<p>I am currently a freshman at Furman University, a small school in South Carolina. I am from a suburb of Chicago and even though it has only been a little over two weeks I am not having a good time here. I have cried every day since I have been here because I just do not like it. I find myself being very different from a majority of the people here - it is a bit of a culture shock. I also am much more free spirited and find myself being more down to earth than most of the people I have met. The social scene here sucks, parties are all of campus and very very hard to have a good time unless you are 21. The school is cliquey and more judgmental than my high school and I am finding myself having a very hard time trying to find things I like about it. I have been to club meetings for both the art club and the outdoors club hoping to find people I could relate to but I was disappointed. I like to party and have fun but there are not a lot of options for me to do that here and so far it has been a very lame freshman year. I know I am very homesick because I had the greatest friends at home and it might be part of the reason why I hate it here, but at the same time I still get the gut feeling that it isnt the school for me. I am not the sorority type but I will be rushing second semester in an attempt to make friends and get into a better social scene but I am very interested in looking at other schools. I am just terrified of transferring because I am afraid to go through this process all over again, although I know that if I do transfer I will find a place where I fit in a little better. Any thoughts or advice? </p>
<p>Tons of people have transferred because of the exact reasons you mentioned. There’s nothing wrong with exploring your options. Get the best GPA you can, and try to make the best of your current social situation, but in the end, you have to do what feels right. Your environment is pretty important to your success in college if you ask me. Good luck!</p>