colleges to transfer to from Wesleyan?

collegemom3717
Fri, 22 May 2015 01:50:46 +0000

I’m going to chime in with the people who are suggesting being really clear on what you want to be different in a new school.

You say in this post that

My dream school was Oberlin but my parents wanted me to “aim higher” - their idea of a better school is a more selective one. Whatever. I’m not bitter. It still seems like paradise to me

but in another post you say

I was deferred by Brown today. It’s my dreamiest dream school and obviously I’m devastated - been crying for almost four hours straight. I was expecting this, and I even have an EDII (Wesleyan) lined up, but now I’m not so sure. I tried not to get my hopes up but I apparently have my heart set on Brown. I have absolutely no idea what to do.

Being really clear about what you want, and about why you are unhappy where you are is essential if you aren’t going to just take your unhappiness with you to another college.

You were unhappy with Wes from September - is it possible that in your heart you haven’t given it a fair chance? you may be perfectly right, that it’s not the place for you, but I think that swapping it out for another similar school is not likely to fix whatever is wrong.