<p>i just started college this past august at buffalo state college for fashion merchandising and i HATE it. i originally wanted to go to FIDM in Los Angeles but my mom wouldn’t let me apply because im from new york and it was to far for her. i really dont know if i can last another semester at buffalo state. i keep telling my mom in going to transfer to FIDM and she keeps saying no even though she knows how much i hate buffalo state and how much im not happy there. i can still transfer and move to california for FIDM if i apply because im 18 but i think she would cut me off and not help me pay for school and living in LA is expensive. im just not happy all around. i hate being home and i hate school. i really dont mind how far california is from new york. i live about 8 hours away from buffalo and i dont get home sick. i feel like FIDM would be a good school for me because the whole school is focused on the fashion industry and its a small school, also its in a big city which i really like. buffalo is to suburban for me, because i lived in the suburbs my whole life i want a change of scenery and live in a big city. i just got my first semester grades from the courses i took at buffalo state and they were horrible. i couldn’t focus because of how unhappy i am which caused me to be depressed. no matter how many times i tell my family how unhappy i am and want to transfer they wont listen. what should i do?</p>
<p>I probably wouldn’t return to Buffalo if you hate it so much, but I wouldn’t expect any family members to invest in a more expensive education if I had done so poorly because I wasn’t “happy.” </p>
<p>What about FIT? Isn’t FIT in New York City? FIT also has one of the safest campuses in the country, I believe - despite being in an urban area (something having to do with all the security and police detail they have) – isn’t FIT a peer of FIDM? </p>
<p>FIT only accepts general education courses to transfer not fashion courses. if i were to transfer to FIT next year i would have already taken 4 fashion courses. it would be waist of money to pay for classes that i already took over again if i passed them already.</p>
<p>It might also not be possible for her to pay for you to go to FIDM. FIDM is a for-profit, private institution (which is typically not on par with a non-profit instituion), whereas if you’re probably paying in-state for Buffalo State. How would you afford FIDM?</p>
<p>Suck it up. Seriously, you got bad grades because you “aren’t happy”? You are not mature enough for university, which is to prepare you, not to be a funfest 24/7. </p>