Wellesley vs. Smith, Wellesley vs. Swarthmore

supercow
Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:36:35 +0000

escape…I am also a transfer and wanted to leave my school because (among many other reasons) I wasnt being challenged. I actually moved back home after leaving my school, and have been taking classed at a local state school. Again, I am not being challenged at all. I am actually transferring to smith, which is funny since you go there now.

I know how it feels when people say, “oh, just stick it out, you will be fine”. So I wont tell you that. If you want to transfer because you hate your school and you dont feel comfortable, then by all means, get out of there! HOWEVER, if you really do like your school but you want more work, or a better ‘name’, you should look into other options besides transferring.

At the state school, one of my professors (harvard grad) asked me why I wanted to leave. I had 100 reasons, but he told me that if it were simply about the “easy” classes, I should look into the honors program. Does smith have something like this? Im sure you could take harder classes and honors classes too.

Just a thought. Again, I know what its like to want to transfer, so I wont be one of those annoying people that tries to make you stay, BUT, transferring is a VERY hard, VERY long and VERY annoying proccess.