<p>hey, all. first time poster, long time stalker. anywho, i am a freshman at a flagship university in florida. i'm content but not altogether happy here. i guess the gist of the situation is that i wasnt really at the high school that i wanted to attend and now i'm at the college that i don't want to be at and that shouldnt be the case. my current town is just too small for me, not much goes on. the school pretty much makes the town (which is to be expected at many large state universities though). </p>
<p>i took a trip to dc to make me realize what i do want in a school. i'm beginning to realize that i do need the culture and energy of a big city as my current living situation does not offer that. in addition, i think i need to get out of my home state. college is supposed to be about living and growing but i feel as though i still have a major connection to home and that if i am going to find that independence that i'm looking for then i need to be placed in a whole new situation that i've never been in or had to be in. </p>
<p>so i've spent many a night on the collegeboard and what i've come to realize is that i'm really interested in american university, emory and william and mary. i know that w&m isnt exactly "the big city" that i'm looking for but its an amazing school. period. plus its a revolutionary war town. i toured american and really did like it. i liked the international vibe and global perspective thing that they have going on. my current school is just so homogenized, in my opinion. and then emory, i toured it a couple years ago and i really liked it then. all seem pretty open to transfer students and thats definitely an issue - i don't want to have to suffer through the same orientation as incoming freshmen do! plus i'm looking for a school that has other schools around, maybe thats part of my whole anti- college town thing. i need an academic focused university not one just focused on our party or sports rating. my dream dream dream school would be georgetown but i know that it would more than likely be a waste of an application fee.</p>
<p>at the school i'm at i would be done with my gen ed requirements after spring semester but i've already been able to start taking classes towards my major. at all the other schools though i'd have to backtrack a bit since i wouldn't get as much credit for all of my AP scores. i'm hoping to double major in sociology and psychology and from there, go onto law school. i'm taking 13 credits this semester and am 95% sure that i will have a 4.0 GPA. i applied for an internship (after realizing my course load was a little too light) at a public policy organization so i'm doing that 3 times a week for about 3 hours each day that i'm in. i'm in the pre-law fraternity phi alpha delta so that tends to keep me busy as well. next semester i will be taking 16 credits and limiting my hours at my internship. </p>
<p>my high school stats:
GPA: 3.7 unweighted
4.1 weighted
6 APs
ACT:28 (30 math, 31 reading, 29 english, 30 writing, 22 science) and thats why i'm not a hard core science major</p>
<p>extra curriculars:
NHS (11,12)
Student Council (9,10,11,12)
Coordinated a Senior Citizens Prom at a retirement home for SC
President of Jewish Culture Club (10)
Youth Leadership program in my city
top 8% of class of 620
Leadership Class (11,12)</p>
<p>part time job (11,12)</p>
<p>for anyone who read that whole thing, i applaud you!
so, do what you do best college confidential, chance me! do i have valid reasons for wanting to transfer? my parents do not pay anything for tuition at the school i'm at so it would be a fairly long jump to go from paying for just room and board to everything. they support me in my choices but i need some unbiased thought (if you decided to read my manifesto, that is)</p>