Transferring schools...the saga continues

[Vince S.]

I posted another thread on this subject a while ago, but I have additional details that may be pertinent.

I have already transferred once before; I switched majors from Criminal Justice to English, and transferred to my current college for my sophomore year. I am currently a second semester sophomore. I am satisfied with my school academically; their English program is excellent, the work challenging, the professors top notch, and the class sizes very small and personal. However, what bothers me about my current school is the social experience. Most people are are more than comfortable financially-speaking, and tend to be from the same backgrounds. The campus looks like a living Abercrombie and Fitch catalog. There is no diversity here, nor much open-mindedness: if you're not "in", you're "out".

I have been considering a state university back home. Their English program, from my understanding, is about equal to that of the one at my current school in terms of academic challenge. The school is also much bigger, with an on-campus population of 15,000, and much more diverse on all levels.

The problems:

The university requires that you matriculate BEFORE they tell you which of your credits have transferred. I'm also not sure if they do a cutoff at 60 credits max for transfer.

Second, if I do transfer, I would be coming in for Spring 09 as a Junior. (I'd spend my 1st semester Junior year at my current school). Is it worth spending a year and a half at a brand new school if it means to be more socially accepted and happy? Or just "tough it out" at my current school and have a miserable time for the next two years?

Any input would be appreciated.

[peterbright]

The problem may transfer with you. Work at relationships where you are first.

[JNowiski]

yeah, there's no guarantee you'll be happy there either.