should i transfer? please help! - Page 4

curiouser · 10-15-2007, 02:25 PM

I think you've been given excellent advice here. I'd complete a few transfer applications, visit after acceptance, and see how you really feel months from now.

It's actually a very good thing you are beginning to understand what you really want in a college. Rokiracoo's post above was very sound, as are others who say you may change your mind. However, transfer applications can and should be completed to insure that you have options when you need them.

Listen to your gut instincts, but DO make efforts to improve your current situation in the interim. That way, no matter what you decide, you win.
Good luck and keep us posted on how things evolve.

milkdud · 10-15-2007, 06:18 PM

i just want to thank everyone who posted, i really got some good advice. so heres the current situation.

im going to stay the full year, so i have to wait it out no matter what. at this point, im really set on leaving. i say that because im not really homesick anymore, i have so good friends, i've joined some clubs and things like that, and i'm still not satisfied here. i just think the problems with the school are ones that cant be fixed, such as size, distance, academics, and the student body being really unmotivated. so i'll apply to other schools and visit around and stuff, and hopefully this year wont be too painful.

so far im applying to conn college, skidmore, brandeis, and wesleyan. if anyone else has ideas let me know.

and thanks again to everyone

Andale · 10-15-2007, 06:57 PM

Thanks for checking in with us, milkdud. Glad things are going better for you, and that you can take your time. Let us know how things go along, and remember it's all good no matter what happens. If it gets even better and you decide to stay, fine. If you continue to think transferring is the right thing, fine.

nycollegelooker1 · 10-15-2007, 10:28 PM

Well, I personally think you should apply to more schools than just those listed. How about NYU, or smith college, or state colleges, what made you single out conn college?

Where is your homeplace? Btw, how is the food about there?
No cusines like you get in NYC, where the variety amazes you.

Anyways, I would like to know your hometown so I can help you or atleast advice as to possible suggestions, Suny colleges are in play?

Im no expert but have done a fairly good amount of reading/researching/trends,etc.

My 2 cents.

newchick · 10-15-2007, 10:33 PM

milkdud, are you a girl?

biggyboy · 10-16-2007, 12:49 AM

if you're looking for a suny college, and a small liberal arts feel, you would really enjoy geneseo. it's a great school and pretty too! (not like the gray vibe you get from the other suny campuses-binghamton is an example).

milkdud · 10-16-2007, 08:01 AM

well i live about 40 minutes from the city, in westchester, i wont say exactly where. everything is in the play including sunys, i just really want a small, liberal arts school that isnt a joke academically. and yeah im a girl, was it that obvious? i just really liked conn college when i first saw it last year, but was rejected. but im willing to go as far as maybe threeish hours, as long as its fairly accessable to where i live.

cadbury · 10-16-2007, 03:03 PM

Hi Milkdud!

I agree with NYcollegelooker. If you didn't get into Conn College last year, the rest of the schools on your list may each be a significant reach. You definitely should broaden your list.

milkdud · 10-16-2007, 03:47 PM

well i didnt get in last year but i was close, it was sort of a match school, not like a huge reach. and im doing really well in school right now and its easier to get into a school as a transfer. but im happy to hear other suggestions, what safties do you think?

icy9ff8 · 10-16-2007, 04:16 PM

Skidmore is probably a strong match. Can you apply as a transfer student to Conn. College? Where else did you apply to last year?

milkdud · 10-16-2007, 05:18 PM

last year i applied to brandeis and conn college and was rejected from both. i got into suny new paltz, clark univeristy, and never heard from binghamton (i dont know why). and that was it, i was really stupid while applying. i got lazy and just came here when i was accepted. thats why im unhappy i guess, but i learned my lesson, this time i'll do the research. but i think as a transfer have a shot at conn college. and skidmore i like too.

i also thought i'd look into bard, but i know nothing about it right now so i cant say.

milkdud · 10-16-2007, 05:20 PM

oh and yeah conn college takes both spring and fall transfers, but i'll be in the fall. spring is just a little too soon to get everything together

icy9ff8 · 10-16-2007, 05:26 PM

Bard is a very liberal school, much unlike Conn. College. The students at Bard probably do not cross apply to Conn. College as often as those whom apply to Skidmore. St. Lawrence Univ., about 8 hours from your home would be another option if you are more mainstream politically speaking. (St. Lawrence, however, has been overwhelmed with dramatically increasing applications the past two years). Do you consider yourself to be liberal, conservative or moderate? Bard, Vassar and Sarah Lawrence tend to be ultra-liberal, whereas Conn. College is moderate, SLU moderate to conservative and Skidmore is liberal to moderate. Clark has an outstanding reputation-- especially for psychology.

milkdud · 10-16-2007, 07:02 PM

i am liberal, but not hippie really. i guess in terms of personality im moderate, although politically im a liberal. does that make sense at all? bard might be too extreme, but i really liked skidmore

Proud Dad · 10-16-2007, 08:33 PM

Bard isn't as weird as it's cracked up to be, and I mean that in a good way. Recently the president wrote to the students concerning a drug-related suspension:

Quote:

Bard is in the unfortunate position of being heir to an inaccurate but widespread mythology that, unlike other colleges, it is somehow more tolerant or forgiving of drug use. This is not true and represents a distortion of the history of the College. The College's adherence to a progressive philosophy of education that centers on the well-being of individual students, its embrace of the arts as an integral part of the liberal arts, and indeed its informal and tolerant atmosphere have repeatedly led to the misconception that it looks the other way when it comes to substance abuse or illicit activity.

The fact is that precisely because of the College's commitment to learning and the development of students' abilities and ambitions, the kind of irresponsible and destructive activity associated with drug use is anathema and unacceptable. Any romance that might have been associated in some past countercultural fashion with drug use is long gone, if it ever flourished. The College must rely on the trust it places in its students and on the presumption of adulthood that trust suggests. It has no wish or capacity to divert scarce resources to more stringent systems of control and oversight.

I have kids at both Bard and Sarah Lawrence and both schools are liberal but tolerant of all philosophies and persuasions as well. Neither is "a joke" academically. To the contrary, both put a lot of stock in intellectual pursuit and self-motivated learners. Check 'em out.