<p>I am a freshman at a small, prestigious LAH. Everything seems well placed on paper, but I don't feel like I'm enjoying myself. The social scene is pretty dominated around greek life, and freshman seem pretty obsessed with the idea of making greek connections. </p>
<p>I've been thinking about transferring, but I don't know if this is a "college adjustment" thing or my actual school. I feel like my relationships are superficial and that I'm just floating along. I don't want to judge my school prematurely. </p>
<p>I hear all these freshman at other schools (and my own) say that they love it, and I am just waiting for that "aha" moment.</p>
<p>If anyone has any advice, comments, or personal stories or if you're a transfer student/were a transfer student, I would love to hear from you! </p>
<p>Thanks so much!</p>
<p>Just try to make the best out of your situation. I am extremely unhappy about my school, not because of the people, but mainly because of the weather lol.</p>
<p>The small-school Greek thing can be pretty dis-spiriting, particularly if it’s not for you. I toughed it out, got a damn fine education, made some good friends and had many good times. However, later I went to another school for my graduate degree. This school was big, and the Greek system was an after thought. It seemed like here the students mixed more, and the activity choices were much wider. I loved my first school and was proud to graduate from it…but would I do it again. Nope. </p>
<p>You can have a great education and a great experience. It’s still early and you may learn to love where you are, but now you are also wiser and can see things you could not see before. So go ahead and do some research and see if you can pin down a place you might like more. Best case, a month from now you throw away your research, stay where you are and are happy. Next best, you find a path to someplace where you stand a better chance of being happy. At least you will be prepared. </p>
<p>You’re allowed to change your mind. It’s okay. Just a heads up on transferring though. Switching to another small school may be tough to break into existing relationships.</p>