Should I withdraw from University?

[Not.a.Doc]

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So, my transfer decision is really bothering me, as my university does not offer the major I want and I also don't like the student population in this school. But, it was my only option, since I did not get into my state school twice (probably because I applied after the priority deadline, but not sure).

I have already registered for classes at my new school with no intention of graduating from there. It is 2.5 times more expensive than attending my community college, my English professor has a terrible rating on Rate My Professor, and I am taking Linear Algebra. I am scared that I am both going to waste my money and ruin my GPA.

On the other hand, if I did not matriculate there this semester, I would have lost my scholarship, and wouldn't be able to take General Chemistry I at my community college (Since you must take a Chemistry Prerequisite before). In addition to that, I wouldn't know if my state school accepted me or not, what if they denied me for the third time? I wouldn't have anywhere else to go.

I feel like going to the new school is a mistake, but I was really pressured by my family to go there because they don't like telling to other people that I attend Community College.
Tomorrow is the last day to drop classes, if I don't do it tomorrow they can still charge me $6,000.
What should I do? Should I go to Community College and finish my associate's degree this semester (+Summer) without a single Chemistry class and risk being denied again from my state school? Or, should I attend the new university for one semester and transfer?

 

[CaliforniaDreamer]

Do you have guaranteed transfer using either of those options? Family pressure for the reason you stated should not be considered at all.

 

[Goro]

No offense, but this is one of the stupidest reasons I've ever heard for sending your kid to a particular school.

I feel like going to the new school is a mistake, but I was really pressured by my family to go there because they don't like telling to other people that I attend Community College.

 

[Not.a.Doc]

Do you have guaranteed transfer using either of those options? Family pressure for the reason you stated should not be considered at all.

No offense, but this is one of the stupidest reasons I've ever heard for sending your kid to a particular school.

I don't have guaranteed transfer. What should I do?

 

[ac62994]

This is complicated...

If your parents want you out of CC so much, stay at the new school and let them pay for the semester. But if I was in your position, I would just stay at the new university and find a closely related major (if you can afford it).

 

[Lannister]

If you're set on medicine, why does it really matter if they don't have the exact major you want? It's only ~2-3 years of your life.

 

[kraskadva]

Are your parents footing the bill for this new school? If so, then suck it up and go. Less student loans = long term wins.
You've already said that they have philosophy courses and offer a minor/IDS concentration in it. Just do that, and read as much as you want on the side. I'm sure the philosophy profs would love to talk to a student about other texts, or you could set up an independent study group.

If you don't like the school now, that may change after you get involved and get to know people there. Or if you still dislike it after a semester/year, you can try to get in somewhere else. But a bird in the hand is always better than one in the bush.
And if you're parents are not going to pay for CC or a different school, then you always have the option to pay for your own education/ take out your own student loans.

Also, it's not really clear if you want to be a doc or a philosophy professor... you do have to make a choice at some point, if not now.
I went to a small LAC in MD for Philosophy and still got accepted to med school, but it was a long path in between. PM me if you want to talk about some of the possible paths between those two in detail.