How much should a person's "gut feeling" matter when transferring?

Joycelene
Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:36:57 +0000

Thanks! Yeah, I just feel very unsure if I’m making the right decision or not because I do have good friends and have had really great times; it just doesn’t seem like it’s the best suited place for me. I know my parents and friends want me to transfer (for obvious reasons since I’m over half a day’s drive); I just wanted a more objective perspective since this is such an important decision.

Haha, you were really close, B0ST0N, especially with what I gave for you to work with (there are also 230498 women’s colleges in VA or at least there were); I go to SBC’s fierce rival, Hollins University XD Which is, admittedly, the academically weaker one between the two colleges, I will admit.

Does anyone have suggestions for LACs? I only have two colleges (Lawrence and Kalamazoo, which is my top choice) this time around that I think I might like a lot and offer me some merit aid. I would like to try my chances at other schools that won’t (Beloit, Carleton, University of Chicago) but I don’t really want to since can’t spend as much money or time this time around (I applied to 10 colleges first time around. It’s particularly devastating just due to the sheer amount of time I had invested in picking the right college and is why I’ve been so reluctant to admit that I have to reapply all over again.)

I’m no superstar by CC means but I’m fairly academically sound and am competitive at many colleges, provided that they aren’t super ridiculous (i.e. Ivies, Little Ivies, other super selective schools haha.) About 29 ACT, 2020 SAT, took 8 APs (7 actual tests though lol), 3.9/3.5 GPA, okay awards, decent ECs and I’ve only done better in college. Most any place will work with me so long as it’s not a total reach and thus impossible to get aid, more or less to get in XDDDDD