The Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Date: Apr 17 2013
Major: Education (This Major's Salary over time)
I thought that I would enjoy my time here at "the rock," and I did during the first semester. I participated in activities, got excited about being an education major, and it was all good. During this second semester, I am realizing just how much I have been forcing myself to be happy. I am not truly happy here because the campus is so spread apart, so it is extremely difficult to get to know people better. I just found the social aspect of living here to be awful. I was not shy in high school, but when I got here I felt like I had no choice but to be. People were not friendly because you probably would not see each other ever again. I hate having all of these people around me because I do not feel a sense of community at all. I have tried so hard to get involved and I have realized that this is not the place for me. I know that I am making the right decision by transferring from here because it is not a "home away from home" at all. I am excited to leave because I need a smaller campus. If you are not a person who enjoys walking 15 minutes to go socialize with other people that might want to talk to you, then don't come here. Although the academics are great, I just don't feel like I belong, no matter how involved I am. There is only so far a good education can go until I need to be truly happy as well. I don't like it here anymore, and it took me a year to realize it.