should i transfer to an out of state school?
Asked by Blake Phere's my situation: im going to be a sophomore at the university of tennessee in the upcoming school year and im strongly considering tranfering. i have lived in knoxville for about 12 years now and i think im in desperate need for a change. i stayed in-state bc it was very cheap for me bc of scholarship and bc it would be easier to continue a long-distance relationship with my girlfriend. this summer my parents bought a really nice condo for me to live in and i was really pumped about it but recently i've been having major regrets about staying here. my gf and i broke up, which has been hard on me, and this has just added to my desire to leave. i will have to take out loans if i go to a nice out-of-state school and i kinda want to move to the city, somewhere up north i think. i wanted to leave before i needed to worry about having a career. should i do this or should i wait until i finish my undergrad to save myself the money?
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Answered by ranmuffin
I did a lot of school hopping, two private schools and then actually graduated from UTK (go vols?). I also did some graduate work in Alabama. And here is the thing: as much as colleges try to distinguish themselves and convince you that they have something to offer you that the others don't, there is still an element of sameness everywhere you go -- especially since you can't help but take yourself, and all your personal baggage, with you. If there is an academic reason to go, like UTK doesn't offer a program you want, find a state school that does, and has a reciprocal program with UTK so you can pay in-state tuition somewhere else (when I was there a decade ago, for example, someone from West Virginia could come enter the Language and World Business program and pay instate tuition because WVa doesn't have that kind of program). My advice would be to stick it out, pour yourself into your studies (and have a plan to get out of there so it doesn't take you five years), actually talk to your professors (wish I did that more), and then when you graduate, get a really great job so you can afford to live in a big city, or get into a great graduate program that will let you follow a passion.
I did a lot of school hopping, two private schools and then actually graduated from UTK (go vols?). I also did some graduate work in Alabama. And here is the thing: as much as colleges try to distinguish themselves and convince you that they have something to offer you that the others don't, there is still an element of sameness everywhere you go -- especially since you can't help but take yourself, and all your personal baggage, with you. If there is an academic reason to go, like UTK doesn't offer a program you want, find a state school that does, and has a reciprocal program with UTK so you can pay in-state tuition somewhere else (when I was there a decade ago, for example, someone from West Virginia could come enter the Language and World Business program and pay instate tuition because WVa doesn't have that kind of program). My advice would be to stick it out, pour yourself into your studies (and have a plan to get out of there so it doesn't take you five years), actually talk to your professors (wish I did that more), and then when you graduate, get a really great job so you can afford to live in a big city, or get into a great graduate program that will let you follow a passion.
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