<p>seems like you are still very young. you might be very book smart, but you got a lot to learn about the real world.</p>
<p>Ms.funloving:</p>
<p>Yes, the dorm experience is formative. Even if you spend only a year in the dorms, sharing a room with a stranger, it's worth it. People stop by open doors to chat or to ask if someone is going to dinner. You make friends through proximity at first, and only later because of your major and activities. I don't know a single first-year who wasn't apprehensive about the shared bathrooms and showers; it takes about a week to get over it.</p>
<p>That said, you're already in a different, non-dorm situation, so the question is how to make it work during the coming year, even if you transfer later. You don't want to waste a year of your life and a year of tuition being miserable. I suggest that you give UVA a chance by joining a few clubs, even if they are for activities you've never done but always wanted to do, and by going out of your way to talk to other students. Get to know your favorite professors. (Office hours are a wonderful way to accomplish this.) If you transfer, you're going to need college recommendations, so this last should not be seen as optional.</p>
<p>Give it a chance. If classes haven't started yet, then the awkwardness hasn't had a chance to morph into anything else. Above all, make sure you get to know some of the first-years, even though academically you have sophomore status. All first years are eager to make new friends and to share the now-insider information they are gathering.</p>
<p>Good advice there.^ I also want to add that you should get the very best possible grades to improve your transfer options, if it comes to that.</p>