Hi all, At my current uni, I always felt that it was never the right place for me. I went here because it was the cheaper options of schools and it was better for my parents but it was cheaper but that much, so i kinda regret it. Also, the location of the place just bothers me. I’m into a lively music scene especially for jazz but my uni is in the middle of farm land so I regret not picking a more urban setting that catered to my interests. I also don’t like how research oriented the school is rather than teaching. A lot of my professors were not very good and I was not really learning. The only time I liked this place was during summer classes were the classes were a lot smaller and I was about to connect with the professor one-on-one.
Weird part is im doing pretty well for my time here, i am pursuing engineering (don’t know which one yet) and I have 3.4-3.5 gpa and I am a year and a half into my degree.
So if I were to transfer, I would go back to community college (De Anza) bc I would prefer to go to SJSU since I missed SJSUs transfer application deadline. I don’t know why I never liked it here. Am I feel like I am thinking about it too much? I mean I have a good amount of friends here that’s not the issue. Sometimes I feel like i may be in the wrong major but I took Econ and I really did not like it so I felt that business/finance was not for me. Are the reasons I listed above about not having small classes/setting a valid reason for leaving?
Tradeoff: Stay and suck it up for 2.5 yrs Transfer but i will probably end up staying in school for another 3-4 yrs
Basically, I was wondering if you all can help me sort my feelings out because I don’t know why I never really was happy during my yr and a half at this university. Sometimes I feel upset that I had other options when I left high school since I was accepted to 9 other schools such as SJSU and SCU and I regret my college choice.
JR, you do a great job of articulating the pros and cons of your options. And congrats on doing well so far academically.
Just a few thoughts. Is it possible for you to do a semester off campus or a semester abroad next fall? You could use this break to recalibrate. I imagine this is harder in engineering, but I wonder if it could be done.
Second thought is that you are on campus for, say, 32 weeks a year. For the next 2 or 2 1/2 years can you get enough music, etc in your 20 weeks away from campus each year? It seems like you have a good thing going in many respects, not to mention that a cheaper price has meant less debt.
Last, is there anything you could do to bring some jazz to campus? Could you start an organization, get some student union money, and put together a concert, or bring some artists in?
Good luck thinking your situation through.
Thanks for replying MD3!
I think I overemphasized the music thing. My issue is with the school itself like its research over teaching quality and big class sizes.
@jazzride In that case, I wonder if you can somehow turn the perceived negative of it being a research university into a positive for you. Are there research opportunities that you can take part in? Is there a professor you admire that could mentor you? And as you go into upper level classes, will there be smaller class sizes available to you?
Also, upper-level classes tend to be smaller at RU’s.