<p>Hi! I am encountering the amazingly frantic process of applying to other colleges for transfer, and have been doing so since late March. I was attending Stockton College in New Jersey, found that it just wasn't clicking for me, and decided to transfer out for next semester. </p>
<p>The acceptance letters are trickling in at a slow pace right now. I was wait-listed at Smith, accepted into Immaculata University,Rosemont College and Loyola Maryland. I have yet to hear from these other schools. I'm a bit in a limbo, because I've hardly heard any good things from two of the schools I was accepted into, and Loyola Maryland is a bit pricey (so is Smith, but that is neither here nor there)</p>
<p>aside from this, my real concern is what I'm getting into. The schools I have applied to are as follows</p>
<p>-Immaculata University PA
-Rosemont College PA
-Loyola Maryland University MD
-American University DC
-Villanova University PA
-University of Maryland MD
-Smith College MA
-Elizabethtown College PA*
-Virginia Commonwealth University VA*
-Saint Joseph's University PA*</p>
<p>(* have yet to send in application)</p>
<p>For this, I have very basic questions. Which of these schools are usually good schools for what I am pursuing (English or Psychology degree)? what kind of culture am I getting myself into? how easy is it to travel on campus? is the campus spread out in a metropolitan area? or is sequestered? Are they any schools on this list that I should REALLY steer clear from?</p>
<p>What criteria did you use to create your transfer application list? Go back to that, and see if you can recall what it was that you thought you liked about each of these places. </p>
<p>Some of these have active forums inside the Colleges and Universities forum here at CC. Go to the main page where all the forums are listed, and scroll down until you find that. You can ask a lot of your questions there.</p>
<p>Google the various campuses, and look at them using the map or Google Earth feature. Use the directions feature to find out how to get from campus to somewhere else that you are interested in. If there are public transportation options, those will show up, and you can follow the links to check how often buses and trains run.</p>
<p>What do you want to do with your college degree? If you know, then contact the career centers on each campus and ask them where recent graduates with your major have ended up.</p>
<p>Here is a handy calculator that you can use to compare aid packages and other data. Run some of the information that you do have through it, and see what you thing: <a href=“Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid”>Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid;
<p>Lastly, please do remember that if you decide you don’t like any place that accepts you well enough to attend this fall, you can take a year off and re-think your application strategy. It is possible that none of the places on your current list is right for you.</p>
<p>OP, can you tell us a bit about the pros and cons of Stockton, and why you’ve decided to leave? It would help people comment about the possible suitability of the transfer targets you’ve mentioned. You have many types of schools on the transfer target list.</p>