<p>I love the academics at Vassar, and I'm perfectly happy with my film major.
However, it's been two years and I absolutely do not fit in socially. I'm from Ohio, so OSU is closer to home.
Also, Vassar is much too small and claustrophobic for me. It feels worse than high school because it's really difficult to leave campus unless you have a car. </p>
<p>I'm worried though that OSU could wind up being more expensive than Vassar.
And I don't know what I would major in, and I might get behind and not graduate in time, so that would make it really more expensive.</p>
<p>How about planning junior year away either in U.S. or abroad? Or perhaps getting a car would turn out more financially feasible than losing aid or credits. If you like the academics and your major explore all options before you transfer.</p>
<p>if you are from ohio, in state fees are better than a private school's fees. </p>
<p>It seems that you are unhappy @ vassar, and because of that, maybe you should really consider going to OSU. Because in the end, it doesnt matter where you get your degree; what matters is that you just like where you are at.</p>
<p>Yeah, if you want to go to OSU, it's where you'll be happy, and nothing is stopping you, then go to OSU. Vassar does not sound like a fit, and I would get out of there if you don't want to be there.</p>
<p>How easy is it to make the change at this point? As an in-state student, can you just - in effect - "walk on" this coming fall?</p>
<p>For most transfers, the deadline for fall transfer apps was back in March; but maybe not for your situation. And you typically need to spend two full years at your transfer school to receive their degree.</p>
<p>Let us know how this aspect would work for you.</p>
<p>The deadline at OSU is June 15th for the fall quarter, and I applied last October for Winter 07, but decided not to transfer. I've called and they have updated my application, and it's still good. I just need to have a final transcript postmarked by June 15th, which whould not be a problem.</p>
<p>Wanting to move from Vassar to OSU does not seem crazy at all to me.</p>
<p>But the points you make in the last paragraph in your OP seem like red flags that you would want to work out first. Not knowing what you would major in, not being sure whether it would be more expensive, thinking you might "get behind" and thus spend even more. </p>
<p>Do they have Eskimo Joe's in Ohio, renix? Lol. Do you mean Oklahoma?</p>
<p>To the original poster: I'm going to be a prestige whore here and just say that I think many people could be happy at any school if they try hard enough. Maybe you just haven't found your niche, or maybe you do just need to buy a car. That said, if you are truly miserable (not fitting in socially does not always mean misery; I'd stay at a place regardless of how I felt socially if I liked the academics enough), then transfer. But maybe look into other schools as well as OSU? From Vassar, provided your stats are good, you could get in somewhere more prestigious and maybe more academically challenging than OSU (not to knock it too much).</p>
<p>I'm just saying, if I were in your position, I'd be just as unhappy if I liked where I was socially and didn't feel academically challenged (hence my own transfer from a state school to Barnard).</p>
<p>Hmm. I don't know. At this point, I place very little emphasis on homesickness in decision-making, because I really think you have to make your home. My family has moved several times, and I went to boarding school far away from home, and in my experience, you just have to figure out how to like where you are, if it's worth it - and in my case, it was. Home changes, anyway - everything does. Anyway, I don't think that homesickness is ever a good reason to give up a great education. It's only a couple of years, after all.</p>
<p>Go where you will be happy. Ignore presitige. It's irrelevant, trust me. What you do with your education is far more important than where you went to school.</p>
<p>Hmmm, I'll be attending OSU this fall and am the opposite: I am worried that it will be too big and that I won't fit in socially (though since OSU is big that might not be too much of a problem).</p>
<p>For the record, Ohio State is climbing the ranks. When I applied, many counselors had to tell their students (even at elite private high schools) that many great students would not be accepted. I saw this first hand with some of my classmates. Also, on the OSU 2011 Facebook group there are students that have turned down Ivies and top liberal arts colleges to attend...I turned down Smith (though not entirely by choice). The dean of admissions even said that 2011 is the strongest class and I've heard that the class of 2010 is strong too.</p>