Advice on transferring?

ArtsyLover
Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:36:23 +0000

If it makes you feel better, my high school’s valedictorian is a freshman there (and we lived in New England). She’s going there for engineering, not sure which type. So, there are intelligent Northeasterners there, too, just look. In fact, as you get up to more advanced courses, you’ll begin to be surrounded more by the people you want to. But I understand, somewhat. If you want to transfer, you probably should to a smaller school. I dunno about UIUC, but if the whole “large party-happy” school feel is the same there as UConn (my boyfriend’s school), then you know what’s wrong. What if you tried a school like Rensselaer? My step brother went there for computer science, and I think he started working at 70 or 90 grand a year…sorry if this isn’t too helpful. To be honest, I haven’t really kept in contact with my brother. There’s around 5,000 undergrads and since it’s in New York, you might feel somewhat closer to home. Besides, since most of the students are engineers or are in computer science, you’ll have more of “your type” of person, I think. It’ll be pretty expensive, but if you have the money, it could be a school for you to look into.