<p>Thank you, snapplefan.
Agree that IF the OP is going to do transfer apps, they need to be done during this 6 week break so, as psych_ says, he can focus on school and socialization when he returns to Knox, and not be pulled/distracted by other things. But new apps will probably also require updated LORs (to be gotten after return to school), FA forms (which may need to be updated for Knox anyway), etc, and the OP talked at length last year about the arduous task of getting his dad to complete the FAFSA forms (CSS too maybe? I forget). More stress? Who needs it. </p>
<p>And FA packages are not typically anywhere near as attractive for transfers as for incoming freshmen, and if its not affordable, then it may be an exercise in futility.</p>
<p>And more importantly, if the work isn’t done on fine tuning the social adjustment/social skills, the same challenges, or even more difficult ones, may be in store upon transfer. Then what. Regret that one left a good academic and financial fit? </p>
<p>Agree that the OP should consider taking down the youtube video. How it was intended and how it comes acress are different beasts. I’ve been trying to find Ian Terry’s (the most recent winner of “Big Brother”) audition video, but can’t yet locate it. He’s a friend of my S#2 so I was going to ask him if the video was anything like what Ian is really like, and/or how much he played up the “nerd” factor (as was his role on Big Brother). Perhaps the fact that I can’t find his audition tape anywhere out there on the www is telling in and of itself…</p>
<p>**as an aside, I did find a video of Ian kicking himself in the head. That was pretty… wild.</p>