<p>Hi, I'm not sure if I should consider transferring. Currently I'm at Umass, with a 4.0 double major in the sciences. I'm really hating the social life here, I really feel I don't fit in, and that everyone that goes there just wants to drink, or study if they don't drink. I don't object to drinking, or to studying, but it seems like there's not much else to do, and that a lot of the people there aren't really all that geeky. </p>
<p>There's also a lot of a stigma attached to going to Umass, and had I not had some severe circumstances beyond my control occur in high school, I would have been applying to Ivies etc, and everyone I know reacted when I told them where I was going to college with shock, and the statement that I could do better. </p>
<p>I also really dislike how many people from my high school go there, because it seems I can't escape them, and have a fresh start. </p>
<p>Overall, I like my majors, the professors seem good, but I'm wondering if it's not the right fit for me to get 100s on tests with minimal studying when the class average was around a 60. I really like how I can do research as an undergrad, and my majors are ranked fairly highly nationally for their programs. I mean, I don't know if this would be the same at any other school, and if Umass is really that easy, or if it will get harder as I go on. I also wasn't a huge fan of the bureaucracy required to get housing etc. </p>
<p>Does anyone have any suggestions as to if I should transfer, and if so, which schools are good for sciences?(I'd rather not post my majors, but I'm not premed or any sort of life sciences.) I didn't really do a ton of research the first time around! </p>
<p>Also, do transfers normally get merit aid? I'd need that to help with a private school. I mean, maybe I'm overreacting, it's just I expected college to be an academic challenge and not to be easier than high school from the start. Also, does anyone know how hard it is to do a semester at another school to see if it's any better?(Specifically, MIT or other highly selective schools.)</p>
<p>Also, for graduate school, does it look better do to extremely well at a decent school, or decently at an extremely selective school?</p>