<p>What are good reasons to transfer from one 4-year college to another 4-year college (as an incoming sophomore)? And what are bad reasons to do so?</p>
<p>More specifically, how do you know if your experiences at a college have been caused by the nature of the college or have just been the result of chance and luck?</p>
<p>There are no ‘bad’ reasons for transferring. </p>
<p>It’s unlikely that poor experiences were ‘caused’ by the college. More likely, there will be a component of the student’s behavior that engendered those poor experiences. </p>
<p>Good on the person who examines those behaviors–they will be less likely to make the same mistakes in the new place.</p>
<p>I think a ‘bad’ reason for transferring is that of a student who had their heart set on one “dream school,” got rejected, and then never gave attended school a chance, only planned on transferring to “dream school.” Sometimes it’s best to try and give your all to your current environment. I know lots of “almost transfers” who ended up finding it impossible to picture themselves anywhere other than 2nd choice school,but only those who opened their minds-and hearts-to it.</p>