Confused...where to go?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hello. I am currently a second-semester Sophomore at Clark University. I transferred from a commuter school back home in Texas. One of the reasons why I transferred here was because I wanted to experience a much more liberal place than where I'm from, and wanted to explore the East coast, as well as to have "the college experience." While I have enjoyed my time at Clark, I feel like it's not the right school for me (at least not completely).
I feel like Clark is highly underfunded for being a private school, as well as being in an ugly area. Worcester (the city) is terribly boring, unsafe, and I don't have the money to go to Boston all the time. Most people here also think I'm a freshman since it's a small school. Although it promotes diversity, I feel like this school is highly hypocritical with its student body. I don't feel as accepted here (I'm a gay Hispanic male) as I thought I would. A lot of my minority freshman friends seem to think the same, since a lot of the students just don't seem interested in befriending the "ethnic kids."
I just feel like I could do much better. This school is supposed to be good for Psychology with the whole Freud thing, but I don't even see it high in rankings for the undergrad program. While at my old school I got leftover financial aid, here my parents are paying $940 a month and I'm on two loans.
I have considered UT Austin, but I was rejected in the past. Given a choice, I would have loved going there my freshman year. Now, however, I feel like Austin is too close to home since I have visited Boston and New York City.
I'm thinking of applying to Reed college, but I know nothing of it as I haven't visited and probably can't due to money issues. Also, I'm worried that this school will make me even unhappier, since this just seems like it is A hipster school, and I don't like such types of people. Also, I'm afraid Portland might be too hipster as well. </p>

<p>Things I do like about Clark is how it has small classes and a good study abroad program. I'm majoring in Psychology and Studio Art, but also want to be fluent in Japanese. Right now I plan on taking Japanese 102-104, and then study abroad in Japan next year. I'm afraid of not achieving this if I transfer again. I'd also like to take some video game design classes(not offered here), but that's not a requirement.</p>

<p>Could someone please help me? I'm extremely confused on what to do, and I just want to be completely happy during college and not feel regretful in the future. Thanks</p>

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<p>try rice(houston), a&m, baylor, or SMU( big city dallas)</p>

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<p>We can’t really start to recommend any places without some stats, but I would seriously give another look at UT because it’s very open/liberal and you would get instate tuition. @collegedreamin A&M, Baylor, and SMU are all much too conservative so I would say no way to that. Rice wouldn’t be bad, but it would be a lot more challenging to get accepted to.</p>

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<p>These is my SAT score:</p>

<p>Reading- 540
Math- 530
Writing-690
Composite- 1750</p>

<p>My GPA reset when I transferred, but I got my grades two days ago and I currently have a 2.58 (B+, B, C, C). I’m going to work really hard next semester, and see what happens. I’m willing to give Clark a bit of time but would really love to see other options for me. My friend was talking to me about UT and I got a little bit jealous, but then I remembered the huge class size. Also, I had two classes with 100 students at my former school, and it wasn’t too bad.</p>

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<p>I don’t think I want to go to Reed anymore. I’m thinking about Cornell University now, or maybe not even transferring. I want to give Clark some time, but I hope I make a good decision with that.</p>

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<p>You’ll need above a 3.8 to get into cornell (even with that you probably wouldnt get in due to high school stats). You should probably stay at Clark and only think about transferring junior year if you have the grades (eg a 3.5+ by then).</p>

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<p>Your gpa is quite low to consider transferring to places like Reed or Cornell. I suggest you really draw out every great thing about Clark and stick it out. Go to Japan your junior year! Come back and graduate the next year. You can take other types of courses in grad school or as an extension student after you finish your BA/BS.</p>