Concerns as a transfer student

ajkdskas
Tue, 06 Aug 2013 00:58:45 +0000

I’m attending VCU this fall as a sophomore. I messed up my high school grades pretty badly and took a year to go to community college where I actually did really well, and then applied to transfer. My two biggest worries are how to meet people to hang out with, form study groups with, etc, and how much harder the curriculum is going to be versus community college. I’m in the mass comm program specializing in journalism.

My main worry about meeting people is that it’s just such a big school that the idea is kind of daunting. I have friends/know people down there from high school/CC, and I’m planning on getting involved with groups, but is there anything else I should try?

As for the harder curriculum, all I’ve heard is that you have to write a lot more, and better, at a four year school versus CC. Writing essays is definitely a strength of mine, but am I going to be totally out of my depth the first time I get assigned a paper?

Also, I have 3 roommates in a 4 bedroom suite, is that going to be all right or a nightmare? I was excited about it at first because that’s 3 more people on the campus that I’ll know but it definitely has the possibility to be… not fun.

I’m a girl if that helps at all. I was on the newspaper in high school and played soccer (not for the school, just in a community league) and I’d like to do that again (casually play a sport and participate in some school journalism).
I’m moving in on either the 15th or the 16th.

So, yeah, does anyone who was in the same position as me have advice or cautionary tales?