<p>You got into one of your top transfers, you've settled in, but are you happy?</p>
<p>I find myself a non-GT transfer at Cornell and I can say I'm ecstatic, but I miss the closeness I had with my family and the small classes. Everyone else here has an agenda that is polar opposite of mine. Yet, I don't feel left out. I feel as if I am on the outside looking in. Hopefully its not the other way around.</p>
<p>I transferred from a community college from Illinois, where I was in the Honors Program and took some very nice liberal arts classes that, for the most part, allowed me to think in a way that changed my life forever. No lie. In addition, there were small organizations there that allowed me to interact and get the word out. Not so much of a bureaucracy there as it is here.</p>
<p>Overall, I am happy. I did have a dream the other night where for the Spring 09 semester, I spent it at my last college. :-p</p>
<p>well i'm applying for transfer to cornell and I haven't applied yet, but even if I'm accepted, sometimes I wonder if I'll be happy. I go to NYU and also take nice liberal arts classes which I love. I like all of my professors and the classes are so small, 15-30 students. I have friends I really like and it'll be hard to leave. although nyu is a huge school so there's bureaucracy too. cornell is actually smaller than nyu and has more of a 'community' feel to it so maybe it'll be easy to adjust.</p>
<p>i'm getting way ahead of myself...haven't applied yet!</p>
<p>i'm a bit worried about this, i'm applying to nyu for next semester</p>
<p>most people ive talked to said that the social transition would be hard if i went to nyu...i'm hoping after this long and arduos process that if i get in, i will at least not be dissapointed</p>
<p>dufflebag, what college do you go to currently? you might want to visit nyu and see what it's like in person, it's very different from most colleges.</p>
<p>sometimes I think I would rather not transfer. If I get an apartment on campus and don't have to commute 2 hrs a day, it would change a LOT. but there are other issues as well that still make me prefer cornell. but I wonder if it's worth it; maybe I should stay at nyu and get my masters at cornell? don't know.</p>
<p>oh i want to transfer to NYU as well, lol. but i'm from NJ, 20 mins outside of NYU and LOVE the school. unfortunately i got rejected from stern :( currently at USC in ca and hoping to try my luck again.</p>
<p>eh it's not that decentralized, everythings around washington square, the "unofficial" campus. but there is no real campus, and that's a problem for some people. haven't really met any transfers, since I'm a freshman.</p>
<p>it's funny how some people are so desperate to get into one college and others so desperate to get out. I have an aquaintance who's a freshman at Stern and can't stand what he calls cutthroat atmosphere and tons of pretentious people there. I wonder if I'll really be happy at cornell or if I'm just dreaming of this thing and when I face the cold Ithacan reality I'll be disappointed. I'm really considering staying at NYU.</p>
<p>I transferred to NYU many moons ago. I started at a rural campus school, Syracuse, and was not happy there. Transferring to NYU was the best decision for me...I loved living in the city! There was so much to do and so many different types of people.....the thing is that you're not limited to the NYU population, the whole city becomes your campus. I loved the village and still do. I ended up living there for 14 years after college.</p>
<p>see, Lily, it's stuff like that which makes me think...after 1 yr of going to college in NYC, will I be happy in rural upstate NY? One of the biggest things that bothers me about my current situation is that I live at home and can't stand living with my parents and commuting for 2 hrs a day. If I get an apartment in the village it might improve my situation. Then I think, maybe I'll just continue with NYU and go to Cornell for grad school.</p>
<p>I really don't know what I want. I'm debating between the beautiful, rural Ivy league school with all its resources, and it's atmosphere, and the big diverse city school. I love cornell and I love the community spirit I felt when I visited. but I don't know if it's worth leaving nyu over.</p>
<p>It sounds like a tough decision for you. Some people love and thrive in the rural college campus environment. If you are a freshman, you have plenty of time to transfer. Why not try living in the dorm or an apartment at NYU next semester and see if that makes the difference for you. Living in the city is not for everyone. It would be good for you to find out if it is for you or not. Living at home and going to college completely changes the college experience and makes it hard to gage whether it's the school or the living situation that is coloring your feelings.</p>
<p>Has anyone transferred to a better school than they were currently in and felt it was not the right decision? (excluding community college to any four year school.)</p>
<p>no
i transferred from tulane to univ. of miami
i went wrong again
and don't think i'm allowed to transfer again
so i'm currently in hel*l (because well, at least it's hot enough to be it! and the superficial students are the devil..so there ya go)</p>
<p>transferred from occidental to penn - definitely a great decision...
big research schools provide you with so many more opportunities than LACs or other small institutions. i wish id started here earlier</p>
<p>I transferred into the gov major and I just think it was a bad decision. My GPA is the same as it was before, so its not like I'm academically slipping or anything, I just transferred for stupid reasons. Not to mention the fact that the Gov/IR major at my old school was not too shabby...</p>