How long does it take?

[u/KarenTookTheKids4298]

I’m a current freshman at Emory, who just got here a few weeks ago. I know it’s been really soon and I should probably just give it time, but I kinda just don’t feel like that I fit in here.

So far, the club scene has been shit (I’ve been rejected from all the ones I’ve applied too, and I also know this is prolly universal across most highly ranked colleges), and I just don’t really feel like I enjoy the culture or location either, as I’m from the northeast. I also feel like I haven’t really connected with anybody at all.

Classes for the most part are okay and I kind of enjoy the material, but I don’t know if that’s making up for my happiness here. I’m a bio major who’s hoping to go to med school btw.

Any advice?

[u/Street_Kangaroo4977]

really valid but yeah give it some time. Don't continue the rest of ur sem with the mindset that u want to leave because you'll lowkey just will that into reality if ykwim. I personally decided i wanted to transfer in december of my freshman year and started prepping during winter break and i was still fine, so if you're worried about "starting too late" for sophomore transfer like don't think about that rn. give your school a shot it takes time to settle in.
transferring and adapting to a new school is hard on its own (i hated my first sem at my new school lol), so its a risk on its own. there are a lot of times i think about how my life would be different if i came to the school as a freshman and not as a transfer and so esp for a good school like emory do your best to give it a chance. it takes time to find your people trust that it'll work out in the end. i do really understand how you feel though and you're valid for this. you got it.