Should I transfer? Need some advice

Nyriki
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:08:34 +0000

Thank you for all the advice, everyone. I am feeling less frantic :]

I go to the College of New Jersey. Most courses are four credit, while in the large state university courses are mostly 3 credit classes. I am guessing some credits will be lost. Also, they have quite an extensive number of required courses. I will have to take those as well as starting out a new major in Anthropology. If I want to add Chinese as a second major, it will make my college career even longer.

I though about just majoring in Sociology if I stay at my current college because it is close to Anthropology, but from taking the Sociology intro course I can see that the two are different in many, many ways. It wouldn’t be the same.

Essentially, I want a major that deals with world issues, cultures, languages. My original major (International Relations) seems way too politically and economically focused for my taste. So, I find Anthropology to be the next best thing. I certainly enjoy the current Anthro class on race that I take now.

I have joined a few organizations and am only really active in two. Many of the clubs I found to be rather cliquey and didn’t feel very welcoming to new students. My depression also made it difficult to go to more meetings or make an effort to talk to more people and have them open up more. Most organizations do not have events/meetings/etc on weekends. Very rarely is there a big event on weekends and when they occur, they are usually the type I would not attend. Sometimes I feel so lethargic I do not even look for events to attend.

Grande Attiles: You make good suggestions. However, taking many summer courses would be difficult for me because of my financial situation. But if worse comes to worse, I guess that is my only option.

I suppose I will apply to the large state university and hope I get accepted to their honors college or they may be merciful with some aid.

I do not know where I went wrong in my senior year of HS. I thought I made a good choice and whatnot. Now, everyday I feel regretful and feel worse when old friends tell me about how much they are enjoying their college life. It is silly, but I cannot help but feel this way…