Long story short, decided to attend Ohio State because it was close to home instead of Bama, and I absolutely hate it here. I became incredibly depressed as my freshman year went on and finished the year with a much lower gpa than i should have had, though i was accepted into the accounting program here.
Though I’ve been coping with my depression much better this year (and, by extension, have been doing much better academically) but I still don’t fit in at all here and every day wish I went to school somewhere else.
I don’t really care about location or cost, just somewhere where the student body is less arrogant and with comparable academics, but have no idea where to start looking
Well, there is a transfer forum here. But surely you can find some less arrogant people at a school that big. What are your stats looking like? Your college year will be important but also your HS will still count. There are tons of schools in Ohio, start there.
My college GPA is a 3.06, 3.5 uw hs GPA and a 2060 SAT. I’m actually from Pennsylvania, but hate PSU and Pitt and am way too dumb to get into UPENN, so my options in PA are nonexistent, and the only other school with a comparable undergrad business program in Ohio I know of is Miami, which from everything I know about them I would fit in even worse than I do here. I mean, I’ve tried clubs, going to concerts or other stuff put on by the school along with going to sporting events and I still haven’t met a single person here who I would consider a friend, and I feel like if I have tried as hard as I have and still don’t have any reason for me to stay here besides the academics then I should just leave
Humm, is this an OSU problem or a you problem really? If you were a freshman I would understand why you haven’t met people. But sophomore should be more at ease with just doing stuff alone while you get to know people. You are really all about what you hate so I think you are going to have to figure out what you like and avoid going to yet another place you are not happy with. And what is going to be different at the next school anyway. Sorry, but I think your negativity may be catching. No one can help you with schools if you can’t list anything you want. Meanwhile maybe try a service oriented club to get over yourself a bit. That is also good for a business resume if you adopt some sort of cause.
Do you think it’s an issue of school size? I went to Ohio State my freshman year. While I had a great time, I couldn’t deal with lectures of 400 students and TA’s that barely spoke English. (This was a long time ago, and I’ve heard the TA situation is much better.) It was also so damn big that there were a million other things to do than study. So going to another big school wasn’t an option.
On top of that, I grew up in Columbus, and really wanted to get out of Ohio.
I ended up transferring to the University of Alaska Fairbanks, a little public flagship of 3000 students, because it sounded like such an interesting and unique school. It was, as was the student body. Loved it. The biggest class I had was about 60 people. One of the best decisions of my life.
I understand what you’re saying about friends. Even though I was in a fraternity at Ohio State, and a lot of my high school classmates were going to OSU, it felt very impersonal. You’re like an ant in a big ant colony. It was a lot easier making good friends at UAF because the classes were smaller, you ended up taking multiple classes with the same people, and you saw them around the campus all the time.
^^very interesting choice, and great that it worked, I can certainly see the student body might be quite different. but what if you didn’t like it there? Big risk. I can think of smaller places but this one is in accounting and I don’t know what is acceptable. Maybe the Catholic schools, they always have good business. Smaller but not real small. What about Marquette etc? Except he will probably think the students are arrogant there too, come to think. OP maybe ask for suggestions for ‘low self esteem’ college, lol. Or really just search unpretentious colleges, friendly student body colleges. Maybe you’d like Western colleges and they may be more laid back in attitude.
^^ For some reason I never considered it risky, but I know what you’re saying. I actually ended up dropping out of UAF after a year and joined the Air Force for four years because I ran out of money. After that, I went back to UAF and got my degree. The funny thing was a lot of the same students that had been there my sophomore year were still there when I returned four years later. “Professional students.”
I mean, I understand you were mostly just ripping on me (deservedly so because I suck) but looking at catholic schools in the west actually seems like a good idea
@brianz87, Do not beat yourself up. You can’t force yourself to like something you don’t. There’s nothing wrong with transferring if you can pay for a different school.
How much can you afford? I’d start there because you won’t qualify for freshman grants as a transfer. Look for smaller schools and run the Net Price Calculator on each one you’re interested in, then run the numbers by your parents.
I’m going to guess probably around $30000 a year. I’m from a relatively affluent family, but I don’t want to put too much of a financial burden on them since my sister will be going to college and I realize how fortunate I am that they’re paying for most of my education. As I said though, I’m from pa, not Ohio and, from what I have heard from my highschool friends who go to them, the pa state schools besides Pitt and PSU are awful for business, and I might as well stay at OSU than transfer to either of those since I would be paying more for schools I know I dislike even more