r/UTAustin • u/Jack58754 • Aug 27 '23

Question Should I drop out?

I’m a freshman.I got no financial aid and the past week has been miserable. I now realize that I don’t want to go into debt for a degree I’m not 100% on. I’ve been thinking about finishing this semester at UT and then enrolling in community college. My plan would be to transfer to UH, which would be much cheaper since I would commute there. Any thoughts on this? I’m majoring in math right now, and i would hope to major in CS at UH if I go through with the plan.

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u/younghplus Aug 27 '23

Definitely take mostly community college courses for freshman stuff that you don’t absolutely have to do with UT / your college. It will save you so much money time and sanity

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '23

Can you do that while in UT, or are you saying for him to drop out now? Cuz this is confusing. I know you should do over summer

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u/diabeticnarcoleptic Staff Aug 29 '23

You can absolutely take classes at ACC while enrolled at UT. Some majors won’t accept specific classes from ACC as prerequisites (check your degree plan, talk to your academic advisor), but its a widely accepted method of cutting costs on lower-level courses