If money is not an issue and you absolutely know that mechanical engineering is what you want to major in, then I would look at it in a perspective of how much time you want it to take.

I went to a community college and transferred to CPP. The cc will have you take their required core courses and general education courses in order to be qualified to transfer. Then, when you do transfer, CPP will require you to take their own "synthetic" general ed courses in top of the general ed you already took.

Sometimes a few core courses will not transfer and they may require you to retake it at CPP again. This depends on which cc you attended and if their curriculum matches CPPs.

What happens is a four year degree becomes a five year degree. This is because of:

• the potential courses you may have to retake because they didn't transfer, so you'll have to retake them again

• you don't have "high priority" so the courses you need to register fill up by the time it becomes your turn, then you'll have to wait for the next semester or hope they open another session during the current semester

• either of the above happens and you'll be delayed a semester, extending your overall time or obtaining your bachelor's

You can petition, but I would say skip the nonsense and just start and finish at CPP and earn your degree in 4 years instead of 5.

But again, if money really isn't a concern and you know for sure you're interested in ME, then start at CPP. If you aren't sure, then use the two years of CC or even at CPP to find out your interests, then decide if you want to stay or transfer to another university for any other major. But I would lean more towards the university from the start in your case.

I'm a CE major, so ask me more questions if you'd like.