<p>I graduated high school with reasonably high grades, but ended up at my local university (University of Nevada, Reno) mostly because I couldn’t afford anything else. But the fact is, I can barely afford this school - and nearly halfway into my second year and I am absolutely miserable.
In summation, this is just a party school with a party student body. I am paying more than I feel is worth it for classes in which I have honestly not learned anything. On the rare occassion that I do meet someone at the school for education, it is virtually never in a similar major.
So, I’m wondering if I should try to get into a higher-caliber undergraduate English program (e.g. University of Iowa, Middlebury College) at the cost of very large student loans. While I realize this contradicts the fact that I am just barely above the poverty line, I’ve began to wonder if it’s worth taking the leap of getting out of state if it means ending up in more suitable university environment.</p>