<p>Hey all</p>
<p>I am currently an international student, pre-med, enrolled at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in his freshman year. For several reasons, I intend to transfer to another school: First of all, Stony Brook is the most depressing place ever, especially on the weekends as everyone goes home and the internationals are stuck on the (absolutely boring) campus. In addition, there is zero social life. However, what bothers me the most is the fact that they never provide enough places for the chemistry labs, so that i have to take it in winter and summer sessions. However, as I am a pre-med student, i read that medical schools frown upon you taking essential courses in winter/summer session. Concerning the transfer, I looked at several schools:</p>
<p>1) University of Minnesota- Twin Cities
2) State University of New York at Binghamton
3) Temple University
4) Texas A&M University
5) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
6) Clemson University (already applied there for fall semester, got into)
7) University of Mississippi
and some others. Can you recommend any from this list?</p>
<p>Important factors for me are:
1) The school should not be too expensive (<40k per year), as medical school is not going to be cheap either and international students pay more everywhere.
2) Guarantee that I get into the desired courses in the fall and spring semester (especially concerning labs).</p>
<p>However, in your opinion, does going after a ranking make sense at all? Or is this a factor one should not consider when transferring?
In addition, does transferring from one college to another look bad on your CV?
Does the size of a school (e.g. Texas A&M with more than 40k students) matter at all, especially concerning the courses? I mean, do big universities tend to have courses which are filled up and hence have to be taken in winter/summer semester? (Stony Brook, for example, has 24k students and there is no chance to get into a lab in the regular semester).</p>