Should I transfer?

<p>I'm currently a first semester sophomore at Cabrini College in Pennsylvania. I recently transferred here this year from DeSales University.. big mistake. This school is not what I thought it was going to be. I feel like I'm in high school all over again. The school itself is really small and extremely cliquey. It's about 1,300 undergraduates. I am having a hard time socially. I guess it might ave to do that I'm a transfer student and I was placed in an upperclassmen dorm with no one my age. I don't do anything on the weekends besides homework and hangout with my one friend who is a freshman but she is transferring next year. I also visit my old college and other schools where my friends go to too. I came here though because I was going to run cross country and my best friend transferred here & told me how great the school was so I looked into it. But now that I'm here, I'm not so sure. One of the things that I do like about the school is that I'm getting better grades, it's close to home, and I can run. Other than that though, I absolutely hate it. </p>

<p>I recently applied & got accepted to Marshall University in West Virginia and University of Tampa in Florida. Marshall was my number one school when I was a senior but I decided not to go last minute because I got recruited to run at DeSales University. A week before preseason, I decided not to run because I was too scared and afraid of not being able to handle it. So basically I went to DeSales for nothing. I had a great freshman year though, socially anyways. I left due to academics and financially it was too expensive.
I went to visit Marshall last weekend & I loved the campus but the area isn't all that great. It's in the country and the surrounding area seems to not have much to do. It is a bigger college and a lot cheaper. Tampa on the other hand is in Florida.. warm weather! I hate the cold! It seems like a good school from what I see online and in videos. I haven't gotten the chance to go visit it yet but I am going to an accepted students day thing in Philly next Wednesday. Tampa is much more expensive than Marshall but still cheaper than Cabrini. I still also heard that students at Tampa are a lot more snobby. Is that true? I can be a really shy person so It's hard for me at times. </p>

<p>So basically, I don't know what to do. Part of me wants to suck it up and stay at the school I'm at but then I also want to be able to look back and say that my college years were the best years of my life. I don't want to regret anything. I know you are going to college for an education but socially it's just not working for me. My parents are completely okay with whatever decision I make. I also am perfectly fine with not graduating on time. My mom says that is normal to not graduate within 4 years. </p>

<p>Any tips or advice on what to do? If I do decide to transfer, which school would be better?</p>

<p>What do you want to study? Do you even have a major at all? If you aren’t clear about that, and the true reason why you are in college right now is so that you can compete in track, then you need to get honest about it.</p>

<p>If you just want to compete, then choose to go or stay based on where you would have the best coach and competition opportunities.</p>

<p>If you don’t care about that any more, and you don’t have a major that you are committed to, you need to take a year or two off, work or do volunteering, and think about your long-range goals.</p>

<p>Oh, and you absolutely do not want college to be “the best years” - good years of course, but not best. You have lots if years ahead of you, and the hope that the best ones are still ahead is a good thing to hold on to when times get rough.</p>

<p>I’m currently undeclared, well i haven’t declared yet. I have recently decided to major in public health or exercise science, then getting my masters in public health. I’m running right now but the team itself isn’t that great. Like i love running but it wouldn’t matter to me if I decided to transfer and not run. I can run on my own. My parents won’t allow me to take a year off. I’m just tired of being alone all the time. I’m just at a torn about what to do.</p>