Things are finally picking up! What path should I take?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey everyone,</p>

<p>Things are finally picking up for me. After getting withdrawn from Cornell (after 2 years) and attending a depressing Tier 4 school in Brooklyn I have been admitted to Drexel University. Last semester I was so bent on getting back into Cornell that I didn't apply anywhere else until after Cornell's rejection.</p>

<p>This severely limited the number of schools I applied to. In fact, I only applied to University of La Verne and Drexel. I accepted ULV's offer and flew over here. It is the third day of classes and I like it so far. I haven't paid tuition yet, and from what I have asked it is not too late to back out and go to Drexel.</p>

<p>Is it really a no brainer to go to Drexel? I have 6 semesters of classes under my belt and would go there planning on graduating from there. Then: grad school, a job, who knows. Is this the best path to take?</p>

<p>Or should I forget Drexel, excel here and apply for transfer at other places? Purdue, OSU, UPitt. Reapply to Cornell. This time doing it properly and not at the last minute.</p>

<p>If this seems like a frivolous question, I'm sorry. Before, my choices were all pretty simple. Do well in high school, apply to college, choose between two or three colleges. Now my situation is a bit more precarious and I want to make sure I get it right and make the best out of it.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>HELP!!! Should I do it? Go ahead and transfer to the higher ranked school? Just how important is undergrad? Aaaaa I’m going crazy</p>

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<p>Have you visited Drexel? If so, do you think you’d be happier there? If you’re planning on going to grad school, then just excel at the school you will be happier at.</p>

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<p>I was in your situation before. I left Cornell Engineering in 2003 because of bad grades. I liked Cornell but I could not get a good handle on the academics and my failure in that area led to a lot of stress. One of the engineering advisers told me that I needed to do whatever I had to do to get my grades back up or my academic career was over. He was acting as if I failed at Cornell my life was over. He was being too dramatic. I took the loss and transferred to a lower ranked school and got back into engineering, got my act together, and graduated with honors in 2006.</p>

<p>My suggestion is go where you can excel the best. You also have to like the campus and academic environment. I liked Cornell’s campus but the academic environment was too tough for me. The teaching was bad and I had a lot of trouble understanding the material. After I transferred and gave engineering another I try I did very well.</p>