<p>hi guys, </p>
<p>i was just wondering what everyone's reason for transferring was/is.. i've been thinking of transferring myself.. but i'm kinda settled in at my school which makes it hard to uproot and start over..</p>
<p>Well I haven't transferred yet, but I heard that major may be downsized or eliminated, so I have to start looking.</p>
<p>I went back and forth about transferring all through last year (my freshman year), decided to stay, then got home and realized how very little I wanted to return in the fall, as compared with the majority of my classmates. Now I'm looking to transfer spring 06.</p>
<p>Reasons - don't like the social scene (one direction and one direction only - beer. I love to get trashed every once in awhile, but I like to lay low sometimes, too). Don't like the student body. Just generally not in love with the place. and its college - I should be.</p>
<p>2 year college - have to :D</p>
<p>I transferred from Columbia to Dartmouth. First year at Columbia was great but I knew in the end I would have a much better overall experience at another place. I just felt like I was missing out on the "college experience". Best decision of my life - bar none. I still have my old Columbia friends but I got to experience so much more of what I was looking for.</p>
<p>i transferred from IU to the univ illinois bc i was planning on transferring after 2 years to u of i anyway, but IU sucks big time and is waaaayyy overpriced.</p>
<p>probably the environment and the people around me, too many party people who have really no goal mindset whatsoever, there are a few that are pretty goal-oriented but they are very shady, the environment sucks because its in the desert (I go to UCR) it either is freaking hot or very cold and theres practically nothing to do (though I dont do much anyways), I'm also a premed here, though the premed environment here is nice, there isnt much here for premeds with volunteering/shadowing and all that healthcare stuff, i would like to go somewhere that has more opportunities to experience medicine</p>
<p>is my reasons valid enough to write an essay about?</p>
<p>While I liked my previous school, I just didn't feel right. Like slipper1234 said, I knew that I would have a better time elsewhere. I never imagined that I'd wind up at my dad's alma mater but I am always so happy every time I visit this campus. I don't know what it is about the campus that created a desire to be there. Friendly people? Rural/open space? Beautiful campus? Lots of school spirit? I know. Perhaps I will find out in the fall.</p>
<p>Also, I argued in my essay that I long want to be a history major but dissatisfed with my old school's history department overall. I needed bigger departments to play with.</p>
<p>Like jackieg, right now, I'm like, nah, I really don't want to go back to my old school. I'm glad that I made this decision even though it was a very hard one (lots of sacrifices to make). Now I'm really excited for these changes even though I only have three years! AHHH!!!</p>
<p>can you elaborate on your resentment towards IU?</p>
<p>I transferred because I wasn't happy, hadn't taken any real classes that counted towards my major, and it was hella expensive. As a bio major, I had only taken 1 biology course for the 2 years that I was there. The financial aid sucked. I was out of state, and therefore required a lot of financial aid. In the beginning, I was receiving enough to help make going to school there possible. But every year, they would slash my package talking about how the school didn't have enough money to spread out evenly to other students; but they sure did have enough to build new, state of the art buildings for the medical school and increase school administrators salaries all while crying poverty. Due to the financial stresses, my happiness level dropped considerably and it reflected in my spring semester grades my freshman year. I spent more time thinking about how to pay for school then actually studying for classes. All in all, it was a good thing that I left the school.</p>
<p>Transferring after a year and a half of community college because I see no point in completing my AA in with classes that help my major nor electives.</p>
<p>too small; people are too homogeneous and immature; doesn't offer the major I want; too isolated ; a bubble ; cliquey ; in Ohio</p>