In my experience, transferring schools has been one of the most important decisions I’ve ever had to make. After spending a year in Chicago at DePaul University, I made the choice to transfer to Adrian College for the remainder of my time in college due to financial reasons. At first, I wasn’t exactly thrilled to be transferring, I was always convinced that I would have my college experience at DePaul. Being someone that was born and raised in Adrian, I always wanted to spend my time in college somewhere far away from home. The thought of coming back home was almost too much, but I tried my best to remain positive.
During the summer after my Freshman year at DePaul, I did my best to try and get acclimated to being back in Adrian. I first got a job at Dunham's in Adrian and started meeting new people that either went to Adrian College or Siena Heights and soon started meeting a lot of new people. Once classes started at Adrian, I remember being extremely nervous because I didn't know anyone in my classes. During the first few weeks, I was fairly reclusive and the only social life I had consisted of going to class and then back home. Although I was enjoying the classes at Adrian, I was having trouble cultivating a social life. However, I was soon introduced to the guys who would eventually be my fraternity brothers and this completely changed my college experience.
After I was introduced to my soon to be fraternity brothers, I started to have a much larger social life. I started going out more on the weekends and being more involved around campus. Usually, I would find myself at home on the weekends, however, when I started attending more social events on the weekends, I got to know many more people. One other way in which I became more social is when I decided to move into a dorm on campus. Originally, I lived at home because I only live 10 minutes from campus, but moving to campus definitely helped me become more social.
Midway through my Sophomore year at Adrian College, I soon learned that I made the right choice. Although the environment at Adrian is far different from the one at DePaul, it was the people I met that made the difference. I was introduced to my soon to be fraternity brothers and started meeting a bunch of new people who soon became good friends. I always thought that going from a large college such as DePaul to Adrian would be an extremely difficult transition, but it never was. Overall, I feel as though I made the right choice to come back to Adrian.
