Have you ever transferred colleges? What was your experience?

Yes. I went from what was considered a lowly Journalism school to a renowned University, with a nice big name and a big degree to go with it. The point is, my first one was private and new and they had plenty of funds and lots of great teachers as a result. We learnt a lot. In the Uni (state-run), teachers were also great, but too few, which basically meant one of them died of heart attack while I was there, because of too much work. And then there were even fewer to go round. The level of knowledge and overall challenge rating was much lower, and I was the best student in my year, based purely on what I’d learnt at my previous school.

I guess it depends where you transfer from and to. It’s just different, and, like any other change, you’ll need to adapt to the new environment.

overall I do not regret the change, because I got to meet a person who later helped me start my music career and therefore had a profound effect on my life – but it’s all a matter of luck

I basically went the traditional route, right from high school to college, but we didn’t have any universities in our back yard. We did however have a Community College, so I enrolled there. By actually getting a degree from CC (which I’d recommend doing before you transfer), a lot of the hassles many of my friends had, just didn’t exist for me. Many had classes that didn’t translate…but basically for me, all my liberal arts were done and I simply needed to take classes in my major. There were only two classes I had to retake for my major, because the classes I took at CC were 100 level classes and the ones required for my major were 300 level classes.

My university was 2 hours from home, so I stayed on campus, so that’s a bit different, but really, if you’ve been to CC, you know the drill, nothing to be nervous about, just expect that your 3rd year classes will be harder than your 2nd year, and your 4th year will be harder than your 3rd. Generally there will be plenty for you to do socially at any college campus whether you live there or not, and if you don’t want to immerse yourself in that aspect of it, you just really need to do your work and you’ll be fine. The biggest different is the size of the campus really, which has it’s challenges in that maybe it’s not as intimate, but resources should be more plentiful in other ways. Don’t sweat it, it’s just school.

Before you transfer, make sure the school you’re planning on going to will take all your credits.

@hammernail: I specifically took classess to fill requirements there since I knew I was transferring there no matter what anyway, so everything I have transfers

It wasn’t a big deal. Went smoothly. All my credits transferred.

I went to USF last year, very nice school, but florida’s education system isn’t the best, so when I transfered to BC most of my credits didn’t transfer, so that’s kind of a pain, but it’ll pay off in the end I think. Other than that it’s been a relatively smooth transistion.

I think by the time I actually get my BA (if I ever do), I’ll have set some sort of record for most colleges attended, I swear.
Transferring can be a bitch, but it sounds like you have it under control. You got the nitty gritty stuff out of the way. And if you don’t like your new school, it’s fine, you can transfer somewhere else, like me!
Be sure that you are happy and doing what’s best for you.

I just transferred from a community college to a large university. No real administrative problems. Obviously the environment is a lot different. In my experience, the CC is focused on helping the students succeed as best they can. The university is much more concerned with getting as much money from you as they can.