A few days ago
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Transferring college… waste?

I am currently attending a not much known SUNY college because it is like the only affordable college with the major I thought I wanted to do… Now I want to change my major to psychology – which most schools have. So I was thinking… Wouldn’t it be better for me to transfer to a better known school if I want to study psychology?? (The school I attend now does not have a good psychology department)

The problem is.. I am a sophmore already… and chose all the courses (of previous major) for the coming fall already. I can’t drop the courses and add other courses because they are all full or not available. So I will be paying two year’s tuition (including the coming fall) of studying things i don’t wanna study!!! Wouldn’t that be a waste???

if i transfer to SUNY binghamton, i get no credit equivalency which means i have to start all the way from the beginning.. liek as a freshman

which means I’ll have to stay 4+ yrs at binghamton…and pay 4+ years of tuition…!!!

any advices plz??

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A few days ago
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wait wait! are you SURE that you can’t get any credits although they are same SUNY??!?!? That’s so wierd!! I will totally double check on that because that sounds wrong. I am sure SUNY accepts transferred students from other than SUNY and trust me.. they will not come there if they are going to become another freshman.

If this is the case, then this is what i think u should do. Don’t go to SUNY college and instead, go to community college and take all the easy classes that you can transfer to SUNY binghamton (call or meet with the advisors what classes you can transfer!!) At the same time, get a part time job relate to psychology or even volunteer so you could get that first stp on the door. That way, you will able to save money and make some money.

Hope this helped you! good luck!

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A few days ago
Anonymous
Since you’re probably going to need a graduate degree anyway to further succeed in psychology, why not finish where you started and then apply to grad school? This way you wouldn’t have to repeat the last two years. You can go to the psychology department and ask to speak to someone who can tell you about opportunities upon graduation. Ask them what graduate schools people have gone to, since you’re worried about the program’s reputation. Or you can apply to another school now that will agree to transfer the credits you’ve already finished. Find out why SUNY Binghampton won’t transfer your credits. Is your college accredited, for instance? You’ll want to know why to help you make a final decision. Good luck.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
Can you stick it out and begin a minor in psych next term? At least you know what you want to do, you are ahead of the game compared to most sophmores.

I know, you lose credits when you transfer, the SUNY and CUNY system is really disorganized. But, for the money you can’t beat it.

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