<p>“I’m terrified of going to nd my sophomore year and having to redo another freshman year socially.”</p>
<p>This is your intuition talking, and I strongly urge you not to attend. I know some people who have made smooth transfers to ND and others who had a very difficult time (not to say that the transfer process is difficult by any means but I am supporting your claim about the grass not being greener on the other side).</p>
<p>This one guy from my high school was pretty die hard ND. Unfortunately, he was waitlisted because we were just a very competitive senior class. He went to one of our state schools and was having a blast, but he still applied to ND as a transfer just for kicks, and was shocked when he was accepted. Because he felt like it was, “such a good opportunity” he ended up transferring.</p>
<p>His situation turned out to be unfavorable. He was forced to live off campus due to lack of housing. He discovered how difficult it was to meet people despite living near other transfers. The business school doesn’t accept transfer students so he had to major in Economics, which is a tough program at ND. He managed to move back on second semester but was put in an awful dorm on campus. He was reslifed for a fairly unreasonable offense for drinking (that would have definitely been sanctioned in any other guys dorm). </p>
<p>he’s staying on, but i think he has realized that he has made a lot of compromises for his college experience; you might not want to make the same mistake</p>