I will almost definitely be transferring colleges for my 2nd year (as long as the schools I’m applying to work out). I am transferring because I am at a minuscule liberal arts college with less than 2,000 students set in the middle of nowhere. It takes 10 minutes to walk the entire campus. I thought I would like the ultra small size of the campus and student body, but I do not. Besides a small downtown and another town a train ride away, there is absolutely nothing to do. Campus life is also extremely boring, and all of the events held are either extremely liberal biased or museum exhibits. I also wanted to major in finance, and this school does not have a finance major, only Business Studies or Economics. I’d rather get an actual undergrad finance degree instead of having it approached as a social science, which is what most LAC’s do. I have applied to 4 schools, and 2 of them are better academically than my current college. One is about the same level, and the other is not so good and a safety, but it does have a decent business school. All of the schools I applied to are in urban areas with a lot more to do and actual business schools. Problem is, I feel guilty about this despite my reasons. I have an uncle who lives in California who thinks I made the perfect decision, and he flew all the way out here just to help me move in back in August. He also says that my school is “such a nice place,” and he and my grandparents were absolutely blown away by the campus. He is very proud of the fact that I attend this school, even though he didn’t go himself. He does not yet know that I am transferring, but I know his heart will be broken when he finds out, even if I go to a better school. I also would be commuting to 2 of the schools I applied to because they are only 30 mins away from home, and I feel like he will be really sad if I start living at home after dorming for a year. I’ve made my decision that I’m going to transfer if everything works out with the other schools for the reasons I mentioned above, but I don’t want my uncle to be disappointed in me. I mean, he flew all the way from the other side of the country to get me adjusted to college life, and I’m afraid he will not do the same if I leave here. Parents, any advice for me?
I have several nieces and nephews. As long as they’re happy with their decisions, I’m happy. I bet your uncle will be happy for you too.