<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>A little background: I took a few semesters at a local 4-year university (Oakland University) out of high school before transferring to Parsons the New School for Design. I had been pretty dead-set on art school up until my time at Parsons, where my mind was quickly changed. I did two semesters at Parsons, and it just did not work out for me at all. </p>
<p>I took the Fall 08' off, decided to change my major to linguistics with a computer science minor, and gave the new major a try in Winter 09' at Oakland (I had moved back to Michigan). It was a fantastic fit. The problem was that U-M wouldn't take me, but I had to get out of Rochester. Having grown up there all my life, I was not enthused about continuing there. Several faculty members in the linguistics department recommended Eastern Michigan University, and I arranged to transfer. </p>
<p>I came to EMU in the Spring of 09', and can't help but feel as though I've made a very poorly-advised choice of transfer schools. And yet, I've transferred around so much at this point, I feel like I ought to just finish here. </p>
<p>I'm a member of the Honors College, and there's always the nearby research universities Wayne State and U-M for summer internships. I'm studying Chinese, maintain a high GPA, and am very focused on my studies. </p>
<p>I'm very much a big fish in a small pond, and maybe this could work in my favor. But EMU is not well-ranked, and I am not challenged here. I am constantly stressing over this, and feel as though I've shot myself in the foot as far as getting into a top graduate school goes. </p>
<p>Help. Please tell me what I should do.</p>