<p>I hate my college and I cannot wait to transfer. </p>
<p>I started strong, and still am, but I hate the fact of staying for the rest of the year. And heaven forbid I have sophomore year to endure. </p>
<p>So how do you transfers stay upbeat? -Looking for inspiration from those who have been in my position & have transferred to their dream school already.</p>
<p>I haven’t transferred to my “dream school” yet but I can say that looking at your university, examining what you are passionate about, and creating innovation in line with your passion is something that has kept me not only busy but positive that I’ll make it where I want to be. Does that mean I’ll definitely be that 1% that gets into Stanford? Probably not, but that does mean that wherever I do end up, the curriculum will be in line with what I want to do and they will recognize (hopefully) what I am doing in order to make lemonade out of lemons. </p>
<p>Hope this helps and keep a level head 
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<p>There are definitely times when my university got to me more than it should have.</p>
<p>@kevaquarius: are you transferring into junior year or sophomore?</p>
<p>I’ll be a junior transfer. But then again, I don’t know how my credits will transfer. I could well be a sophomore when it’s all said and done! ha!</p>
<p>I’m also at community college looking to transfer at the junior level. It’s easy to lose that drive and motivation along the way, especially since I wasted so much time dicking around in CC for a few years, so I decided to turn things around and keep what I refer to as a “Dream Book”. It’s a three-ring binder I’ve organized with papers on transferring information as well as the educational plan I signed with my counselor + a handwritten list with the desired schools I wish to transfer to. I know it sounds really cheesy, but it helps keep me in check with my long-term goals, reminding myself that it’s not just about simply getting good grades, but that all this is me working towards the bigger picture - transferring to a great school and kicking ass.</p>
<p>i see. that’s true; would you be mad if you had to be a sophomore again?</p>
<p>i’m a freshman but i would love to be a freshman again when i transfer bc i want to start off “right”</p>
<p>Oooh child… had I done everything correctly from the get-go, I would’ve been finished with college this year (c/o '10). Just to give you an idea: I spent so much time not knowing what I wanted to do that I’m basically back at square one, at the freshman level. I feel absolutely horrible, but there’s nothing I can do except right my wrongs and move forward from here. Be thankful you’re not in my position.</p>
<p>You said you’ve stayed strong thus far, yet you wish to transfer in freshman standing. Have you made mistakes as far as grades go or something? If anything, you still have time to salvage things and turn them around prior to transferring.</p>
<p>i’ve made mistakes, but not in my freshman year.</p>
<p>i would give anything to start as a freshman again so i can have that first year experience. i’m a commuter at a school i don’t want to be at and i feel like i’m wasting my time because freshman year sucks, and if i’m here again as a sophomore, then that year will suck, leaving two years of “fun.” these two years will be filled with the nitty gritty of my major filled with in depth blaah blah blah. </p>
<p>so if there is any chance of “fun,” it might as well be my first two bc everyone is new. i know i can have fun as a jr/sr, but i hate the fact that i’ve shaved off two years of undergrad in a school i don’t want to be in. and i also know i can make my own fun as a freshman/soph, but my school sucks. it sucks so much that the school KNOWS its retention rate is VERY low.</p>
<p>What worked for me was reminding myself that I needed stellar stats to transfer. </p>
<p>It also got better when I made the most of the situation, and took advantage of what was offered.</p>