<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I was wondering what life is like as a transfer student at Smith. I met some really nice women while I was visiting, but worry that since I only have two years left that I will find myself struggling to find a social group to call home. While I am excited about the housing creating a community-like feel, I also got the sense that while your housemates are close and are available, that isn't where people find their best friends. What are other ways that people meet?</p>
<p>I was also wondering about having a car - if it is necessary, if people struggle taking classes at the other universities without a car, or attending parties or football games, and the like at the other schools.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Post your question on the Jolt and there will be more than enough current students to help. </p>
<p><a href="http://smith.dailyjolt.com/%5B/url%5D">http://smith.dailyjolt.com/</a></p>
<p>Yes, but beware that some of the people on the Jolt are CRAZY! They hang out there just waiting for people to ask real questions, and then they dump all their finals negativity on them. :-).</p>
<p>and then they dump all their finals negativity on them. :]]-)</p>
<p>Only to other Smithies. They're nice to future students. Facebook is another good source. Well, until congress strats regulating the site. Kid you not, they've had hearings and are considerating it :(</p>
<p>Back to the flick-again</p>
<p>Jolt is a good resource but needs to be digested with a keg of salt; it is, however, useful for taking cross-bearings upon visiting or discussing with students/alums/parents.</p>
<p>Where are you transferring from, Emily? </p>
<p>I think any new college is going to be challenging. However, a smaller school will be more likely to embrace you quickly than would a big one. You won't get lost. You'll be just like the freshmen in terms of finding social connections, and I don't hear any of them expressing reservations that they won't find friends.</p>
<p>In many other schools, the freshmen are partitioned from the upperclassmen through the dorm system. At Smith, you'll be in a house with all classes, which should help.</p>
<p>I am a midwest girl who spent two years at the University of San Diego, wanted something more academically challenging and community feeling - by the time I figured out what I wanted, it was too late to go somewhere in the fall. I have spent the last year at an internship at a public relations firm in Minneapolis. I worry, in specific relationship to Smith, that it will be a little too small (i.e. people will already have their social groups and it will be hard to break in). </p>
<p>TRLT - thanks for the jolt advice, people are so nice! </p>
<p>Also, on a total side note, I know someone who got kicked out of high school for pictures of underage drinking on myspace.</p>
<p>Also, on a total side note, I know someone who got kicked out of high school for pictures of underage drinking on myspace.]] </p>
<p>They're warning us now about employers using alumnae email accounts to research future employees on Facebook, looking for underage drinking photos, drugs, strange profile info, the whole works. It's made me more careful of what I tag on facebook, I can tell you that.</p>
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SmithieandProud,
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<p>You know...I was going to address you by an abbreviation of your user name, but I realized what that would be and it definitely doesn't fit you at all! :-)</p>
<p>But seriously..... in reply to a couple of the OP's questions, if you don't mind having a lot of FY and Sophmore friends, you'll have no trouble meeting lots of people. Each house has a few Head of New Students (HONS) reps who are sophs and they schedule a lot of get-togethers and events for all new students in the house FY's, transfers, international grad students etc. You meet a lot of FY's this way and also a lot of sophs beause they tend to attend the activities with their HONS friends. Not saying you won't have Junior and Senior friends, but a lot of the Juniors do go abroad and the Seniors seem to be busy with a set group of friends (just my experience).</p>
<p>As to a car, I thought I would really miss having one, but I didn't. It is an incredible hassle, in my opinion, to find parking and move your car during snow emergencies.</p>
<p>but I realized what that would be and it definitely doesn't fit you at all! :-)]]</p>
<p>I'm too lazy to type the whole ID also, so I shortened it to S&P...sans the 500..Think about it :)</p>
<p>I'm transferring in too, but as a sophmore. I didn't know about the Daily Jolt, so thanks to roadlesstravelled for putting up the link. I haven't gotten my smith e-mail address yet, so I haven't been able to create a new Facebook. I still have my old one up though, and I did use facebook to contact a current Smithie who transferred in from the same school I went to this year (Dean College). So far the Smith students that I have spoken to seem really nice, so I don't think any new transfer will have a problem making friends unless she tries really hard to be anti-social.</p>