<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>I hope everyone got into their school of choice for next year. </p>
<p>Currently I am an undergrad at the University of Pittsburgh, and over the past year, I have been off and on about transferring. One side of me says that by continuing to do well at Pitt, and having just completed my sophomore year of college, it simply wouldn’t be worth it to leave. On the other hand, though, I cannot help but think that I would like a change of scenery. I’m from the Pittsburgh area, and to be quite honest, school has become very monotnous and boring for me. I no longer am bummed to go home when breaks start, nor was I even slightly disappointed about going home for the summer a week ago. </p>
<p>Though I have had these feelings, they never felt as strong as they did recently. I visited my best friend (and former roommate) at the University of Notre Dame over the past couple of days. I never truly liked ND before, but literally fell in love with the school. Though I don’t really have any aspirations to transfer to ND (mainly because I am a finance/accounting major and would not be able to get into Mendoza), I got to thinking more and more about what else was out there. </p>
<p>That brings me to my current dilemma. Though nearly all of the top school’s deadlines have passed for transfers for next year, two in particular caught my eye, Villanova (June 1st) and Fordham (July 1st), whose deadlines have not passed yet. I’m sure there are a couple more out there as well, but I have not searched extensively yet. </p>
<p>Anyway, that brings me to my main question, in my position, would you actively pursue a transfer from Pitt to either of these schools? The only thing holding me back from completely going full force with this is that I am actually on a lease for a house next year with some friends. I am pretty confident I could find someone to replace me though, as housing at Pitt is hard to come by. One other thing I have considered is simply transferring to a school for the spring semester. Though I likely would have to attend that school for an extra semester, I had already planned on doing so at Pitt in order to complete a double major. </p>
<p>Any thoughts would be appreciated.</p>