I have met so many freshman here who want to transfer. A part of me wants to transfer too but I thought maybe it was just because I am still in the transition phase of moving away from home and what not. I think I may be wrong and this may not get better because upper upperclassmen have also told me they wish they could transfer and that they are merely just sticking it out until graduation.
I really wish I could pinpoint the reasons why I don't absolutely love SMU but I can't. I love the school aspect of it, all of my classes and teachers are great. I have a good group of friends, especially for coming here not knowing a single person. But if it isn't just me that is unhappy and even people who have been here for two or three years are still unhappy also is it something SMU is doing wrong? Maybe this just isn't really the place for me like I thought it would be. What is so frustrating, though, is I can't figure out why! There has to be a reason, but everyone I talk to, even the older students don't have any better of a reason than "SMU sucks". I don't feel that is sucks, I almost constantly feel like I don't fit in, almost? Most of the people I have met here don't have the same interests and passions as I do. Things that are important to most of the students here, or so it seems, are not at all important to me. Unfortunately, I have no idea where I would transfer to if I decided to do that because SMU is a great school academically and I feel like I am learning a lot.
Is our generation just too spoiled to handle change? I have all of these feelings of dislike towards being here, as do so many other student, but no one knows why. Can we just not handle being away from mommy and daddy and our friends we grew up with? I never thought I would be this way. I have always been very independent and never follow the crowd. I'm disappointed that I feel this way about college but since so many other people feel the same way I am trying to convince myself it is something wrong with the school and I am not just being a baby. But what is so wrong with SMU?
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I hear conflicting viewpoints in every direction. Before coming, everyone I talked to absolutely loved the school. While at school, a lot of people hate it and hate the people that the school is indeed stereotyped as. I've definitely considered transferring, but what would be better for me? What would I actually like better? I definitely think I have other options to other schools of higher caliber, but is it worth going to? In the end, I don't think I'll be leaving. Maybe next year out of the dorm will be better for me. The grass isn't always greener on the other side.
Exactly! Even every viewpoint on my end is conflicting, I am so confused. And yes, the grass is not always greener, that is exactly why I can't decide what I really want to do...
My very small two cents: our emotions are often shaped for us by the environment. Being around pessimistic, disillusioned, or dissatisfied people can actually make us genuinely feel the same way.
We sometimes forget that we control our own happiness because happiness is a state of mind (not just an emotion), and that state is a daily active, and sometimes difficult, choice.
Explore your choices--making new ones might make it easier for you to get into the Happiness Zone.
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