So a bit of background: I'm a freshman at the University of Michigan and I've wanted to go into medicine since I was in middle school. I was stuck in state due to financial reasons, so I only applied to MSU and UM. After I was accepted I to UM I instantly snapped it up, I mean it was the more prestigious university, right? Unfortunately I think I may have made the wrong decision (I should have went on college visits!), and now I want to transfer over to MSU after the first year.
The switch isn't because of academics, if anything I'd go into overdrive for the rest of year just so it wouldn't be a blotch on my app. I'm just not a fan of the culture at my current university. I don't like the "doors shut" attitude that everybody has. It is very clique-ish and nobody has any interest in making new friends. I've tried clubs and come to the conclusion that most of them are either inter-fraternity fabrications or people just trying to pad their B/M/L school app. Contrast this with MSU where over the course of a weekend and a half I've met a dozen close friends I now talk to on a regular basis. The whole atmosphere seems more open and inviting, people are more laid back so you have something to look forward too after grinding out an 8 hour long study sesh.
I'm really just concerned the adcoms would toss my app when they see I transferred "down." If I were to transfer I'd try to get into the Honors college, but I will have around 60 credits after my freshman year so that may exempt me... any tips would be helpful. Will the adcoms be that hard on me for making a switch for personal reasons? I remember speaking to the UM adcom and he said do what you love, would they punish me for doing what I love?
The switch isn't because of academics, if anything I'd go into overdrive for the rest of year just so it wouldn't be a blotch on my app. I'm just not a fan of the culture at my current university. I don't like the "doors shut" attitude that everybody has. It is very clique-ish and nobody has any interest in making new friends. I've tried clubs and come to the conclusion that most of them are either inter-fraternity fabrications or people just trying to pad their B/M/L school app. Contrast this with MSU where over the course of a weekend and a half I've met a dozen close friends I now talk to on a regular basis. The whole atmosphere seems more open and inviting, people are more laid back so you have something to look forward too after grinding out an 8 hour long study sesh.
I'm really just concerned the adcoms would toss my app when they see I transferred "down." If I were to transfer I'd try to get into the Honors college, but I will have around 60 credits after my freshman year so that may exempt me... any tips would be helpful. Will the adcoms be that hard on me for making a switch for personal reasons? I remember speaking to the UM adcom and he said do what you love, would they punish me for doing what I love?