<p>I’ll take a shot.</p>
<p>I am transferring to Ohio State this fall from a smaller (albeit large) private university in a major northern city. I am both excited an nervous about the transition. No one in my family has ever gone to a school as large as Ohio State, and I don’t really know what to expect. The biggest concern I have is making the size work for me. My biggest fear is going to Ohio State and being completely overwhelmed by the size and starting down the destructive path I was on at my old school. </p>
<p>For some background, I mentioned I went to a private school in the heart of a major city on the I-95 corridor in the Northeast. I hated it. I hated being in a city because I found it to suffocate the college atmosphere and take away from the experience I was looking for and I certainly wasn’t “drinking the private school kool-aid” I ended up selecting on Ohio State because I wanted to go somewhere less expensive so I could spend as much time as I wanted, while also being somewhere I would enjoy the culture. Besides academics, I am very into the “fru fru” elements of college; walking through the quad, taking part in traditions, etc. As much as I am excited about Ohio State, I am always wondering if I wouldn’t be better off at a smaller school, public or private. I would really like to put my concern to bed before this fall.</p>