Possible transfer here...

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<p>Hi, I'm a 20 year old male currently enrolled in my sophomore year at a top 15 university in the northeast and I am considering transferring from my current school. My reasons for transfer are mostly social. I feel like I do not relate well to my friends that I already have here (most of them are not like me) and I generally find the current school I'm at to be too academically focused to the point that no one goes out on weekends. Often times, it can get very depressing and after a year and a half (I'm a sophomore), I feel like I owe it to myself to explore some other options. I'm an out of state resident of New Jersey and I'm also considering applying to: Wisconsin, Pittsburgh, and Northwestern. I just have a few questions which I'd like to pose to some of the current students:</p>

<p>1) I have heard that Michigan does have housing strictly for transfer students. Which dorms would these be? (Any descriptions of the living situations for transfer students would be greatly appreciated.)</p>

<p>2) My current plan is to attend law school after college. What are the popular (and most well regarded) majors for pre-law students here?</p>

<p>3) I know at most state schools the classes tend to be very large. Does anyone find this particularly overwhelming?</p>

<p>4) I come from a school of about 5000 undegrad students so I am used to a smaller campus community. Is it easy to get lost in the crowd here? Also, how easy is it to get involved in clubs and other activities and what are the processes which one must go through to do this?</p>

<p>That's all I can think of for now... but I may post more questions later if I can think of them. All in all, please convince me I should go to Michigan!</p>

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<li><p>I believe transfer students are put in the Oxford Dorm. Which I heard isn't very great..it is quite a walk from campus (and doesnt have a cafeteria)..it's kind of isolated. I can't say how it is from the inside though..</p></li>
<li><p>English and Political Science are the two most common.</p></li>
<li><p>The intro level classes are pretty huge..but we have small discussions (~30 ppl) to balance the huge lectures. It really isn't bad. Higher level classes have less students.</p></li>
<li><p>No, definately not. You make your own community and the campus doesnt feel so huge at all. Going to a big school has so many benefits..huge alumni, many extracirriculars, many different classes etc. In terms of clubs/activities..there are so many that it is sometimes overwhelming. You have to take the initiative and get involved.</p></li>
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<p>Thanks alot for the information Niihla I really appreciate it. If anyone has any more information to share about the transfer student dorms that would be awesome.</p>

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<p>1) since you will be an incoming junior next year, you won't really have much options, but that shouldn't matter. you have a choice between baits, oxford, northwood 3, and cambridge as well (i think). the thing is though, if you for some reason don't want to live in those dorms, you could always do a contract reassignment since most people are trying to move into off-campus housing and give away their rooms.</p>

<p>also, take it from experience, people's experiences and comments are valuable, but don't consider them fully. everybody is different and have different experiences. i first got offered northwood 3, but was told that i would be depressed and lonely since its north campus, so i got reassigned to west quad on central campus. after 2 months, i realized it was not for me, considering i was the only transfer there and most students that live in dorms are freshmen and sophomores, i was considerably older than everyone. so i moved back to northwood 3 and i love it. i have a 1 bedroom apartment with my own bathroom, kitchen, walk-in closet, and the buses aren't bad at all.</p>

<p>2) popular majors for pre-law seem to be political science, economics, and english from the people i have met.</p>

<p>3) not overwhelming at all. some classes you'll have lectures with an insane amount of people such as like calc, intro psych, econ101, etc,. but you get smaller discussion sections. i haven't found this a problem at all since professors and gsi's are very accessible.</p>

<p>4) i also came from a small school, around 7000, and i was also used to a smaller community. there seems to be a lot of people obviously and i seem to see people i have never seen before everyday, but i think it's a good thing since there are so many different types of people to become friends with. </p>

<p>it's very easy to get involved in clubs. there are soooooo many that the thing you'll be worried about most is narrowing them down to 2-3, or however many you want to do. in like the first or 2nd week of the semester, every club had a table set up outside that gave out information, and you could sign up to get on their mailing list to receive more information regarding future meetings and etc.</p>

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<p>if you have any questions, let me know. i just transferred in this past semester and it has been quite a ride, and i wouldn't want you to be making the same mistakes i did.</p>