<p>Hi everyone, basically when applying to colleges last year, everything that could have went wrong, went wrong for me. I applied to 6 schools, was wait listed at 3, and the only place where I was accepted was my "slam dunk," which was DePaul.</p>
<p>4.0 GPA and 30 on the ACT
4.0 GPA thru 1 quarter at college, Honors Program and Honors Accounting Program.</p>
<p>I do not like DePaul very much. When I imagined college, I imagined tailgating football games, living in a frat house, and enjoying a college town with a traditional campus. I grew up around Chicago my entire life, but the city is not what I expected college to be like. </p>
<p>What are some suggestions for colleges I should look at applying to transfer to? My major is accounting and I would like to eventually become a CPA.</p>
<p>I know that by staying at DePaul, I will have a great job leaving college. My family would prefer I stay close, but when I imagined college is it the exact opposite of what I experienced at DePaul. </p>
<p>So if you were me, what would you do. Enjoy college and be iffy about a job once you graduate, or tolerate college and have a job? </p>
<p>I’m actually thinking of transferring to DePaul for finance but I currently go to Penn State, and from what you described yourself as wanting, you would fit right in. Big college town, very typical from a frat life and partying and tailgating standpoint, and a top 25 business school, and yes you will get a job coming out. And with your credentials, you would definitely get in.
Also, do you not like DePaul and the city life? Or is it just not what you expected from college?</p>
<p>City life doesn’t equal what I consider college life. Depaul doesn’t have that college campus feel, if that makes sense. There is no fraternity housing, parties are apartment parties and are exclusive and have strict size limitations. And DePaul is a huge bar school, so being 18 im at a huge disadvantage. They are very different. Depaul gets swallowed up by the city. </p>
<p>I like my classes at DePaul, the student to faculty ratio is awesome, and I feel you will enjoy it too. It offers a very intimate learning experience that my friends of University of Illinois and other schools don’t experience. </p>
<p>Finally, the fact that depaul has no college football really hurts, im a huge fan i ended up traveling to friends schools for games, which turned out to be really expensive. </p>
<p>Thanks for the reply! and good luck at depaul</p>
<p>Hi, by some coincidence I ran into your post, and I’m in the exact same position! I’m also a freshman at DePaul with similar high school stats and same end of quarter GPA, except I’m a biology major. Maybe I know you but don’t know it? Haha.
But yes, I completely agree with you on the social life aspect of DePaul. I grew up in a rural town, and I’m realizing that I’m definitely not a city person. Of course, I knew going in that DePaul wouldn’t have a traditional campus feel, but I didn’t know that the traditional feel is what I was looking for. There’s little school spirit, and, though there are plenty of apartment parties off campus, they’re very different than the typical college party. Although my primary reason for transferring is academics, the social atmosphere plays a huge role as well. I’m simply not happy right now.
But enough about me. Yes, I know DePaul has a fantastic accounting program. BUT there are other schools that have excellent programs AND the college life you’re looking for. I’ve heard amazing things about U of I’s program, so I would look into that if you live in Illinois. You’re on break now, so do some research on other schools and apply. YOU LOSE NOTHING BY DOING THE APPLICATIONS. Trust me, I tried to make excuses to stay at DePaul all quarter, and I finally realized how silly I’ve been. Your undergraduate experience is actually very important, and you only live once. So just try and see if you get in and get good financial aid. If you don’t, then you’ll stay, but you’ll never know unless you apply.</p>
but I currently go to Penn State, and from what you described yourself as wanting, you would fit right in. Big college town, very typical from a frat life and partying and tailgating standpoint, and a top 25 business school, and yes you will get a job coming out. And with your credentials, you would definitely get in.