<p>Hello,</p>
<p>This is a long story, so please bear with me. After high school, I decided to go as far away from home (Westchester, NY) as possible, so I ended up at the University of Colorado in Boulder. At first, like many other freshman, I was worried about making friends and settling in. I did make friends, however and ended up having a good time. At the end of my first semester, I decided to transfer because the place was too much of a part school. I had the same routine every weekend; After class, I'd meet up with friends, go to some decrepit bungalow on "the hill" and party. Though fun at first, I quickly became tired of this. I also longed to live in a large city where I could do a bunch of different things (e.g. going to museums, concerts, many different restaurants..etc.) and meet a diverse group of people. Here's where I went wrong; I applied to McGill, NYU and CUNY Hunter and got into all three. Since I didn't want to go to Canada, I was left with NYU and Hunter. I'd like to have gone to NYU, but the tuition was ungodly expensive. Hunter, on the other hand, was extremely cheap, and if I went, I could get my own apartment in Manhattan and not have to deal with debt after graduating. I now am attending Hunter as a sophomore. While my professors and classes are wonderful, I am dying of loneliness. I try very hard to meet new people by joining clubs and talking to my classmates, but haven't clicked with anyone. Moreover, NYC is a lonely place. Now I'm beginning to miss the "traditional college experience" more than ever. I also realized that I'd like try going into the arts. Though I am a good student, I haven't been interested in any of my academics and I've taken most of the intro courses. I do love ceramics, photography, design and architecture, though, and would like to be in a school that has a liberal arts program as well as an arts program. I keep hearing that transferring twice is bad, and that I should stay put even though I'm miserable here. It's incredibly lonely, and hard to stay motivated. It doesn't feel like college at all. There's more to it, but I've already written a lot. Have any of you had a comparable experience, or have any advice? I really need it. </p>
<p>Thanks so much</p>