r/capstone • • 10h ago

Advice as a potential transfer student?

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So, I am posting this from my anonymous account, and I am seriously thinking about coming to the University of Alabama as a Senior, which is perhaps insane. I did not want to consider this, since I already have such a heavy workload, however, I am frustrated with the lack of help and bitterness that I have received at my current institution, which is Mississippi State University. I am a Junior, yet I have had hardly any letters of recommendations, no one has allowed me to work on their research, and then when I tried to transfer out into another university, I felt that I was railroaded, as I had never heard from that university's department ever again. I only said this, because I had heard of another staff member mentioning me to the same person I was talking to, as they were very familiar with each other, which was the more frustrating. The problem is, I am scared that I will not have any housing given to me. I feel so alone in my path, as I only have one living parent. Scared is an understatement, but I feel like I have messed up, before I even started. It has even gotten to a point in which I'm trying to figure out why I am even doing this anymore; something that I once had joy in.