HELP!--Should I Stay or Go?

fredo
Mon, 02 May 2005 13:37:59 +0000

My daughter is also contemplating a transfer - kind of the opposite of yours - from a small LAC to a big state Univ. A great deal of that is motivated by the social environment because she truly likes the academics of her current school, is comfortable, etc.

She went to see her (temporary) academic advisor as she prepared to select courses for next year, in case she stays. During the advising session, the topic of transferring came up. The advisor gave her what I think is pretty wise advice: was she running TO something else or running FROM her current situation? If she was running from it, he advised her to reconsider her decision because it meant she wasn’t really addressing the problems/issues but was merely escaping them.

Food for thought - and it’s definitely caused her to reconsider whether she will transfer or not.