Unsure About My Decision

SilverShamrock
Mon, 11 Aug 2014 03:55:14 +0000

Currently I will be attending my sophomore year at Purdue University. Unfortunately, I feel like this school isn’t exactly the perfect fit for me, and this is causing my academics to be less than ideal. Both of my older siblings had attended Purdue and had a wonderful time, so during my high school years I was always in West Lafayette and had wonderful experiences with the school. I believe these pre-collegiate experiences hastened my decision making in choosing to attend Purdue.

On the bridge of beginning my sophomore year, I have come to the realization that if this year is anything like the last, I will transfer. I feel that when you are at college you should be comfortable with your decision and shouldn’t be considering transferring…this thought is easily a weekly occurrence for me though. (I will be attending the school the whole year, as well as looking into going Greek to see if that will improve my experiences with Purdue)

With this is mind, I’m unsure of which schools to look into heavily and discover the transfer process, and would really love nice input from anyone with thoughts to share. My main aspects when looking at a school are as follows:

-Biological Sciences Program: I love Purdue’s program, you don’t became specialized until your junior year, so you have two years of academics to figure out which one of eight majors is the perfect fit for you, I would love to know if any other schools have something similar

-Location: I’m from the Chicago and ideally would like to remain in the Midwest (1-2 hour flight time home, would prefer no more than 6 hour drive one way). The furthest away I feel comfortable with is Kansas/Kansas state/Vanderbilt.

-College Size: I know I want to attend a large college that’s 20k+ and is within the D1 division of sports, and I’d prefer they do have all main sports (No Marquette)

-College Town: One of the main issues I have with Purdue is that it’s in no way a college town…it’s Purdue University in the middle of nowheresville Indiana with nothing around, combine that with only having 4-5 reputable bars on campus, it’s not for me. Along with that, I know something like Wisconsin-Madison or Iowa isn’t for me either, in which the whole town is dominated by the college.

-Greeklife: As I mentioned, I will be trying to go Greek at Purdue. I really want to go through with this because I know it will be a great help in terms of obtaining a career down the road. I’d really like to attend a college with a reputable greek life.

If anyone has any schools that they think would fit this profile, I’d really like to take an in-depth look at them. Currently I’m looking at Vandy, Michigan, and K-State.