I want to transfer to after sophomore year is 1.5 miles away from the other one, has the same ROTC unit (cross-town universities), almost the same cost and has the same EE program; so social, transportation, and finances won't be a problem. The associates degree just insures that all the credits will transfer properly and as a result, I will be finishing my bachelors' the same time as everyone else.
I am befuddled reading your post.
has the same EE program
Okey dokey, so explain to me why you would transfer? Why not go that school in the 1st place.
You just stated it is the SAME EE program.
~~~ In VA we have programs that if you attend a state school, carry a certain cgpa, you have automatic acceptance into another school as a jr.
Is this the case for you?
Additionally, have you looked into the paperwork? Is pre-engineering considered a tech major?
Let's assume it can be done. HOWEVER, pre-engineering may not be deemed tech major, thus this is all moot.
If you got accepted to the college, but not their engineering program, which happens alot, I would look at it differently.
I would meet with academic advisers, and ask to schedule out your classes with one tech major as a freshman, that will be accepted when you apply for their engineering school. but at the same time keep you in a tech major for AFROTC scholarship.
The fact is EE is a very hard curriculum, I would if you were my child do what I just stated. Most engineering colleges will say look to your left, look to your right, 1 of you will not get a degree in engineering.
You might be great in AP Physics, but you are in HS. Class of 16 HS grads thought the same as you when they applied. Yet, many are no longer EE majors.
You will also come to understand SFT next yr as a 100. Please look at these threads.
http://www.serviceacademyforums.com/showthread.php?t=31054
http://www.serviceacademyforums.com/showthread.php?t=31592
http://www.serviceacademyforums.com/showthread.php?t=31669
That scholarship is only truly guaranteed for 2 yrs. No SFT = no scholarship.
I didn't go into the bowels regarding AFSC boards.
I am not trying to be mean, I am not trying to be rude.
I am saying every step you make now is like building a home. You are building a foundation of that house as a 100.
You are risking the foundation to attend a school that offers only an AS, and then transfer over to the college that offers it as a BS.
Sure, they may accept every credit. Sure you may socialize with them. However, one thing with now a 2012 grad, a 2014 college student, and a 2016 college student; you missed the biggie regarding academics. Transferring you don't know those profs. Some are great and some stink! Those profs don't know you. You will be a number or a name without a face. The others that entered as freshman know the profs in their majors, or at least students opinions when they register in March for Fall. Most colleges have a hierarchy when it comes to registration. You will be at the bottom as at transfer. The highly demanded prof's classes will be closed out to those already in the program at the college.
I truly think you are not seeing the forest for the trees.
You don't know what will happen 2 yrs from now regarding admissions/transfers.
You don't know if in a yr from now EE is not your passion.
You don't know how college life will impact you.
Yet, you are planning to change mid-stream if everything works for you.
I wish and hope the best for you. I will send you my home address so you can send me a crow to eat when I am wrong.
I mean it. I want the best for you, but 5 yrs here, and seeing the avg commission rate out of AFROTC, I am concerned. I wonder if you get that there are many hurdles to clear, and tunnel vision can hurt you more than you know when college selection is the number 1 deciding factor.