Should I transfer?

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<p>Hi, I need some opinions on whether I should transfer colleges or not.</p>

<p>I am currently in my third year at a small liberal arts college, and at the end of this term I'll have enough credits to have really ended my second year (I'm taking a reduced course load this term due to something medical and have a missing credit from freshman year... long story). </p>

<p>Anyway, where I'm at now is small and really removed from the real world. I feel like I'm really active on campus and do a lot, however, because of that I feel like I would make a fair judgment about deciding to transfer by being involved in stuff and then deciding to transfer. I think people would be surprised with my decision. I am bored here, and feel like it's not going to get any better. Pretty much everyone on campus is super liberal, and, well, I'm not. I feel like a degree from my school isn't going to be that valuable because almost nobody's heard of it.</p>

<p>I am looking at transferring to my big flagship state university, probably starting in the Spring semester. The problem I would have is wittling down to a major/double major/whatever, as my current college doesn't require that we declare anything (although if I absolutely had to declare something I could). I feel like in general there would be a lot more opportunities at a big place, and it would be cheaper to go there.</p>

<p>Any and all thoughts are appreciated!</p>

<p>Love,
WishMunk</p>

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<p>I went to a small liberal arts college. I got bored by the curriculum in my first year and really frustrated with the lack of anything “useful” by the end of my second. I also didn’t feel that I “fit in.” I stuck it out because I didn’t want to deal with the hassle of transferring. </p>

<p>Retrospectively, I wish I had transferred. I decided to go to grad school because I didn’t feel like I had anything to offer on the job market. I chose the same graduate field as my undergraduate major because I didn’t really know what else to do. I used my first year in grad school to do the kind of academic soul-searching that other students get to do in college; then I changed fields in my second year of graduate school. </p>

<p>I don’t regret the liberal arts training I do have. In some of my graduate courses, I am actually doing better than most of my classmates who’ve been studying this stuff since college, simply because my liberal arts background gives me a broader perspective. However, I was unnecessarily miserable in college and my first year of grad school. Having access to the resources you care about is a good thing.</p>