Should you transfer schools if it's too "easy"?

anon94785555
Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:32:01 +0000

Why not go for the most Honors courses you can take? That’s where your peer group is. Better to not be the big fish in the average pond but to challenge yourself as much as you can. You won’t be special when with those smarter than you are. State flagship schools need to serve both the best and more average students. You have chosen to dumb down instead of rising to the challenge. Who knows- you could have a similar gpa with much more learned. Those Honors kids will be way ahead of you. Some 300 level courses are numbered so grad students can take them for credit (son had the choice of a 101 or 301 course as a first semester freshman- same lecture for both).

What would you do if you transfer? Would you once again shoot for mediocrity? It sounds like you can save a lot of money by taking advantage of what is currently available to you. Don’t worry about future theses- you could drop the honors in one later. At a large U the Honors courses are likely to expose you to more professors and chances to work in labs, and you’ll have a better knowledge base to do so.