I’m a transfer student and I just started my first quarter and a four year university. I hate it. This was always my dream school and I worked hard at community college to get here, but I’m not enjoying it at all. I’m living in the dorms and it’s the worst. I don’t like having roommates. I don’t like having a community bathroom. I hate my classes. They’re boring and I’m not interested in them. I’m a six hour drive from home. I don’t have a car here. I’m trying clubs and they’re probably the only parts of this I like. I hate my classes. I don’t want to finish my major. I’m so lost and confused and I want to go home. And it feels even worse because as a junior, I’m supposed to have these things figured out. But I have nothing figured out. It’s as bad as being a freshman, except I’m not.
Do you have an adviser? If so that person might be able to help you figure out options such as changing majors and exploring what that might be. If you lived off campus do you think you would be happier? Sounds like living in the dorm is contributing greatly to your feelings. Have you ever lived away from home? If not, you may be feeling many of the same growing pains that many freshman experience.
Did you ever visit the campus before? If so, what has changed?
Do you have an option of moving off-campus for next semester? I don’t know what housing is like around there, but chances are pretty good that you’ll need some roommates to offset the cost of housing regardless. This could very well be the case right out of college, and many entry-level jobs out there won’t pay enough to live on your own very comfortably. Granted, I could be letting my bias getting the best of me there as the D.C. area is notorious for young working professionals having roommates for quite a while.
As far as not liking your classes/major, are they the first classes in your major that you’ve taken or did you have some at community college? Also, try not to judge a whole program on a few classes when it could very well just be the professor.
Overall, it sounds like you’re just having some issues adjusting to life away from home and in a new environment. It’s totally feasible that you won’t judge things so harshly once you find your “rhythm” and your current place feels more like home.
Good luck!
What is your major?