I am currently a freshman at a top 30 liberal arts college in new england, I am very unhappy here and do not like the cliquey enviornment or the college location ( in a small city). What are some medium size colleges (5000-10,000 students) that take a good amount of transfer students?
You might want to tell us more about what you are looking for, and what you can afford. Have you been maintaining good grades at your current LAC? What are you majoring in? Would you prefer to be in a larger city?
Most of the top ranked New England LACs that I can think of that are in small cities are in places that actually seem nice to me. Depending on what city you are in I can however see that the number of things to do might be limited.
My youngest considered some New England LACs (we live in New England, and she had top grades and was looking for a relatively small school). One thing that I was concerned about at the top ranked LACs was the “cliquey environment”. I am not sure whether this figured into her considerations regarding where to attend.
I have around a 3.5 gpa at my LAC, currently undecided major but leaning towards business or pyschology. I want a medium size college/university with more things to do in a city but still have easy access to professors. Money isn’t a huge decision in where I will go
U of Rochester
Babson
Are you female? Consider Simmons – a hidden gem IMHO. It is part of a consortium in Boston.
Tufts
Boston U
Sarah Lawrence is close to NYC but it doesn’t have business classes and is prob too small
Fordham
NYU–maybe too large
Muhlenberg – very nice school in many ways. Smallish but very kind, happy place
Vassar takes transfers that have done well. It’s in Poughkeepsie, which has some arts offerings and it’s on the commuter line to NYC. You can get in and back in a day.
Syracuse
Try the small LACs in the Philly area – Haverford/ Bryn Mawr/ Swarthmore. They are all part of a consortium that includes UPenn and have access to Philly. Of all of them, BMC and Haverford have the easiest access to Philly – a train commuter line that takes about 20 minutes/ 11 miles. The consortium will help you feel like it’s a larger campus with more social options, more classes, and more activities.
Who are you and who do you want to be with? Who aren’t you and who do you not want to be with? I mean, don’t tell me, but start to figure that out for yourself, because transferring without clear reasons and goals is pretty much going to be one of those “Whereever you go, there you’ll be” sort of things. If you’re shy and waiting for someone to invite you to join the school you may find a larger place even more difficult to crack. Be sure you’re doing your part by joining clubs and trying to meet people. But if it’s a clear matter of hating a greek-dominated landscape or wanting to flee these dumb farmers or those tweaked out academics then maybe try to get more specific so you find a better fit this around.