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<p>If you decide to transfer, it’s important to choose a university very carefully. With your new self-knowledge, you should be able to identify traits of schools which would suggest that the schools are a good fit for you. This, along with thinking long and hard about whether it’s worthwhile to transfer and where you’d like to transfer to, should help you make a good decision.</p>
<p>I can relate to your situation. I’m also creative and individualistic, but didn’t realize it until well after high school. I had to learn the hard way that I don’t fit in with the preppy types you describe. I also know firsthand how disruptive it is to transfer…</p>
<p>I agree that in general, it’s good to try to make imperfect situations work for you. But there are limits to how far you can shoehorn yourself to fit into an environment that just won’t work. If you’re creative and individualistic and the people at the school really are as conformist as you say, it’s likely that nothing you do will make it possible to connect with them. At the end of the day, you can’t make people accept you. And people will eventually see through a fa</p>