<p>I'm thinking about transferring next year (I'm a freshman right now). I really like my school right now and I've made a lot of friends, but it just doesn't have the right "feel" to it. I want to be in a city, and I'm in the middle of nowhere right now. Also, I'm not really studying what I want to study since my school doesn't have the right program for me.</p>
<p>Anyways, my biggest concern about transferring would be adjusting socially to a new school. Is it difficult to make friends as a transfer? And get involved in clubs and everything? I don't want to transfer if I am going to "miss out" on a lot of the traditional college life. Does anybody have any experiences or advice to offer about these concerns? Thanks!</p>
<p>I think transferring colleges is a lot easier than, say, transferring high schools. If you dorm on campus you will still meet a new roommate, and I don’t see how joining clubs could be any more difficult. People spark up new interests each year, so its not like everyone has known each other in the club since day 1. There will be other transfer students, and of course freshman who are experiencing the same “newness” that you are and who you can pair up and be friends with. Depending on how large the school is there will probably not be the traditional cliques that make it so hard to fit in - people are more diverse in their friendships in college.</p>
<p>You are paying for an experience AND an education - you should be studying what you want to study, and if you are reasonably sociable you shouldn’t have a problem having a satisfactory social life anywhere. I transferred twice as a commuter at every school I went to and I didn’t have any problems. I knew other transfers who lived on campus who adjusted much more quickly than I (much harder to make friends as a shy commuter, but I was still happy where I ended up).</p>