I’m currently a first year student at a university that guarantees me a seat in their pt program in 6 years. For some backstory, I never had any intentions to apply to this school. I hated the campus and I didn’t feel like I vibed with it at all. I only applied because my mom made me. In the end though, I picked the school as it was very affordable and had the direct entry. I did get into some other direct entries, but they were not affordable. I decided to give this school a chance as I am coming for a good education, and this seemed like it would help.
The first few weeks of college were okay. I made good friends and the classes were pretty manageable. I was actually becoming hopeful that I would end up loving this school. I made plans to join many clubs and possibly join greek life. As the weeks went on though, I found myself increasingly unhappy at the school. I did not have any motivation to do my work and I found my grades slipping. I would spend most of my time alone in my room as I felt like I haven’t made any true connections at my school since a lot of friendships fell through. I felt completely alone and not included. Everyone always hyped up freshman year saying that you would make so many memories and friends. My school is very study oriented and very cliquey so once I lost those first friends, it became hard to integrate into other groups. It just felt like high school all over again. I tried to join clubs to feel included but was shocked to see the lack of variety of clubs and how infrequent the meetings were.
I decided to apply to a few schools to transfer just in case. I was afforded good scholarships which would make the costs equivalent. I love PT and I can’t imagine myself doing any other career, but I hate being constantly unhappy at my school. I don’t know if I can last there for 5 more years. But then again, I feel like it would be stupid to give up my direct entry seat for a possible chance of getting into a PT school. I heard that PT school is very competitive and that makes me nervous if I transfer. Please leave any advice down below. I’m stuck on what to do.