I am a freshman at a small LAC almost done with the spring semester, and I have transfer applications filled out to other schools. The reasons I want to transfer are that 1) my current campus is suffocatingly small with only 1,200 students and the town is also really small and geared towards families rather than students, which makes me feel claustrophobic and I easily get cabin fever and 2) there is a complete lack of activity on weekends besides partying due to the school’s remote location, and I am not a partier. It’s not a suitcase school at all, but since it is so small, there is only a small contingency of people that don’t party, and most of those people are loners who never leave their rooms. The former is more of an issue than the latter. My first choice for transferring is a medium-sized city school (Fordham Rose Hill), and my second choice is New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, NJ). I’ve discovered that a city school will be a better fit for me. However, I feel guilty about transferring because there are good things about my current school. One is that I have a few good friends here, and another good thing is the sense of community, especially in my Japanese class, which only has 11 students, and all of those students are planning on getting into a class together for the fall semester with the same professor we have now (we don’t hang out outside of class, but I still feel bad). I almost feel like I shouldn’t be transferring because of good friends and good professors here, and I hear from one of the schools tomorrow, but I am still majorly stressing out. The friends don’t make the campus feel all that much bigger, and the clubs are not as active as I like. At either of the other 2 schools, though, I can earn a finance degree, which is not available where I am now, but I feel like that should not determine anything, because I can easily get a liberal arts undergrad degree here and then get an MBA in finance. I would like to have my decision made by 3 weeks from now, because that is when registration starts for fall classes where I am now. I just feel guilty about some of the friends and professors I’d be leaving behind, and I have developed a nervous twitch from stress about this. I just want to have this decision made already. The stress of being in a vastly different environment also stresses me out, but I am 90% sure I want to make the change. Anyway, do you guys have any advice for me on how to stop being so stressed out about this? When I am not in class or doing homework, it literally eats away at me. I was also accepted to my safety on Monday (Montclair State), but will not be going there unless none of my other options work out and I absolutely don’t want to stay at my LAC. I am also afraid that if I have a really good day where I am or something, it might influence me to stay, which I know isn’t good for me in the long run.
Sorry to bump, but really looking for answers here.
Getting a Liberal arts undergraduate degree and then getting a MBA will end up costing more, and a MBA =/= finance. It would be more fitting to get a MSF. Either way, I think lack of the degree you want is a perfectly good reason to transfer.