<p>I've been at tufts for about a month now and I'm really not liking it here. I just don't feel like I fit in. It seems like its so quirky and there's lots of richer more stuck up people and the only fun people seem to only want to smoke and drink rather than actually have a good time. I feel like I'm a genuinely outgoing person and I think I'm pretty smart, and I think I have my own quirks, but it's almost like Tufts is too out there for me in terms of quirkiness and intellectual-ness. Like maybe I'm not intellectually curious enough to fit in here? Maybe I'm not quirky enough? I'm from the south and maybe that's playing a role in my adjustment too.
And like is there a way to know if youre not the new england NESCAC school type? I could see myself having fun at big school athletic type events!
And maybe I just need to be a little closer to home to find people with similar backgrounds. All my best friends had really similar backgrounds to me.
I just don't know what to think... I'm so unhappy I've relapsed into this depression that I had all but gotten rid of in high school.
When do you know it's time to call it quits? I could still get out of here in time to be somewhere else next semester? Gah what to do
Thanks</p>
<p>Hey, I’m from the south too, and yeah most ppl here are from Jersey or somewhere up north. I think you should give it at least a semester, maybe even a year here, before considering transfer. I’ve thought about it, too, honestly, but I think you have to give it a chance. I’m struggling and feeling down as well, but I think we both chose our schools for some reason. I’m taking a leap of faith, have to give this an honest chance and see if i can change my attitude</p>
<p>Thats pretty good to hear honestly. I just don’t know about things its like everyone in my life that I’ve ever cared about came from a background totally different than everything up here. But hey adjusting is a part of life. Feel free to message me any time you want.</p>
<p>Just like @SinkOrSwim123 said, you should definitely give the school a chance. It’s really hard to adjust to new schools, especially if you don’t really seem to “fit in”, but you should at least try to get to know new people. Maybe you’ll find people who have similar interests as you. Since you said you were an outgoing person, at least you’ll be comfortable talking to new people (instead of being an introverted person like me). Just try one more semester at your school! 
Don’t quit just yet.</p>
<p>it really is difficult, it’s hard to appreciate all we have, since i feel like we always look at the other options as perhaps could’ve been better when we don’t know if it would’ve been</p>
<p>hi!! i’m at tufts too, but i’m a sophomore. I came from a low-class family and I found the adjustment to tufts (and being surrounded by rich kids drinking away their parents money) to be very difficult. I’d be happy to get lunch with you sometime if you’d like to chat about stuff! although a lot of things annoy me still about tufts (though really it’s more about the financial situation, which would be similar at other comparative schools), i’ve found ways to get over it. PM me if you want to talk!</p>