Anyone else have a child who is having a hard time making the transition?

mathmom
Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:24:48 +0000

1. How will you be sure that a transfer next semester will “cure” the problems they are having now? The school COULD be the culprit of their unhappiness, but it could also be other things - even just being away at all! Think HARD before you transfer and where you transfer to.

You can’t be sure, but it’s not necessarily the end of the world. Either the student stays at school 2 realizing that the issues were just related to being in a new place, or you go back to school 1. I had a friend at Harvard who transferred there from Swarthmore which she thought was too small and too confining. After a year at Harvard she went back to Swarthmore appreciating it much more!