Hey everyone,
So I am currently a freshman at Georgetown University, and I am looking to transfer for a couple of reasons:
1) I am originally from Maine, and I really do miss the opportunities to be outside. I have enjoyed living in a city for a change, but Georgetown's campus does not have a lot of green space and is never quiet (mainly due to the airplane traffic). Additionally, I'm usually off campus climbing, hiking, etc most weekends, but the opportunities to do so around DC are limited. For instance, I'm on the climbing team and we have to commute two hours just to get to the nearest climbing gym.
2) This kind of goes with the first reason, but the students at Georgetown are very driven and pre-professional. There's nothing wrong with that in and of itself, but I'd prefer a school with a more laid back and intellectual student body.
3) Naturally, because Georgetown is in DC, students often go out into the city. Because of this, the sense of community isn't very strong on campus, and I'd prefer somewhere with a tighter sense of community among both students and faculty.
So what colleges do you think would be best?
I don't have much of a preference for size, although I think the transition to a smaller school would be easier for a transfer. In terms of location, one of the reasons I came to Georgetown was to explore somewhere different from home, and I still would like to do so. I'd be particularly interested going out west, but there are also so many good schools back east as well. I am also planning on majoring in Computer science (and philosophy/history if I have space).
In terms of admissions, my GPA is a 3.74, and I'd prefer to go to a college which is of a similar academic quality as Georgetown.
Finally, all of the admissions deadlines for next fall have already come and gone, which means that the earliest I could matriculate somewhere is next spring or more likely the fall of 2017. I'm worried that if I transferred after my sophomore year I wouldn't have enough time to spend at my future university. Would it be worth it to take a leave of absence and apply next spring?
Thanks!
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