<p>Hindsight is 20/20. Why do you wish you hadn't transferred? New school wasn't better than your old school? Too expensive? Too much of a hassle and life upheaval for what you gained?</p>
<p>Hey!</p>
<p>Here's a little of my personal experience that hopefully can help...</p>
<p>I transferred after the first semester of my sophomore year and I do not regret it at all. I went from a private, expensive, out of state school to a public, cheaper, higher ranked, and in-state school. </p>
<p>I remember when I was researching my potential transfer destinations, I found it important to determine if you will truly fit in at the school you want to go to. I know it is difficult to assess before you're actually there, but sludge through the website to check out all the academics/social scene/everyday life of your desired school. </p>
<p>Personally, it was difficult to leave all the friends I made at my first school. Going through freshman year of college is a definitive bonding experience that lasts a lifetime. After I was (thankfully) accepted into my desired school, I sat down with each of my close friends and told them why I was transferring and they are still my close friends today. For me, the upheaval was worth the gain. Try as best you can to determine if the "juice is worth the squeeze" and apply to every school you can see yourself. You can do it, good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply, Rick. I guess this question won't get too many responses considering most people here are probably are dead set on transferring, plus haven't completed the process yet!</p>
<p>Why did you transfer anyways?</p>
<p>I am looking at transfering after our first quarter at my school, did you happen to move into the dorms? i'm jsut trying to figure out how hard it will be to get into dorms in the middle of the year.</p>
<p>I had no choice but to transfer, given that I was attending a community college. I'm taking a last requirement over summer and there are some students from my new school (UCLA) in this class who are making me really nervous. They don't come to class well-prepared and seem not to be able to grasp even simple concepts, like the idea that you don't have to suffer through a whole class not knowing what the hell people are talking about: you can use a dictionary. I am beginning to wonder if the practical choice of staying in LA and going to UCLA, rather than moving to Berkeley to attend Cal, was really such a great idea. I am hoping that these students are not representative of the general caliber of scholarship I can expect to find. Then again, it might be the same story at Cal, and I'm just romanticizing.</p>