transferring

Transferring has always been in the back of my mind, but after looking back at my year, I've given it some considerable thought. It's a scary thought though; if it's hard to get imbibed in a college community when a freshman, how much harder will it be to do the same as a junior? Probably one of the main reasons why I think I won't transfer, most likely.

Nevertheless...where?

(these are not in order I would pick them, just....in order of my attention span)

1. Stanford (#2)
Fantastic engineering school, California, but I won't get in. Not including the fact that I would probably get destroyed there.

2. USC (#26)
Could probably get in, and Viterbi is better than Northwestern's McCormick according to some rankings (but some others say otherwise). It's in California.

3. Princeton (#11)
Better engineering school than Northwestern, close to home. I have no idea how hard it is to get in, but I imagine not easy.

I had others in mind, I really don't know. Northwestern is a high ranked engineering school (#14), and I feel like it has a wimpy engineering curriculum (which means easier than I expected). I feel like if I went anywhere else, I'd get destroyed (one of the reasons why Berkeley isn't listed here, notorious for their "88% graduation rate in 6 years"). It's not the academics I had a problem with at Northwestern anyway...it's the lack of a fellowship that I have a problem with. A fear that I'll go through 4 years at this place, and walk away with the intent on forgetting everyone.

Plus, Cali. Damn.