<p>I'm a freshman at TCNJ and I hate it here. My roommate and I get along great but I just feel so bored all the time. I'm on the only all girls' floor, for one thing, which is annoying because at first everyone felt really clique-y. I'm an introvert but I am capable of making friends, but somehow I've made no friends here so far. I go out to parties with the girls on my floor, but no connection ever gets past that. I don't mind going to parties, but I actually enjoy learning and I think a lot of people here are only concerned with partying. Plus, I'm much more intelligent than most of the students in my classes - I'd say nearly all the students in my classes, and as someone who is used to taking Honors and AP classes all through high school this is causing me to be very bored in my classes and as I do school work. Because I hardly have any work, I have free time, but I don't do anything because I haven't made friends here and honestly the people here seem extremely shallow, boring, or not very intelligent. I'm not a shallow person and I've tried to make friends, but it's difficult when mostly everyone is just talking about who they've hooked up with at the last party. I'd rather be in a city where I can have adventures and do interesting, unique things and meet interesting, unique people who are actually concerned about their grades and like to learn. I don't think I would have gotten into an Ivy League school if I applied in high school, but I easily got accepted to Syracuse, Ithaca, and Villanova as well as TCNJ. I ended up TCNJ because I thought I'd be too homesick at Syracuse or Ithaca, but I feel I made the wrong choice. </p>
<p>I'm an English major and I'd really like to be in a more academically challenging school (maybe I'll apply to Columbia or something), and though I thought I wanted a campus atmosphere, I think I'd appreciate that more in a city or somewhere with a college town, and where the people are unique and intelligent. Can anyone offer me any advice on transferring or where I should transfer, or if I should just stick it out here and hope I make some friends eventually and hope to go to an Ivy League grad school in four years?</p>
<p>Hey so I’m a freshman at TCNJ too and I’m having avery similar problem. This is a little bit crazy because I never thought I’d find someone with this problem, but here’s my situation and some advice.</p>
<p>Basically, I slacked off in high school, and I was only concerned with partying and sports. I did get decent grades (about an 89 GPA while taking all kinds of APs and such), but I didn’t really need to try (although I could have aced them if I did). This was a big mistake. When I got here, I came to the exact same realizations that you did, down to a T. I feel like I do not belong either. I terribly regret my past mistakes, and I want to prove to others and myself that I too am worthy of an Ivy League education. I am doing everything that I can to make up for these mistakes now though, as I too want to transfer to a better school. I am a psychology major right now, possibly because I used to not care. I’ve recently discovered though, how much I love math and science, and now I want to become an engineer. However, I’m almost entirely taking writing-intensive courses, and while they are easy, they’re painfully boring and monotonous. So basically, I would also like to transfer to a better engineering program, ideally Cornell’s program, and am taking steps towards doing so.</p>
<p>If you were to ask me, I would say to transfer as well because as someone with the same problems as you have, I can identify with your struggles. While I wouldn’t wish this on my enemy, it is a relief to know that I am not alone in this effort. I hope I can get out of here by next year, but unfortunately, it might not be enough; it may even take until junior year. I do know that for me, it will be worth it in the end, and I think that it would be a great feeling for you too. Best of luck to you, I genuinely hope that you find what you are looking for.</p>
<p>My son is having a similar situation at TCNJ and is leaning towards transferring out. I believe that the problem is that he was placed in a single and hasn’t a lot of opportunities to socialize. All of his friends have roommates for next semester and he is afraid of getting a random roommate that he does not click with. He claims there is not much nightlife unless you are in a fraternity and he didn’t get a bid for one. On top of that, he’s not sure if he wants to major in business anymore and it’s not very easy to transfer out of your major at TCNJ. Is there anything to do on campus on nights/weekends who are not belonged to frats or members of sports teams? </p>
<p>Please use old threads for information only, use the New Discussion forum to start your own thread. You might want to post on the TCNJ forum as your question is more about the school than about transferring per se.</p>