Transfer Back?

Transfer Students
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<p>Here's the deal:</p>

<p>I went to UMD-CP for my freshman year, it was rocky the first few weeks but then I LOVED it. But my family disliked it for a number of reasons (out of state tuition, 2.5 hours away, like 5 hours away with traffic, etc). This summer my soon-to-be roommate told me she was going to live somewhere else (an academic type dorm that is really hard to get in and she had to apply for), I didn't have a problem with this and was really happy for her to get into the dorm she had been waitlisted on. However, this rubbed me the wrong way for some unknown reason and I came to the conclusion I had no friends (not true) and the $32k/year tuition wasn't worth it. In the span of a week I applied to my (much cheaper) state school, got in, and accepted, without really thinking about it.</p>

<p>As I cancelled all of my UMD stuff I started to regret my decision but figured going to my state school would be the best for me and my family.</p>

<p>I got to my state school, thought it was alright, but as the semester progressed I started getting a lot of panic attacks (daily), headaches, and episodes of depression. I don't have any friends at my new school (I tried though, I tried out for a club sport but didn't make it, I joined a club and tried to be super involved but they didn't have anything for me to do). With nothing to do and having no friends you'd think I'd spend all my time studying and have amazing grades. For some reason I do spend a lot of time studying but find my grades to be really bad. My only official grade so far is a B, but I think for my 3 other classes I'm getting C's and D's. I'm not doing well in this school and I don't see it getting any better. Plus I dislike the campus, the food services, and a lot of other things about it. Turns out this shool is just not a good fit at all.</p>

<p>How do I break it to my proud parents that I want to transfer back to my old school?</p>

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<p>Ouch. I dont know how to advice you here, but are you sure that paying 32k a year is worth it? Thats about 120,000 for your 4 years.</p>

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<p>Are there other state schools in your state that would be a better fit for you? If finanaces is a strong consideration, maybe that is something to think about. Also look into other out of state schools with more reasonable tuitions. Don't let this fester....sit down with your parents and tell them your feelings.....hopefully, you and your parents can come up with a solution together.</p>

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<p>it's not that finances are really a problem, it's just that my parents just don't like the fact that they have to pay anything at all really. It's hard to explain, I think they just didn't like me so far away and I had roommate issues that they just pawned off as "oh if you went to rutgers this wouldn't have happened." Looking back on it I really did like Maryland and how the school was set up and everything and don't really want to transfer to a third school</p>