5 Reasons It May Be Time to Transfer
Coming to terms with the fact that your college choice may not be working out the way you imagined is not easy. In fact, nationally 37% of students will transfer colleges at least once in pursuit of their degree.
Life is about evolving, making choices, learning from them, and adjusting. So, how do you know if it鈥檚 time to transfer?
Reason 5: It鈥檚 not the "right fit" you thought it would be. Your personal well-being is critical to your academic success: the physical, social, and emotional. If you鈥檙e not happy and comfortable in your setting, you鈥檙e not working at your best capacity. It might sound silly, but a city person may not function at their peak in a rural environment and vice versa. That 鈥渃ompletely different鈥 experience you thought you wanted may prove to be far out of line with your natural fit.
Reason 4: You have changed your mind about your major and career plans. College is about discovering your talents and passions. What you thought you wanted in high school may not be what you want after you鈥檝e had some time to grow and mature. If your college doesn鈥檛 offer this program, you shouldn鈥檛 settle for something else.
Reason 3: It鈥檚 too hard or too easy. Something clicked in a way it hadn鈥檛 before, and the academic challenge you need is not there. Or, maybe the demands are higher than you anticipated. The expectations of college can be very different from high school. College should be a place to find your groove. If you鈥檙e not in it, that鈥檚 a sign that you鈥檙e either ready for more, or would be better suited in a different academic environment.
Reason 2: You stretched to afford your top choice college, but in reality, the investment for you and your family is not the right fit for the long term. Whether your personal or family economic situation has changed, your intended career path and expected salary has changed, or you鈥檝e gained different post-high school perspective, you may feel that you鈥檝e over-borrowed and now need to course-correct.
Reason 1: The you who you were in high school is not the you who you are now. It鈥檚 really not as esoteric as it sounds. One of the whole points of college is to find yourself, to break out of your shell, to realize what you want out of life. That realization might point you in a different direction because you鈥檝e changed. And that鈥檚 totally OK. In fact, that鈥檚 the whole point.
Ultimately, all five reasons tie back to fit: campus and setting, major and career, academic, financial, and you.
Has reading this encouraged you to reflect and you鈥檇 like to learn more about how 海角破解版 might be a fit, and what our transfer process looks like?
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