Transfer Prospects After Withdrawl?

Transfer Students
1

I am currently a freshmen attending a somewhat competitive college out-of-state. Overall, I have not been enjoying my experience there, and it seems likely that I will withdraw out of school to take local/online courses at a nearby college because of this (and due to some personal issues).

However, I eventually plan on transferring to another competitive school once I can get everything in check (likely for Fall 2019), but I am worried that my decision to withdraw will be problematic or frowned upon when looking at prospective schools. To anyone familiar with the transfer admissions process, is my superstition true? If I make productive use of my semester off, will this be enough to remain viable as an applicant? Thank you in advance!

2

Are you planning to complete this semester, or are you withdrawing from all of your classes and leaving now?

If you aren’t failing your classes or suffering a medical or mental health issue that requires you to leave, your best option is to finish up the current semester where you are. Then you can take a leave of absence, or just transfer out.

What you do after that is up to you. You don’t have to take any classes at all. Make it a real “gap semester” and just get a job or an internship, or do some volunteer work while you get your life in order.