Regret?
I just finished saying goodbye to Lillian, who won't be back next term because she's transferring to University of Washington instead.
She really hated it here, and took the initiative to get out while she could. She told me that of course she's sad to say goodbye to people, but really happy to get away from this school so sodden with the drunken frat boy culture.
I'm happy here - I've planned a major (or two...), I have a nice group of friends, I have a sweet boyfriend - but I can't help but wonder what it might be like at other schools, schools without this inebriated, misogynistic general student attitude. Maybe I'd fit in better at other schools with less of a Greek life, and more of a focus on education and intellectual pursuits. I certainly don't fit in with the rest of my floor, who get Good Sammed every other weekend, stay out all night at frats playing pong, make our hall smell perpetually like pot, hook up with a handful of random guys/girls every weekend, and have recently started doing coke on a regular basis.
Am I going to be one of Lillian's friends who looks back during my senior year and regrets not transferring? I'm capable of making the best of it here, but should I really be paying all this money and spending four years of my life "making the best of it" when there are better options at my disposal?
She really hated it here, and took the initiative to get out while she could. She told me that of course she's sad to say goodbye to people, but really happy to get away from this school so sodden with the drunken frat boy culture.
I'm happy here - I've planned a major (or two...), I have a nice group of friends, I have a sweet boyfriend - but I can't help but wonder what it might be like at other schools, schools without this inebriated, misogynistic general student attitude. Maybe I'd fit in better at other schools with less of a Greek life, and more of a focus on education and intellectual pursuits. I certainly don't fit in with the rest of my floor, who get Good Sammed every other weekend, stay out all night at frats playing pong, make our hall smell perpetually like pot, hook up with a handful of random guys/girls every weekend, and have recently started doing coke on a regular basis.
Am I going to be one of Lillian's friends who looks back during my senior year and regrets not transferring? I'm capable of making the best of it here, but should I really be paying all this money and spending four years of my life "making the best of it" when there are better options at my disposal?