<p>To the OP: Graduate school is nothing like a LAC. Graduate school is work and all business, even in the humanities. You approach it like a job, and your fellow students will be colleagues but not necessarily buddies. Many of them will be married etc. and have lives that don’t revolve emotionally around school.</p>
<p>If I may be blunt: I think you will regret transferring from Tufts. A transfer will most likely delay time to graduation at the new institution, which will not be economically efficient, and you may well be no happier at another school than you are now. I would advise you to look for reasons to like Tufts more and appreciate what it has to offer, which is considerable. There really is no perfect school. Two years will fly by. It’s no time at all.</p>
<p>Agree with NJSue---- grad school is nothing like undergraduate. It is much more like a job. In complete contrast to my undergraduate experience, I didn’t go to very many events at my graduate university or feel very connected to its athletic teams, etc… Most of my colleagues felt the same way. We got together off campus for events. If you are looking for the big college rah rah experience, you’d need to do it as an undergrad IMHO.</p>
<p>I think what I was saying got misinterpreted. I agree that graduate school is not like undergrad, especially at a big public school. I was saying that I thought it is more like what my current experience is at a smaller school where I have small classes etc., although it’s become clear to me that I was wrong in that case too.</p>