<p>Hi guys,
I'm a freshman currently studying at one of the Top 20 LACs on the east coast, but I'm thinking of transferring. I'm really far from home (different continent), and I'm finding myself increasingly lonely. First semester of college was pretty good, met some pretty cool people, but now I feel like the magic of college has worn off, and I'm always stressed by work. I feel like I can't connect to people in my university well enough as I'm not a big party person and people here love to party. I'm finding myself depressed and sad a lot and don't really have anyone close enough here to talk to it about. I feel stupid because my friends from high school all love their colleges, and they've all found themselves a close group of friends. I'm wondering if this has to be with the fact that they all attend bigger universities (8000-20,000) students as opposed to my 2,800 student population? I really want to make the most of my college experience and don't think I can spend 3 and half more years here like this. I'm an introvert, but I'm actually pretty outgoing with people. I'm in constant interaction with people all day, but I find it hard to talk about deeper things with people here. It seems like a lot of college interaction is just on the surface stuff. I chose my LAC in the first place because I thought I would get more attention here as a student, better grades possibly, and be able to make closer friendships, but now I think I may be wrong. I got into many other good schools (top-tier UCs and private schools) and now I feel like I've made the wrong decision in choosing my LAC over these schools. My high school GPA was pretty good, 3.78 ish and my SATs were 2200+. First semester of college GPA was 3.7 but I'm going to pull it up to a 3.8 this semester hopefully. My ECs in high school were pretty good with leadership; in college, volunteering as a tutor and at a hospital, on campus job, and a research position during the summer.</p>
<p>I'm definitely going to give my LAC another chance with my sophomore year, and transferring is my back up plan, but I just wanted to know what kind of schools I could perhaps transfer to?</p>