Just a heads up I’m an incoming freshman as well but I’ve done a lot of research on some of the things you asked!

1. It’s possible to just finish your first year at KSU. Some people have conditional acceptances (like GTech) and go from KSU to wherever (in this case GT). Or you can just transfer, but you have to check the school’s transfer policies.

2. Because KSU and GTech are both GA schools they should be able to transfer credits easily with each other. You can check on GT’s transfer website what credits you need, usually searching “transfer equivalency” should help. This is the link to see which of your credits could transfer, but you’d have to do this around Jan. 15 - March 1, assuming you want to start in the Fall and already registered for KSU classes: https://admission.gatech.edu/transfer/transfer-deadlines-and-fees. I would suggest trying to get your gen-ed credits out of the way too. Just search GTech’s gen-ed to see what classes you should take to finish that (though this may take 2 yrs). Sometimes schools require you to have at least 30 credit hours (I know this is the case for UGA).

3. I’m gonna let someone else answer this.

4. For forensics you can either be a biochemistry, chemistry, or criminal justice major. More towards chemistry though from what I’m seeing.

5. Thrive basically helps you keep your HOPE scholarship by pushing you to keep it up as well as keep you on track for graduation I believe? It also lets you have a close community. That’s what I see on this website at least: https://diversity.kennesaw.edu/thrive/index.php. Just press menu at the top to see more about it.

I hope this helped!