How to cope with the stress?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hello All,</p>

<p>I just wanted to ask about how to cope with the stress. I'm a bright student brain-wise and statistical-wise. While my stats are not horrible, they are just average to slightly above average [1740 SATs and 3.53 HS GPA] considering 1500 is the established average score. I'm currently a freshman in an unknown liberal arts college and also an International Student [Egyptian]. I had a 3.86 my first semester and this semester I'm having until now 4 A+'s and one B+'s which can easily be or will be an A+ by the end of the semester. So my GPA will either stay the same or improve. However, living in Springfield,MA is not the best experience ever. The city is crime-ridden and unsafe. Besides that, I feel like I'm smarter than 99% of the students. I'm yet to meet that 1%. The problem is I have friends who go to top schools like Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, and BU [wouldn't call it a "top" school but still good]. I never felt that they outsmart me in anyway. So I decided that I need to go to a top school. This is the problem; not any school- but a top school. I didn't care about safeties or back-ups because I didn't want the same thing but just somewhere else. I wanted a change to the better so I only applied to three schools with 20% being the highest admittance rate [Occidental College, Brandeis U, Tufts U]. I have been rejected as freshman from Oxy and Tufts, but my essay now is miles better. </p>

<p>I know chances of a triple rejection are high, but I can't even "think" about staying here next year. Help me, please?</p>

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<p>Have a plan to transfer as a rising junior. That should keep you motivated.</p>

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<p>@Ace6904: That’s in like 2 years, my motivation seriously ends by fall 2011. It was hard enough to stay motivated this semester because I had a transfer offer earlier for Spring 2011 [Baruch College], but I sacrificed that in order to attend a more prestigious university like Tufts for example, which is my dream school.</p>

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<p>Do extremely well in undergrad so you can go to a top school for grad</p>