I need to make a move here pretty soon.
I've come back to the decision of transferring schools...
It's become an issue that I can't decide what I should do.
Visiting Pittsburgh this weekend provided me with mixed feelings:
Pros
- the city is jam packed full of things to keep me busy
- even the architecture of the city is exciting to me
- the intellectual community seems to be on track and active
- I know a few people who go to school in Pittsburgh, so I have some base of a social network
- I have plenty of family members in the Pittsburgh area to feed me when I'm too poor to buy food
- I've always liked Pittsburgh
- museums, theaters, museums... did I mention museums...
- name recognition of a school people are actually familiar with
(my grandparents thought I've been in Indiana state this whole time)
- I could grow up and actually live some sort of life
Cons
- money. cities are expensive
- what if I don't like it? I'll just be in the same boat I thought I sank.
- would a city be too distracting? could I get all my work done?
- having to start all over
- what if the academics are too rigorous and I can't catch up because IUP was too lax and then I flunk out of college and end up working at Party City the rest of my life??????
- finding somewhere to live
- I would have to grow up
I'd recently come to terms with finishing here at IUP for undergrad and then moving on to Pitt for Grad school.. but today I wonder if I want to wait that long.
Do I want to make due for another two years?
Reasons for staying: transferring in the middle of my parents moving would be a hassle,
IUP is cheaper,
Liz and I plan on opening a bakery, so where I get my degree won't matter,
I want to leave school with as little debt as possible,
maybe some seclusion is healthy for studying/learning- it would provide a mini oasis before entering the "real world".
It's beautiful here.
I just don't know if that's enough...
back and forth.
back. and. forth.
I think I'll have already graduated by the time I make up my mind.
What to do, what to do.
Suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated.
i think you should study abroad. at least a semester if not a whole year. that would provide you with a (from what i can discern) much needed change of scenery. it would be a little more expensive but not as expensive as transferring to pitt or another city school. and speaking from experience, cities aren't too distracting. they're just enough. you still have a campus but you have further options. and you'll be fine with academics. you're a smart cookie. i miss you boo and love you lots and lots and lots.
ReplyDeletei think that transferring would be a great idea. albeit expensive, it's your only chance, and you would never want to look back on your college years and sigh in a negative fashion. it just seems to me that iup has never provided you the happiness you truly deserve. it's upsetting.
ReplyDeleteand cities are outstanding. and are not that big of a distraction. you are smart enough to schedule yourself and keep pace with school. also, starting over isn't that big a deal. i'm still meeting people i've never seen before.
you deserve so much. and iup definitely isn't providing it.
i love you.