Should I Transfer?

Transfer Students
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<p>There are three things that I’ve been looking for in a college</p>

<li>Academic ‘prestige’</li>
<li>Low Costs</li>
<li>Small class sizes</li>
</ol>

<p>As it were, I’ve not been able to find all three in any one college-- everyone I’ve looked at happens to meet only two requirments. The one I’m at now has small class sizes and low costs, but is a ‘tier 4’ school and isn’t known as a highly prestigous school or anything.</p>

<p>For me personally, this is fine. I love the school and don’t feel as though I have to go to an amazing school to ‘prove myself’. I mean, I got good grades in high school and graduated with honors, took a few AP classes and have done extra-curriculars. In college, I’m doing well and plan on going through their honors program and have continued with many of the extra-curriculars that I did in High School and have even added a few more.</p>

<p>My only concern in employment. Does attending a lower ranking school hurt your chances for employment? Or, to be more specific, does it hurt your chances of employment in the Publishing field?</p>

<p>I’m majoring in English and I want to go on to work in Publishing, which I realize can be a fairly competitive job market. But as long as I keep up my grades would the school I attend matter?</p>

<p>Basically, I’m wondering if it would be better to transfer to IU-- Bloomington or Purdue? Being from Indiana, I would get in-state tuition, which isn’t much higher than the tuition I’m paying now. You get the ‘prestige’ that comes with these schools, but I would lose out on the ‘small school atmosphere’ that I get with my current college. I just feel as though I would be totally lost in such a large campus.</p>

<p>Does anyone have any experience with the publishing field to know how much emphasis is placed on the school attended?</p>

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<p>from what i hear publishing is a tough field to crack</p>

<p>they say the college you go to only determines your first salary right out of college</p>

<p>whether you go to the school youre at know or IU, i really don't think matters much, its not like you're moving onto columbia or yale where you'll have one foot in the door right out of college</p>

<p>your going to start at the bottom either way, i think, thats the way it works nowadays...if you're happy where youre at i wouldnt transfer unless you can get into a top 50 or so...</p>

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<p>i'm trying to transfer OUT of IU bloomington, haha..</p>

<p>it's not a bad school (i believe it's tier 1), but i wouldn't say that has prestige. the music school is highly prestigious, but you're majoring in english.. </p>

<p>to be honest though, i don't know how their english department is. it could be great, but i haven't heard about it.</p>

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<p>Well, perhaps I'm using the wrong word. I don't mean 'prestige' like one would use for Havard or Yale or other Ivy League type schools, but rather one that is 'tier 1' or generally given a better reputation. :/ Does that make more sense, maybe?</p>

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<p>yes, but i doubt it will matter to employers that much</p>