<p>Hey everyone,
I have a question for all of you who have transferred/will transfer. I sent in my applications at the end of December and I'm having a hard time staying engaged at my school because I can't stop thinking about the transfer process- I'm pretty involved on campus but it still seems to take up a lot of my thoughts. How do you guys stay focused when you're waiting for the decision? Thanks! =)</p>
<p>hahaha, it's good you submitted them in December. I'm still working on my apps and incorporating stuff in between my homework. Also, I'm constantly on college confidential scouring for more information about the schools I am applying to. It's crazy.</p>
<p>Trying not to think about it for the most part. Looking at my chances and attempting to be rational about the whole thing only stresses me out. I think it's best to try to go on with your regular life while you wait for the decision</p>
<p>Sachmoney - you sound just like me. Its really tough to be "stuck" somewhere when you know how excited/happy/engaged you'll be once you transfer.</p>
<p>I feel so detached from the social scene right now. Like I'm still actively involved in the business fraternity (being the secretary and going to EVERY event), but like i definitely don't party as much. I don't like try and go crazy. Like it's more important for me to get into a school where I will be happier. A school that has more of the things I am looking for. It's tough sometimes. I have to get stuff together for Friday, but I also have a paper draft due Friday. I don't know how I'm going to manage.</p>
<p>I feel the same way, just trying to plow through and do well in classes haha. I feel a little burned out from trying so hard to make it work for 3 semesters so I don't really feel like making an effort now. I just hope I get into one of my schools! This forum is a good distraction =)</p>
<p>i know what i'm doing my last semester.....screwing as many "hoosiers" as possible, leaving a trail of dna all over indiana. but thats just me,</p>
<p>yeah, I'm working on 4-5 applications right now. be happy you have nothing to do with that right now.</p>
<p>wow. well i look forward to it but also figure that i need to keep a good GPA so as to not potentially be rescinded for slacking off. iwth the whole social scene, i suppose, that's really inevitable as you're convinced of your transferring but try to enjoy the most you can with your friends. i'm sure you wouldn't want to end a friendship awkwardly.best of luck! i assume it's much easier for someone like me, who's been obessing over the last 2 years abotu transferring since I go to CC and there's no sense of community here anyway.</p>
<p>be lucky you don't have to audition. i have to find material for two auditions in about 6 weeks. i have one application left to finish. and i have to retake the act. ahhhh. why am i on CC... ?</p>
<p>I never really noticed it until recently, but since I'm done with my applications (well, mostly; I need to do my prof recs but w/e), I've just really noticed my sort of detachment from people. I've been hanging out in my room a lot and talking to my friends from hs just as much. I guess it's kind of subconscious. In a weird way, I'm sort of beginning the distance between myself and everyone at my school as I start to realize more and more that I really need to transfer out. Usually it's the other way around (people reject you because they know you're leaving) but I'm the one doing the distancing.</p>
<p>I guess it makes sense; I just don't want to be too attached to people I probably will never see again. (I go to school in southwestern VA and I'm from Chicagoland, half an hour away from the IL-WI border. It's about 13 hours of a drive, but in pragmatic, realistic terms, it takes about 15-16 hours to drive. Plane tickets, at their cheapest, are still a little over $200.) It's kind of sad, but it's true :/</p>
<p>So now I just do a lot of work and reading! Since I'm not socializing as much as I used to, that is :) Hahaha.</p>
<p>Did I mention I'm taking 6 classes, 19 credit hours. I have 11 more applications to do, 7 for March, 3 for April, 1 for May. I have tests, quizzes, papers every week. I have no time to relax really because if I do, that's just more stress.</p>
<p>CC is such a distraction...</p>
<p>Yeah, but not necessarily a bad one.</p>
<p>sachmoney-
you are insane with 19 units. i almost did that, but figured my GPA cannot really improve by much, it's just a waiting and completing a few more courses game. I'm sticking to 16 units this semester.</p>
<p>Well, I can't withdraw from any courses now. I don't think it will be too bad. I really have to focus on my Intermediate Micro class. There's a lot of math that I need to stay on top of. My political science classes are in all honestly a joke. My Money and Banking and writing classes don't seem to bad. My spanish class seems like a lot more work than I originally anticipated though.</p>
<p>11 schools to transfer to? I can't imagine wanting to transfer to that many places. I thought my original list of 7 was big.</p>
<p>I do like every individual school that I'm applying to.</p>
<p>It was not meant as a jab or anything, it just seems terribly daunting. if you dont mind me asking, where do you attend right now?</p>
<p>i am taking 23 units, but that is quarter schedule... so i don't know what the difference is. most people take 16 units here.</p>