need help deciding a serious question about transferring colleges... help please?

[trunks2kawaii]

the question you should be asking is if you are happy with the academics. That should be your main concern over friends. I transferred from SUNY Stony Brook, I was miserable after every exam I took because there were 1000 kids per lecture and there was a non-exisitant curve for anything. I had no trouble with people. I now go to a much smaller university (<100 kids per large lecture) and am much happier. Plus, I opted to change my major which SUNYSB didn't have. Decide about academics, not friendships

I am currently a senior and have never gone to a party or done anything that most people consider part of the college experience. All of my HS friends went away and I am the only one home most of the time because I commute. People in my major joke we should go out every Thursday but we never have. The supposed 'experience' is a crock. You make what you will of college, doesn't matter what anyone else says as long as you are happy

 

[Sasuke]

Hello everybody

Right now I am a freshman City College for the Macaulay Honors program. However, I'm having second doubts about staying here in the city. I do like it here in City College, however it doesn't compare to the feeling of when I was staying at Cornell or Vassar. It's just that as much as City College and Macaulay offers for me, I just feel miserable in the city because all my friends left for other schools and I'm the only one stuck here. I mean I'm making friends here at City College, but I don't really like the people here. I currently dorm at City College and it's not the same dorming experience as staying away from the city. I could stay at home, but there are complications with my parents and I just tend to stay away from them as much as possible.


I honestly don't know what to do. Should I stay at City College or should i actually try transferring to Cornell and Vassar? Before I got accepted to Vassar, however I didn't go because of my parents income, and unfortuantely, my dad got laid off from his job. Now our family income went down drastically. The thing is should I really transfer out of City College? I really don't know anymore. I mean City College is ok and everything but I feel like I'm not getting a real college experience (and no i do not mean getting high and going to parites). It's just that when I visited Vassar, I immediately fell in love with Vassar and knew in my heart that I wanted to go there. When I got accepted, I was ecstatic and was determined to go. But I couldn't go because my parents didn't have enough money.

I feel that if i apply and do get in, I would take out loans just to make it through.
But the final question is, is it worth it? Should I just stay here or should I actually try transferring out? I know that the final decision is up to me, but I just want to see what opinions you guys have. Is the undergraduate experience overrated?
I really don't know what to do...
I just feel that I could really do better at another college. I am a biochemistry major and I honestly do feel that I could do better. However I have to weigh out the pros and cons of each. Staying in the city, I'll have better internship and research right? But what about going to a "better" university?
What are the pros and cons? =/