I just finished my first semester at my local community college this past spring. I'm taking two classes this summer and I've just begun planning out my classes for the rest of my time here. What I've begun to notice is that unless I stay here another semester longer than needed, I can't fulfill my graduation requirements. The only reason I want to graduate with an Associates of Science is to increase my chances of merit-based aid at one school I'm interested in. But, as a chemistry major looking to change it to biochemistry to get my BS and go to medical school, I'm trying to take as many science and math courses as I can here (biology, chemistry, algebra, trig., calculus and physics) and I won't have enough time with taking 15+ credits of those types of classes to fulfill my arts and humanities and social and behavioral sciences requirements. I'll only be missing one social science credit, but I haven't taken anything to fulfill the 10 credit hour requirement for arts and humanities because I'd rather be taking classes that relate heavily to my major and field of interests.
What should I do? I don't know how much grant money I'll be getting from my FAFSA so I'm pretty much dependent on merit-based aid and (probably) loans. Should I stay for an extra semester to get an extra $10,000 a year for two years from one school or just bow out early with a heavy background in math and science?
By the fall semester of next year, I'll have 75 credit hours and I'm worried that if I take an extra semester of arts and humanities, they won't even transfer over because most schools that I'm looking into won't accept 80+ credit hours for transfers. And I don't want to screw myself over just because Case Western Reserve offers shitty aid money when I'm interested in a dozen other schools.
What should I do? I don't know how much grant money I'll be getting from my FAFSA so I'm pretty much dependent on merit-based aid and (probably) loans. Should I stay for an extra semester to get an extra $10,000 a year for two years from one school or just bow out early with a heavy background in math and science?
By the fall semester of next year, I'll have 75 credit hours and I'm worried that if I take an extra semester of arts and humanities, they won't even transfer over because most schools that I'm looking into won't accept 80+ credit hours for transfers. And I don't want to screw myself over just because Case Western Reserve offers shitty aid money when I'm interested in a dozen other schools.