I'm really not liking college that much...

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey to all,</p>

<p>So, I've given it 12 days. College, that is. IT's quite fun in some ways, but the people suck. I am currently a freshman at tulane, and i love the environment and VERY FEW people. most people are so fake you can smell the burning of thier over-fried hair extensions. and a lot of $lutty people. so go figure.</p>

<p>PLUS nobody is a music/musical theater major here they're all poli sci, business, architecture...neuroscience.</p>

<p>I'm annoyed. I like the classes, but they just don't do anything for me. I want to thoroughly enjoy my professors if i pay 49K a year...or you know that's at least what it costs to attent Tulane.</p>

<p>I was wondering, does anybody have any advice of schools I could potentially go to with better people, a decent gayl ife, good musical theater, and academics? Thanks! I was thinking maybe boston univ, emerson, not quite sure. all i know is i do not want to be here next fall, i don't like the general population AT ALL.</p>

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<p>49K for a school you don't want to be at? You should definitely leave...look into carnegie mellon and rice....they have really good music programs.</p>

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<p>Way to soon, Jeremy. Way way too soon. Look for other people in other places, different activities.... </p>

<p>If it's not right for you, you've got plenty of time to act - nothing you could do about transferring now even if you wanted to. What you are feeling is very very very normal, even out to around October (especially around October, actually - watch these boards and you will see).</p>

<p>Give it time. Enjoy all the aspects you do like. Look for ways to "fix" the others. </p>

<p>racnna - with all due respect, what kind of advice is that? Shooting from the hip, based on zero experience..... not a good plan.</p>

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<p>Give it some time. Try joining an athletic team/intramural; join a club. You will usually find people that you mesh with quite well in those places. Explore every opportunity you can and then make a decision on whether or not you actually want to transfer.</p>

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<p>Certainly spend some more time finding your niche. To help with your coping though, you can start looking at some LACs: small population, tight-knit communities, intellectual curiosity. You'll find a lot of that, but you'll also find a lot of what you dislike at Tulane. Best of luck. Give it time!</p>

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<p>have classes started yet? i would think you'd find 'your' people when you are in your music and theater classes, right?</p>

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<p>classes have been underway for a week haven't met great people in classes. people are just really flaky here. and the professors are HORRIBLE for music.</p>

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<p>"people are just really flaky here."</p>

<p>-wth do you mean by that? how can you generalize thousands of people?</p>

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<p>flaky...nice to your face, jerks behind your back. yes, i have heard a LOT of gossip about me. anyways, though, idk...like i haven't met everyone, you're right, but the people i HAVE met (Which is prob more than 2000) are at least for the most part kinda fake.</p>

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<p>If you're still not liking it by Thanksgiving, I would say start thinking about what you want to do for next FALL. You have to give it a year (most say two, but I think you really know after one) and November is when you should start putting transfer materials together.</p>

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<p>You are jumping to conclusions way, way too soon. Tulane is very diverse and that is what you will find attractive - students from all over, all religious and cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.</p>

<p>You have got to give it a chance - at least one full semester, perhaps two. </p>

<p>What makes you think the next place will be a better fit?</p>

<p>Also, look at today's New Wave. There is an event tonight on campus that should consider attending.</p>

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<p>people are geographically diverse but all in all all they do is drink. and hook up i swear to god.</p>

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<p>What... that's such a horrible generalization... I have friends from both sides (partying and not), and I've not met nearly that many people yet.</p>

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<p>I totally understand where you're coming from. I've only been at my school for about 2 weeks, and I don't like it either. The people here aren't so great, and I know I haven't met all/most of them... but I don't really feel the need to. I don't know. Maybe you'll end up liking it later on? You're probably stuck there for a year anyway so make the best of it!</p>

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<p>Ok...a few things. You do need to give it more time. I doubt you've met anywhere near 2000 people in less than two weeks, and if you have, you most certainly do not know most of them well enough to make a judgment as harsh as the one you're making right now. </p>

<p>Many, many new freshman have the same problem you are having right now, and part of it is simply being in a new environment. It's going to be the same when you move to a new area, or change jobs. </p>

<p>Not everyone is going to be nice, nor is everyone going to be bad. Frankly, I don't think you're going to find it much different anywhere else. </p>

<p>You've said that you are interested in musical theatre...audition for a part when they come up (and I'm sure it's soon). Will you find your so-called "flaky" people be in plays and shows at Tulane? Probably. But you'll also meet like-minded people, who may well become your best friends. And if there isn't some good-ole backstabbing within a theatre community, I'd find that bizarrely strange. It's the nature of well, everywhere. </p>

<p>With that said, there are obviously legitimate reasons to want to transfer somewhere else. If you find the academics to be truly lacking or uneven (and that's not impossible, considering the troubles Tulane and the Big Easy have had in the past few years), then do consider transferring. But don't let that get in your way of having fun. </p>

<p>And I tell people this all the time, unless you go to a ridiculously religious university, alcohol, sex, drugs and whatever other things you find undesirable among your peers will be part of the social scene at almost ALL universities. If you don't like it, then don't get involved. No one's going to stop being your friend. In fact, there may be other people who's thinking is similar to yours. Get to know them. </p>

<p>Ok. That's my cliched (but true and honest) rant and bit of advise for the day.</p>