<p>Transferring Schools - A "Creative" School</p>
<p>Hello all,</p>
<p>I am a long time reader here, but rarely post. Due to some recent circumstances, however, I have found myself needing the advice and wisdom that many of you seem to offer. Here goes nothing....</p>
<p>I am currently a freshman in the honors program at the University of Georgia. To keep this short, I will simply say that I am overall dissapointed and frustrated with this university.</p>
<h2>(You can skip this portion if you want, as is addresses other issues than my question requires)</h2>
<p>I came to the school almost by default. When doing the routine college search during high school, I really did not know what I wanted out of a college. My interests are broard (philosophy, math, perhaps engligh or film studies) and I have a particular interest in music (though this has mainly been a non-academic interests, and I persue it in my free time). Because my tuition would have been free, because I was accepted into the honors program, and because Athens has a pretty incredible creative spirit and a fantastic scene for music, I chose to come to the UGA.</p>
<p>So far, in the two and a half months I have been here, I have found myself wanting to leave. The Honors Program, as reputable as it may be advertised, has so far been a bust. By and large the students are apathetic, unengaged, and simply do not care about where they are or what they are doing. It is frustrating being the only (or one of the only) person in my class, and this goes beyond just my honors class, who seems to care about what they are learning.</p>
<p>The uninspiring, inexperienced, unhelpful, or just bad teachers does not help
The football-alcohol culture does not help either.
Nor does the lack of diverse thought.</p>
<p>I love Athens. But unfortunately the creative and down to earth qualities of the townsfolk only rarely cross-over into the largely pop culture driven student body. </p>
<p>I thought perhaps by becoming more aquatinted with the university's art department, I would be able to meet the more engaging students on this campus. However, the university has a strict policy on non-art majors taking art courses. I do have a genuine interest in taking some art classes, but how can a peruse my interest with these kinds of restrictions. I know the people I want to meet, but finding them is like searching for a needle in a hay stack - or even worse, a hay in a needle stack, for it is both frustrating and painful.</p>
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<p>So for now, I want to transfer, or at least I want to be able to transfer. I want to apply to other schools so that come May, if I still want to leave, I will have that option. Ideally, I will find the group of people I am looking for by then, but if I don't, I don't want to find myself wishing that I had applied to other schools.</p>
<p>So I am looking for schools so that energetic, creative students. I would love to be around students who not only care about what they are learning, but also love the sharing of ideas. I am not a candidate for art school, but I would love to be around the people who like to express ideas in similar ways. </p>
<p>I visited Wesleyan University this past week, and found that is was quite near to what I would like in a college. I, however, cannot let this school be my only option. </p>
<p>I was wondering what schools you all would recommend for a student like me, looking for the things I have discussed above.</p>
<p>Thanks for you time....</p>