<p>I am currently a second year chemical engineering student at the Illinois Institute of Technology but with third year standing. However, I did not want to go to IIT in the first place and was ultimately forced to by my parents for financial reasons (they gave me full tuition and a small additional scholarship towards room and board). I don't like it here at all. I feel that the student body lacks any motivation and that classes become more simplified because half of the students don't do well on exams and quizzes. I don't feel like I'm getting the quality of education that I was hoping for and the overall experience I wanted. Now it probably just sounds like I'm complaining, but if I'm going to be miserable I would rather know that I'm getting a degree from an institution that is more well-regarded. So I am currently considering transferring after this year. I have a 4.0, am in the "honors" program, have done research the past two summers and last year, am a tutor in chemistry and chemE, started a chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World, and am part of an engineering outreach program at the university. So I have a lot of things I'm doing, but the only motivation I have is about getting out of here and going to a different school for graduate studies. I had originally planned on going to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology while looking at colleges, but now for a transfer I am considering others depending on if they can give any financial aid.</p>
<p>Sorry for the long rant, but basically I just want to know if it would be wise to transfer at all. I also don't think I want to stay in ChemE and would much rather do some sort of EnvE or Environmental Chemistry program (which they don't offer at IIT for undergrads, so I went ChemE).</p>