Is it worth it to transfer?

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Did not receive many answers last time, so:

After reading my situation, if you were in my position would you transfer schools?

I am an incoming Sophomore at a top 50 ranking university. I did not originally want to go to this school, but I was not accepted into my top choice schools during Senior year of high school so I went here instead. After going here I realized that I still had thoughts of transferring schools, but after considering the pros and cons I still have trouble deciding. 

Pros and Cons of Current School

Pros:
-Extremely active, fun campus. 
-A vibrant nightlife - parties, bars, etc.
-I am part of several pre-medical clubs and was on the crew (rowing) team Fall semester
-I made a bunch of new friends and made some very close friends
-Am settled down and have a great group of people I am staying in a suite with next semester
-It is near Georgetown and Bethesda so there are many internship opportunities for my intended career choice (cosmetic surgeon)
-The classes are relatively easy and manageable

Cons
I do not feel as though I am fully comfortable at this school. 
- Classes are sometimes dull and not invigorating. The professors are not as captivating and responsive as I had hoped. Sometimes because it is easy I do not feel motivated to learn more.
- A lot of people here do not have the same interests. Most people just want to party at night and do not really want to do more adventurous activities. 
- People here are very casual and slacked. I am probably more or less the traditional preppy type so I tend to be more clean cut and neat.
- A lot of the girls here are, sorry to say, trashy and I do not like their type.

Pros and Cons of Transferring (assuming I get in, to an Ivy League, Stanford, or NYU)

Pros:
- Better professors. Better chance for a more interactive, captivating learning environment
- More sports that I am interested in - rowing, sailing, golf (the school I am at now have them but they are very novice)
- I have friends at those schools and they are very cool and their friends are all smart but know how to have a good time.
- Better internship opportunities in NYU, Cal, and Boston.
- More fitting environment, in my opinion.

Cons
- Far away from home, less convenient
- Leave many awesome old friends
- Less active typical college social life (parties, bars, etc), excluding maybe NYU.
- Starting over, essentially

If it were you would you transfer schools? Why or why not?

petree! · Accepted Answer

I thought about transferring a lot when I was in college, but I stayed and ended up really liking it. Just because you're not at an Ivy doesn't mean your education is worthless. And your social life probably sucks more where you are because your desire to be somewhere else is sabotaging you without your realising it. Now, you are right about more opportunities in Boston, which is where I went to school.

I say that you should put in some transfer applications and cross that bridge when you come to it. In the mean time, try appreciating your current situation a little more and get various opinions from different individuals as to whether or not transferring would be the best move. I could be wrong, but it's pretty normal to think that the grass is greener on the other side, and I wouldn't want you to find that out the hard way that it's not always the case.

As for "if I were you".... Well, I said I didn't transfer, but I didn't go to your school, either. I couldn't answer that because I'm not you (I wasn't into partying and you obviously are, for one thing) and because I don't even know where you go to school, haha. Take care and good luck. Hope this helps.

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