Transfer----will I Be There Next Year?

unalove
Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:31:19 +0000

The more important question, to me, at least, is why you hate your school, and whether there are specific reasons you want Chicago, or if you are looking for a higher-ranked school in general.

Keep in mind that adjusting to your school, or any school, takes quite a bit of time, and a more prestigious school doesn’t necessarily mean a better or happier school. I have a friend who is at Harvard and had been wanting to transfer until she met a group of kids like herself. She still feels in the distinct minority at Harvard, but at least she feels she has a niche.

I have a few ideas of where you may go to school-- Emory, Rice, Vanderbilt, Tulane-- and I think that at all of them you would be able to find the kind of experience you want out of a higher-ranked school. If, however, you are specifically looking for the University of Chicago experience and you have reasoned that your school can’t give it to you, that might be another story.