Something has been on my mind for a while and I really haven't mentioned it to anybody. But besides from the architecture program here, the school sucks. It's so average, boring, and bland outside of architecture that it’s starting to get to me. There's no school spirit, there's no pride, there's no culture here. I feel like I'm missing out on some of the best experiences of college, the things that you tell your grandchildren about. I know that college is to get an education and that's the only reason, but if I don't feel at home, if I'm not enveloped in the campus and its activities and PROUD OF IT, then is it really the place I'm supposed to be at? The football games are mediocre, kind of like a big high school game, no one goes to the basketball games, and no on really cares. I want to be somewhere where school pride is more important than most other things (except academics of course), where going to a football game is exciting not only because we're good, but because of the tradition that stands before me and the tradition that I can be proud to say that I am apart of. I remember the first Purdue football game that I went to... it was one of the most breathtaking moments I have ever experienced. To walk out into that bowl and be apart of the cheers, the people, spirit, the tradition... to be a part of something bigger than myself... that was a special moment for me, a sort of realization I guess of what college should be. I don't know if this is a legitimate reason to want to transfer, but it’s obviously been on my mind for a while, so it's legit enough to have been thought about. And you might say, well maybe its good that there's not much else going on so that you can focus on your school work, but I want to experience college to its fullest because this is supposed to be the time of my life. But how can it be when the best part about the school.... take that back... the only good part about this school is the architecture program? I want to be able to make that decision though because that is what college is about, making decisions and learning from your mistakes. How can I learn from my mistakes if the choices presented are slim to none?
It'd be a bummer if you transferred. Certainly "education" is not the ONLY reason we go to college. I would've thought that we'd all be full of school spirit as of late, but then I never go to any BSU games. My spirit lies in another city (and, even there, it's not too perky). I think we're all just overworked and tired.
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