<p>Is anyone knowledgeable on the topic of transferring to SMU? I'm a freshman interested in transferring for the Spring semester. If anyone has any personal experience or has heard, please shed some light. Thanks.</p>
<p>If I may give my two cents. I had my heart set on transferring to SMU for over a year. I just toured the campus today. It is a very pretentious environment (I heard that before). I did not feel totally welcome there. I felt as if you can’t join the club unless you are wealthy. It actually breaks my heart that my dream school in reality is a bad fit socially. I think the university has a solid engineering program. However, the people and environment just made it uncomfortable for a middle class non-traditional student. Good luck in your search.</p>
<p>Let me clarify. I meant “socially” as far as day to day interaction with students and faculty. I’m a little older than the average bear to be worried about the party scene.</p>
<p>Hi EJSDAD, I’m sorry you had an unpleasant visit. I saw that you were posting as far back as March that you were concerned about SMU’s reputation. I would point, however, that SMU students come from all different backgrounds and walks of life. In fact, I have two military students like yourself in one of my history classes this semester. Moreover, around seventy percent of us receive some form of financial aid. </p>
<p>Greens, feel free to PM me about SMU admissions, transferring, or life here at SMU and I’d be happy to talk to you about it. I just spent last weekend at a retreat with dozens of other transfers and can help share their stories with you.</p>
<p>Ej, I’m not worried about that but thanks for the concern.
John, definitely.</p>
<p>Greens, I gave you my observation of the school. Educationally, SMU is good. I maintain that position. Resources and facilities are the best I’ve seen so far. So it may work for you in the end.</p>
<p>John, I appreciate the response. I have not totally given up on SMU. Had I toured with you, maybe my experience would have been better. I think I am going to go to the campus on my own and look around for a while and see if maybe my initial impression is wrong. Mickey Saloma was really cool though.</p>
<p>I realize that…but I’ve been to SMU, lived in HP for the summer, and know of many people going there. It’s a good fit for me for some of the reasons you mentioned…</p>
<p>smu is a beautiful campus – a little too perfect – but just because the bricks, mortar and landscape is flawless doesn’t mean that the kids there are from the same cookie-cutter mold. my son wouldn’t be going there if everyone was there was as pretentious as the picture perfect environment.</p>