<p>I currently attend a music conservatory as a voice major. All my life, I’ve wanted to sing, and it was all I wanted in high school. However, I really do not enjoy conservatory life, and while I enjoy singing and seeing opera, I’m not sure how much I enjoy doing it, or if I want to commit my life to it. I don’t like my teacher and I don’t do well in all the classes. Also, I’m very lonely at school and have become very depressed and my general anxiety has been getting worse. I’ve been thinking about changing majors and schools (I have to be a music major at my school) since about October, but my parents think it’s too soon to give up on my dream, especially because I got in to such a good school. </p>
<p>When I say I don’t do well in all of my classes… I finished first semester with a B-, a C, and a D- (I had 4 A’s and 1 A-) so overall, I had just over a 3.1GPA for first semester. I’m worried about trying to transfer schools with a D- on my transcript. The class was specifically for the music major, so if I leave the music major, does the fact that I got this grade even matter? I feel like that grade is a sign that maybe this isn’t the path for me. </p>
<p>I already put down a deposit and signed a lease to live in the city where I currently go to school next year. I’d feel so bad that I made my parents spend money for me not to go back there, but that school really makes me unhappy. Plus, they want me to give it time, so right now I’m thinking that I’ll do two years and transfer if I’m still unhappy, and by then I will have retaken the classes I got C and D- in. How will that grade impact transferring if I plan on doing a completely different major? (Really interested in Elementary/Special Education, by the way) I think that I want to transfer somewhere like American University or Loyola Chicago.</p>