Will I regret not transferring schools?

collegemom3717
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:31:02 +0000

Here’s the thing: you have made a choice- and now you have another choice to make. Your first choice was to apply to transfer to Georgetown, and to do all the steps needed to get that offer. And you were successful! hooray!

Now you have to make another choice: to do everything you can to make Georgetown be the “right” choice- or to stay stuck focused on what you are leaving and all the doubts/unknowns/possible negatives of change.

Remember that whether you are at UMi or Georgetown, there will be rainy days (literally & metaphorically). There will be good people- and not so good people. There will be great profs- and not so good profs. There will be fun aspects of campus life- and not so fun. NEITHER place will be all sunshine and roses. It’s how you choose to deal with the thorns that will make the difference.

Now, luckily for you, IF you put your heart and soul into making Georgetown be your place and IF by March or April you genuinely can’t see your way forward there, dollars to doughnuts transferring back to UMi is not impossible.

BUT- and this is a huge BUT- if you start out with that mindset the likelihood is that you won’t actually make the same effort as if you say to yourself, ‘I have made this choice, and I can make it work. I can find my people. I can find my place. I can thrive here in ways I never even imagined!’

So, make another active, conscious choice. Take yourself by the scruff of the neck and say 'this crying every day lark isn’t getting me anywhere. Yes, change is hard- but I can- and have! - done hard things! So, I am going to focus on the fact that I will be in living in DC for the next year!! I will be able to go / see / do X, Y & Z. I will be listening to and meeting all these amazing leaders. I can’t wait to see what internship possibilities I might get for next summer. I will make the most of the good - and the not so good- parts of this opportunity.