<p>Just adding that several of my D’s friends talked seriously about transferring their freshman year, but only one followed through. Mostly it was due to homesickness. They’re all seniors now and don’t want to graduate. I think this is very common. </p>
<p>Our society builds college up to be this amazingly fantastic fun time, and sells the kids the idea that there is a “perfect fit” college for them. They go into it with the expectation that they will instantly make lifelong friends and everything will be peachy all the time. Of course, that’s not reality. </p>
<p>D also knew a few kids who really wanted to go to UNC-CH but didn’t get accepted as freshmen from out of state. So they went to Elon with the plan to transfer to UNC soph year (apparently it’s a lot easier to get in that way). There were 4 kids she knew of with this plan, but only one actually followed through.</p>