I want to transfer here- is it worth it?

5feathers
Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:38:12 +0000

1st year at UVA, Echols scholar. Waitlisted/rejected at Brown but it was really THE dream school. Please counsel me on this!

UVA is fine. I’m on some sort of a medical track, and I have the opportunity to graduate in 3 years but do the last year to get a master’s in public health in the batten school (5 year masters on the typical track). Then there is Brown with its 5 year public health program, and Providence, and less people and those people would be much better than the overwhelming kind here. I really want to go to Brown, even if it means paying twice as much now since I’m instate. I don’t know if it is worth readjusting, but I would still get 4 years if I did the 5 year program I don’t know if the degree is more advantageous, but I just know that I was really disappointed this past April and I just feel like UVA is not my fit. I never planned to go here and I’m trying to make the most of it, but if I’m not happy… I’m not happy. My parents are behind me with whatever I choose.