<p>I absolutely hate it at the University of Boulder @ Colorado. The idea of transferring to CSU @ Fort Collins seems much more appealing to me. Staying at Boulder will put me over near 100k in debt by the time I graduate.</p>
<p>I'm currently a sophomore at CU and have it a slump in which I feel depressed every day. My grades are all over the place.. I got a D in pre-calc, then an A in calculus 1, and now I'm going to have to withdraw from my calculus 2 class. I got an A in one humanities class and then an F in a different one. I averaged a 48% on the class portions of an electrical engineering class but did great in the lab and the final project so I ended up with a B in it.
Currently I am doing well in my physics class and aerospace engineering class. The reason I am failing calculus 2 is because I lost my motivation to try and have not been consistently doing the work. </p>
<p>All this I feel is because I am so miserable at this school. The thought of being so in debt makes me sick to my stomache. This was the same case last year too, just not quite as bad. I was hoping it would get better this year. Sometimes I wish I could go to the community college till I figure out what I want to do but I feel like it's too late for that. Transferring from a UC to a CC sounds odd too I guess.</p>
<p>My feelings stem from a couple things.
1) My dad who has always pushed me to be an engineer. When I talked to him about transferring to CSU he thinks it is a ridiculous idea and I'd be a "fool" to even consider it. Not his choice, but it doesn't help feeling that pressure. I don't even like the idea of being an engineer either anymore. The career sounds boring since all you apparently do is design and never build.</p>
<p>2) My girflriend who I've been dating since the summer before Freshman year. Here's the real kicker, she lives in Fort Collins (my hometown) and I go there every weekend. I have tried spending a few weekends in Boulder but that makes me feel even worse. So now I feel trapped when I am in Boulder and see no reason to stay. But a decision to transfer to a different college based on a relationship?? It's not a very smart one is it.</p>
<p>CSU offers a few things that I like more than CU though. Such as research into solar energy that I've always been interested in, or they also have an internal-combustion engine research building. I've always liked working on cars, but didn't want to be a mechanic so that is something I am interested in. Even more so, my ideal career I feel would be designing and building personal transportation vehicles. aka, cars. But electric cars appeal to me more, I just believe that they are doing it wrong as it is.
So that sounds like I'd be interested in engineering, and I sort of am, it's just that when I read into the careers they sound very dull. </p>
<p>If I transferred, I would probably start as a major in Physics since that covers area's that I find interesting. I'm just not all that in love with it. Neither am I with anything else though, which is really demotivating.</p>
<p>Every day I hate attending this school. I throw gobs of money at them and for what? I don't know, I really need some advice. If you have any tips or suggestions on what I should do I'd really appreciate it. Such as who to talk to, or anything.</p>