<p>background: at Virginia Tech engineering, trying to transfer to UVA engineering</p>
<p>When i submitted my application on March 1, had you asked me where I would want to be next year, I would have said the transfer school, without a doubt.
However, now i'm starting to think that the hassle of learning a whole new school, yet again, no matter how much I love it, will be too much for me. I'm the type of person who loves new surroundings, and the thought of being able to start over again with a brand new slate for academics, personal life, and social life is very appealing. I'm just starting to think it won't be as easy or great as I keep thinking it will be. And besides, there's no guarentee I'll get into this school, so I really want to stop thinking about attending the new school. As soon as I do that, I realize how easy college life is right now because I know everything about my school finally.</p>
<p>Is anyone else having this problem? Knowing you want to transfer because it will be great for you academically and overall, but worried it won't be what you expect, and thus are starting to back out?
I know CC transfer don't really have this issue because a transfer is sort of a must. But for other 4-year students...</p>
<p>i know what you mean...i applied to reaches and i dont find out until june....the people that know that i am transfering keep on telling me to make the best of the last months at UW, but i cant help to think of the future...and then it sucks because im setting my heart on transfering and if i dont get in well that will just be poopy...oh yea and i am so with you on the starting new and how awesome that will be but then i feel like there will be a disconnect... especially if i go to ND (one of those reaches) because they dotn give transfers housing at first so it may be up to a year unitl i live on campus....oh and i definitely am not backing out but i do think of all of the what if's...</p>
<p>Yeah I know I won't back out. I just don't know how to not get my hopes up (in case I don't get in) but still worry less about my current school and be excited about going to the new school (if I do). I want the new feeling, I just don't know how i'll be viewed as a transfer there, and I don't want to make a wrong choice by leaving. I think it's just the fact that i'm less than 3 weeks away from finding out, but its so up in the air. Gaahhh</p>
<p>heyy i'm transfering from tech, too... i think you're the 3rd person from vt i've bumped into on this site.</p>
<p>i've got the same thing going on, more or less. "you want to transfer because it will be great for you academically and overall, but worried it won't be what you expect, and thus are starting to back out."</p>
<p>^ i know exactly what you mean. i know i NEED to transfer (because tech doesn't have my major), but since i'm trying to transfer to a school in los angeles or otherwise on the west coast, i'm starting to think "big school = new friends, cross-country + out-of-state - vt scholarships = huge financial commitment," etc.</p>
<p>anyway, good luck with uva! let me know how it goes.</p>
<p>oh, and if you don't mind my asking... why are you trying to go from tech to uva for engineering? i know uva is ranked higher and has better programs for the arts & sciences, but isn't our engineering program the stronger of the two?</p>
<p>Yeah, overall i'm not worried about adjusting to UVA. It's way of life is totally different, but i've experienced it first hand, many weekends, and I like it. Plus, I have high school friends there that I'm still close with, so I can always fall back on them. I imagine myself in the fall, moving into UVA, exploring Grounds, and having the whole new college experience again. I'm actually really excited. But my problem is that I don't want to get my hopes fully up for UVA and then get rejected, and then hate life here. At the same time, I feel like if I ignore UVA now, i'll just realize how easy life here is and end up staying here, when I know I fit better at UVA. My whole problem is that i'm still waiting I guess =P</p>
<p>As for engineering, yes, VT is ranked higher. But UVA's program would allow me to have a minor, as well as take classes outside of engineering. I want to go to grad school for an MBA or possibly something else (probably not engineering), so I think a well-rounded undergrad education would be the ebst for me.</p>
<p>I'm def having second thoughts in transfering. As much as I'd like to be closer to home with a better department for my major, I just think starting over would be so hard. Especially since Im finally starting to feel comfortable and at home here, the idea of being new again feels exhausting. (But if Harvard offered me admission...well I'd think hard about that one!)</p>
<p>Haha, Harvard will do that.
I know I should be scared of having to learn a new school's layout and make new friends, but somehow, it really isn't scaring me. We all did it once, i'm sure we can do it again. Plus, i'll live on campus and in apartment style suites, so i'll have anywhere from 3-5 other girls around me living with me, and possibly up to 7 others (although I really don't want to be in that dorm). It's just killing me because i AM excited about moving to the new school, but I don't want to get my hopes up, and I think that's why i'm getting worked up about all of this.</p>