Hey everyone, currently a first year at UVA looking to potentially transfer to another school and was hoping for some help. After finishing my first semester, I just don't think UVA is for me. I'm not enjoying college as much as I think I should be, haven't really made any friends, and honestly don't enjoy school even though I love learning. Coming home for break everyone has said how much they love their school and can't wait to go back but I just don't feel this way about uva Because of this, I'm looking at transferring into a smaller school i.e. liberal arts college or small university.
Some criteria I'd like in a school: learning for the sake of learning, not too pre-professional, tight knit community, somewhere I can really get to know people and make lifelong friends, smaller undergrad population (less than say 8,000). The one major condition is that it has to be equal to or better than uva academically/reputation wise/job market prospects or else my parents won't let me go.
About me academically: 3.5 gap the first semester, got a 4.35 in high school, and 31 on the act. Not sure what else to say, decent ec's lot of volunteer work, could probably get fairly good letters of recommendation. Looking at majoring in some combination of economics, poli sic/government/international relations, environmental science, history, or math.
I really like the idea of Wesleyan University because of the hipster/outdoorsy vibe (just based off of what I've heard haha) which matches my personality and they have a relatively high transfer acceptance rate. From what I've read, Colby and Bates seem similar but are they a step down from uva? So i guess other schools that match this and what I've already said. Any recommendations are welcome
Do I have a realistic chance of transferring into top LAC/smaller universities?
Thanks a ton!! Really appreciate it
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