<p>I'm in the second semester of my first year of college, and a few days ago it dawned on me that I really want and need to transfer. I have a single dream school now that I can't stop thinking about going to. I already applied and got in back in my senior year of high school, and since the transfer acceptance rate isn't too selective, I know I'll probably get in again. </p>
<p>I missed the deadline for applying to enter in fall 2010, which was a week ago, and I have yet to receive an email reply from the college about whether I can transfer in the spring of sophomore year. Their website doesn't mention tranferring in the spring, however, so I'm assuming the soonest I could transfer is junior year. I'm worried that with only 1.5 years at the new school (I'm studying abroad junior year) I won't have a lot of time to build really solid, lasting relationships with my peers. At my current college, I've just begun to settle into new friendships. I feel like the people at my dream school are people I'll have more in common with, what with similar values and interests based on the college's personal history. I'm also very passionate about dance, but I'm worried that having only one semester at the new school before studying abroad won't allow me to get settled in that part of my social experience there. I want to join a prominent dance group there, but I'd hate to only spend one semester bonding and then vanish for a semester.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any ideas/encouragement/experience to share on the topic of transferring junior year and its effect on social life during and after college? I'm sure most of us have heard that college fosters all kinds of positive relationships that extend beyond those four years.</p>