Transferring to a School You were Accepted to as a Freshman?

Transfer Students
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<p>I applied to Emory for freshman year and got accepted; however, my parents were under the impression that I was set on another school (the school I attend now), and didn't apply for financial aid. That was all part of some big misunderstanding between my parents and I due in part to the financial aid calculator on Emory's website and the fact that whenever I brought up the school, all they could talk about was how expensive it was, so I just got frustrated and quit bringing it up with them. That was a mistake, of course- I never told them how upset I was about not going to Emory until we were eating lunch during my move-in day about two weeks ago. They told me to give my school a chance, and if I didn't like it, they would let me go to Emory next year (I think regardless of financial aid- I'd just have to take out some loans and deal with it on my own, though). </p>

<p>I really am trying to give my school a chance, and I know it's only been two weeks, but I honestly feel like an outlier here. I'm on the honors hall, but half the kids are so obnoxious and insane that you wouldn't think they're honors at all. Also, most of my classes are a mix of honors students from all years, and I've noticed (I don't mean this in a conceited way- just in an honest way) that I'm a bit more advanced than some of them. Gosh, that sounds conceited, but really! In my philosophy class, we have to post discussion essays online and read everyone's, and my writing skills were noticeably more advanced than everyone else's. Again, I'm not saying that to be arrogant- it really was true! And I don't really feel challenged by any of my classes except for that one. I know it's only been two weeks, but the homework assignments and readings have already started rolling in, and they're not any more difficult than any AP classes I took in high school. I just really feel like I don't belong in a large, football-oriented university, and Emory just feels right to me...so, since I was accepted as a freshman, does that mean I'll automatically be re-accepted?</p>

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<p>Fr applicants turn down colleges they were accepted to for a range of reasons, the colleges don’t hold it against you. My D1 applied to 3 schools where she was accepted as a fr, all accepted her as a soph transfer.</p>

<p>Just be sure to bring out some good reasons why you want to transfer in your essay.</p>

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<p>Call Emory and ask if you can start in the spring since you were accepted as a freshman. One of my friends from Oxford did just that. She called up Oxford, told them that she was admitted as a freshman and that she hated the school she was attending and they let her start there in the Spring without having to fill out transfer paper work (I know because I asked her about the transfer process). Perhaps Emory Main will do the same.</p>