I am currently a second semester freshman in college. I’m not sure if the college I’m at is the proper fit for me. When it came to choosing a college last spring, I chose the one that gave me the best scholarships and didn’t really let myself find a college I truly fell in love with. However, my first semester was REALLY BAD. Not like 3.0 bad, I got a 1.97. What happened was, I was forced to fail a class that was offered on satisfactory fail only. It was an orientation class for my major, but I changed to undecided on my major, so I could no longer attend the class. I had to keep the class though because if I dropped it, I would not have been a full time student. The rest of my classes I got Bs and Cs. I know, not good. But see I also think the problem is that I’m not certain I belong at this school. It’s not that I can’t handle college, it’s that I couldn’t focus on my schoolwork and I found myself not caring because I was just feeling unhappy about everything all the time. The problem with transferring is that if I wanted to transfer in the fall, the only grades they would see is my nice 1.97. This semester, though, I’m doing a lot better so far. So I think I have a few options.
- Transfer to a CC back home in the fall and then transfer to a different school in the spring. (Would like to not have to go back to my hometown though:/ )
- Stay at my current university in the fall and transfer in the spring
- Some fall transfer application deadlines are June-July ish, which would give me time to send them in my better grades from this semester.
- Suck it up and stay here all 4 years.
What would be the best solution?
Also, there comes the issue of financial aid for transfers