<p>Hi...I am looking to transfer to a new school for sophomore year but I"m worried about the social aspect. Will I make friends easily? If I live in a dorm, which I most certainly will, will I be able to establish a group of friends like I have at my current school? Thoughts please...</p>
<p>I seriously think people worry too much about making friends. If you are at least somewhat social and you plan on living in a dorm, you should have no problem at all making friends. </p>
<p>I don't consider myself the most social person, though I am by no means an introvert, and even at my CC (a commuter school) it has been extremely easy to make friends. I can only imagine it would be easier to make friends at a 4-year university within a housing system.</p>
<p>Do they reserve housing for transfers? I only ask because if we get accepted, it's going to be about a month after everyone else and I'd assume they'd all have their forms in already.</p>
<p>Sometimes. For Transfers at University of Michigan, my housing is reserved.</p>
<p>Depends on the school. Some colleges guarantee housing for transfers; others do not.</p>
<p>Well ...I'm interested in Georgetown and they "required" sophomore transfers to live in campus housing. I guess that means its guaranteed?</p>
<p>Yes, I hear housing is guaranteed for soph. transfers and available as space permits for juniors.</p>
<p>anyone have experience transferring as a junior and not living on campus--hard? Possible? Suggestions?</p>
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<p>Yes.</p>
<p>Also, housing for junior is almost always guaranteed, since you will have the most points for the lottery, and thus higher priority. Senior year will be a bummer. I am 300-something on the waitlist right now.</p>
<p>Rutgers has reserved housing for transfers.</p>
<p>Nspeds, did you have an easy time making friends as a soph. transfer?</p>
<p>NSpeds never transferred to G-town. He was there all along.</p>
<p>I beg to differ.</p>
<p>I had a really easy time.</p>
<p>In fact, I tried not to make friends here, but I found it inevitable due to the way Georgetown structures New Student Orientation. In fact, next year I plan to room with three other students I met during NSO.</p>
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<p>that sounds like a chuck norris fact</p>
<p>UCSD is the only UC that doesnt have transfer housing, all the rest do. TRANSFER DORMS!!! Personally im planning to live in an apartment.</p>
<p>unless you're a hermit... making friends will not be that difficult.</p>
<p>not necessarily.</p>
<p>it's quite tough when you transfer to a large university and you really don't know anyone. my school also didn't have any new student orientation programs for transfer students either.</p>
<p>it's easy to meet new people and make friends, but it's hard joining a group.</p>
<p>i would look into how the transfer program is run at whichever school/schools you are looking to transfer to! the one that I transferred to works at helping transfers bond, which was really nice! then again, i've had friends transfer to bigger schools who have never even met another transfer.. one issue might be the size of the school (mine is fairly small).</p>