<p>So, I'm thinking I might have to transfer to another university for a major that is only available there. I would most likely transfer my junior year, so I would spend the last two years at that university.</p>
<p>My question is, are there any parents out there who have children who transferred? Parents that transferred themselves? And if so, how was the experience for you and/or your children? I'm mostly wondering things like, did they accommodate well socially, did they end up being happy about their decision to transfer, etc.</p>
<p>My daughter transferred after her freshman year from University of South Carolina to Ithaca College.</p>
<p>It has worked out well and she hasn’t regretted it.</p>
<p>She did already know a few people at Ithaca, which I am sure helped. But she met two of her closest Ithaca friends on her dorm floor.</p>
<p>I’m guessing it might be easier socially to transfer as a sophmore than as a junior, although many of the students at transfer orientation were juniors.</p>
<p>My daughter transferred in the middle of her sophomore year. She had very little trouble acclimating to the new school. It helped that she had a really nice roommate who introduced her to people. Also, during sophomore year people are still meeting people so it wasn’t too strange that people hadn’t met her yet. She also had some general ed requirements to fulfill so that also put in with large groups of people she wouldn’t have met otherwise.</p>
<p>She jumped right into extracurriculars and that helped meeting like minded students.</p>
<p>She was glad she transferred during the middle of the year because she felt like there was less of a big deal made about it than if she had transferred at the beginning of the school year.</p>