need advice on transferring

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<p>Hey guys this post is going to be long but I would appreciate it if I could get some advice on my current situation.</p>

<p>So I'm currently in my first semester of freshmen year at a small private school and I am looking to transfer out. First off, let me explain how I ended up here. All through high school I had thought that I wanted to be a physical therapist when I grew up. I tailored all my classes to help me get into PT programs in college. When I spoke to my guidance counselor about schools we only looked at schools that offered PT, unfortunately in my area there weren't many. I applied only to schools that had PT whether I knew anything about them or not. I ended up getting into all these schools. However, half way through senior year I decided that I didn't want to do PT anymore. I am good a science but I hate it and I didn't think I could handle (or wanted to handle) 6 or so years or school heavily focused on it. I decided that I wanted to do what I liked: english. And after looking more into the school I had applied to for the most part I didn't like them as much as I had hoped. </p>

<p>I decided to go to the school that gave me the most money and thought that I would give it my best shot. I have made some friends here and am part of the cross country/track team. My grades are good (all A's and B's on my mid-terms). Despite this I am still not happy here. I feel like I didn't have the same experience my high school friends had when they searched for schools that fit them. I feel like I could have found the perfect school if I had searched for it. My current school is not as challenging academically as I would like and most of the student body is made up of students who have no sense of reality and are only here because mommy and daddy had the cash to burn. There is no where to go off campus for students like myself who choose not to party or take a cab the sketchy clubs of the nearest "city."</p>

<p>Me and my parents have talked about it and we agree that my best option would be for me to transfer. At first me and my parents said I would apply to only one for the spring and if i got in go and if not wait it out here and then apply to a few more for next fall. However, over time I decided I would like to leave after this semester because the school is expensive and not worth staying at for another semester if not all my credits are going to transfer which I don't think they will since the school makes us take ridiculous common core classes. The school I applied to contacted me and told me I was a good applicant but there was no room late for the spring and I should apply for the fall instead. Now it's too late to apply for the spring anywhere else. Plus I think I really want to go to that school (Northeastern) who told me to reapply for fall.</p>

<p>So my question is this: Do you guys think it is a good idea to leave my current school after this semester and take next semester off and then return to school in the fall? I hope to get a job to make some money for school during this time off and maybe also take some class non-degree at Northeastern so that I know the credits will transfer and it will be worth my money. </p>

<p>Sorry for the long post but what do you guys think??</p>

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<p>I would check with the Northeastern transfer guidance counselor to see if you could knock out some core classes next semester at a JR college or community college (or your current college if the $$ you got to go there makes financial sense). I don’t recommend skipping an entire semester, keep pushing forward and get that ap in to Northeastern as early as possible. The Northeastern counselor should be able to guide you. Hope it helps :)</p>

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<p>I’m confused. You wrote this on a different post just a month ago:

Which are you? A senior in HS or a Freshman in college looking to transfer??</p>

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<p>This account actually belongs to my friend (a high school senior) and I was talking to her about school and she told me about this website and gave me her account name and password so I could look around and post. I love it and have been using it for the past few days! Sorry for the confusion!</p>

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<p>goldfish5</p>

<p>If the money situation doesn’t make sense to your family, take a leave of absence from your current university at the end of this semester. Go home, get a job, and apply for transfer to the places that are interesting to you. If you don’t get in anywhere affordable, or that you like better than where you are, you can go back to your first university in the fall of 2011. However, I fully expect that you will find better options for yourself and you won’t have to do that.</p>

<p>If you click on “Discussion Home” in the upper-left of this screen, and then scroll down, you can find the Transfer Forum. Read through the sticky thread at the top of that forum called “Transfer Admissions 101” and you will find answers to many of your questions. When you have a bit more time, take a look at some of the other threads in that forum. Lots of people are in situations similar to yours, and you will get good ideas from reading what they have to say.</p>

<p>Wishing you all the best!</p>

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<p>Don’t apply for a job, you’ll get less financial aid.</p>

<p>The best thing to do is find out which schools you want to transfer to, and attend a local community college near the area ASAP.</p>