<p>I feel like at my current school, I’m really not a good fit. I am a poli sci major, everyone else is health science (ie nursing, physical therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy), communications (media production, print journalism, etc.), or business/marketing. I got a 2010 on my SAT, most kids here got between 1700-1900. Most kids here are Italian/Irish, I’m not. I feel like its hard to relate and have a conversation with a lot of people because I don’t take a lot of the same classes, I’m really into politics and I do read and like to write, yet this school has an anti-intellectual atmosphere. I do a lot of extracurrics, including Greek life, the newspaper, a political club, and ballroom dancing. I haven’t made any close friends, there are people who can be friendly at times, yet I don’t get invited anywhere. I always have to initiate conversation, I have to post on other walls to get anything on mine. The frat is lukewarm. I’ll admit I’ve made some bad social mistakes, such as getting too drunk and going to the clubs alone. My reputation probably has suffered. I don’t have a girlfriend, or many female friends.</p>
<p>Should I transfer, and if so, where should I go? What school would be a good fit for me? And if I do transfer, how should I go about making friends? I would be a junior in the fall, but I want to go to a college where being a poli sci major isn’t laughed at or weird, where students are more motivated and passionate about what they do, where people care about the world or at least can hold a conversation about it, but I do want a high girl:guy ratio, not smaller than 6000 people, where kids are open to new friends and aren’t too cliquey. Somewhere where I can have these things with sociable and fun people. At my school, for some reason, the poli sci majors are generally awkward, weird, or stuck-up, thinking they’re so smart they’re too good for everyone. There are a few sociable and friendly poli sci majors: they are rare. I want a school where not knowing about sports too much isn’t a social death sentence, although I should and will pay more attention. What school is a good fit? Where could I more easily make close friends? I plan on joining my chapter at a new school which has my fraternity but I know it is not a guaranteed ticket to friendships, although it is certainly a big help.</p>
<p>Or should I stay, clean up things, and give it a chance so I can gain familiarity?</p>