SingDanceRunLife

I'm having problems at school (social mainly, academics etc. are not a problem), and I've thought about transferring before and it's crossed my mind once again.

I feel like entering a new environment would be good for me so I can get away from the crap here and pursue some opportunities that I don't have at my current school since it's so small and in a fairly small city. The thing is though, I'm a junior. Would it be weird to transfer as a junior? If I were to transfer, it would be for starting in the spring semester.

I realize this might be seen as running away from my problems, but I've wanted to transfer for awhile anyway. In fact, the only reason I didn't was money, but if I apply to transfer now, I'll apply to a different set of schools -- ones that are more affordable/offer more/better transfer scholarships).

SingDanceRunLife

Bump. Anyone?

ChadVene

There is the chance that you would need to complete an extra year of school, since your credits might not all apply to a new curriculum. I'd just stick it out for until you graduate.

luying3636

Hi,

It seems that we are on the same boat. I am also going to apply as a junior transfer while I am a junior at a 4-year university already. One thing you might want to pay attention to is: some schools deem students who have more than 2 years of college coursework ineligible to apply as transfers. Some other schools would simply discourage us from applying and suggest us considering their grad school after we graduate from our current universities-the answer is pretty vague. I didn't get solid answers.

That being said, I would still fight on even though the application is gonna be extremely tedious.

anthonyxy21

If you're really unhappy about your situation, you should transfer. I have a friend who transferred as a junior for the Winter semester (or Spring in most cases) to Michigan and is doing just fine. Sure you'll probably have to stay an extra semester but getting a better situation for the remainder of college is preferable, in my opinion, to being miserable and graduating a semester early. You won't get your time in college back and I think enjoying your time in college is important.