<p>LilSal, my freshman daughter has been dealing with some similar issues at what was the only school she ever considered attending. We told her she had to finish out the year and that she was responsible for researching and submitting transfer applications. I, also, gave her a chart that she could use to answer questions for her self. Essentially, start with answering the "Big" questions. Do I want a BFA in visual arts? If your son is at a small LAC, then he can begin with the next set of questions. What do I like about my major vs. what do I disklike. List the answers on a piece of paper where they line up to each other. Do the same thing for the College, itself, the location of the college, and the students. Then do a list that is "taking into account the lists I have just completed, what can I do to improve my situation for the spring semester. I am not certain that my daughter has actually completed every facet of this chart; but I know she has decided to stay at the school, stay in the program she is in, stay in the dorm, and has taken significant steps to become more involved in the school and in finding more students that she feels are "like" her. Sometimes writing things down and reading them help bring ones thoughts into greater clarity.</p>