Hello,
I am currently a junior by credit but a sophomore by actual years I’ve been in Uni. I attend a somewhat prestigious, somewhat small, private 4-year university that is about 20 miles from me so I live at home and commute. I came in as a Spring transfer in 2019 because I decided to take a semester and work. Anyhow, I have now matriculated into the school and I am currently in my second semester here. So far, I haven’t really made friends nor have I connected with the campus as a whole. I am involved in quite a few things and I am always friendly and I have “convenient” friends, but no one to really eat dinner with or anything like that. I have tried really hard to like the campus but it’s so difficult and I am not connecting with it like everyone else is and I want to have fun and I want to have a traditional college experience but that doesn’t seem to be the case for me.
I would graduate 2021, graduating a year early, if I stayed here but I genuinely do not like the school and the atmosphere it carries, nor have I had a good experience with any of its governing bodies (enrollment services, financial aid, academic services). I was seriously considering transferring because I really don’t want this to be my college experience–mostly alone and zero adventures, still at home. I am also on the pre-med track and I might have to retake some classes because my credits won’t transfer. I wanted to transfer but I don’t know if it’s a wise decision seeing that I might not get to graduate early since I’ll have to take extra classes for the university core and additional pre-med classes unless I petition.
So I guess my question would be, students who decided to transfer, what was your experience like and do you regret it?
Is it worth it to transfer or suck it up and go?
*I live in Texas if that adds any significance.
My current GPA is 3.70 but after this semester’s damage, we’ll see. I do have 2 Ws. Will I even be able to transfer to a different school? Ideally, I would like to attend UT Austin or the University of Houston.