<p>I have a bit of a dilemma. I'm currently finishing my freshman year at Virginia Tech and yesterday I received my transfer admission letter into the College of William & Mary. After higher-than-expected grades my first semester, I figured that I should just give it a shot and apply to transfer into a better school. Well now I got in, and I'm having second thoughts about whether or not I should go. The reason is that I'm an Accounting major, and Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business is a pretty good business school. No doubt that W&M's Mason School of Business is also excellent, but I don't know which would be the better choice. Another thing that's causing me to have second thoughts is that I'm already in the Pamplin College of Business, but at W&M (and pretty much in every other school) you must wait till your junior year to apply to the business school.</p>
<p>Any comments/thoughts/suggestions/whatever will be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>I second OneMom's opinion. I know lots of kids who made plans to transfer before they were really settled at their original schools then felt they had to go through with the transfer and regretted it.</p>
<p>Unless you are truly unhappy where you are, don't mess with a good thing.</p>
<p>Funny, somebody else told me the exact same thing. The only problem I see with that theory is that there are people out there who have been in the exact same place in their lives for the past 25 years.</p>
<p>Their reputation mostly and (supposedly) the fact that their business school is much better than VT's. Where can I find figures and rankings without having to pay? I've searched several times but all I can find is graduate schools...</p>
<p>Do you feel like you're getting great grades at VT because you're thriving there intellectually or because you're not learning anything? If feel like at WM you can still make decent grades, that is probably more marketable, but if you continue to excel at VT, it may not be a problem.</p>
<p>See that's another problem that I have with VT. I feel like it's almost not challenging enough and everybody around me is studying for the wrong reason. Whenever I read anything, I try and actually learn it instead of just learning what I need in order to get an A. Most people around here aren't like that, they're more interested in just getting the grade and don't really give a damn about learning anything.</p>
<p>If the attitude is something you don't like, then i think that's reason enough to transfer. You'll find more intellectuals and kids who want to learn to learn at W&M. Good luck deciding!</p>
<p>If you really don't have a problem with the school, I don't see a need to transfer, especially if you are doing well grade-wise. Stick it out a little longer and see what you think. Can you defer enrollment at the transfer schools?</p>