Zach
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Hi,
I hope this is the right place to put this.
I am seeking some advice for a possible transfer of universities. Here is the situation.
I am currently a junior in OU's meteorology program in Norman. I have always wanted to become a meteorologist and perhaps while I was growing up, I was a little naive about how challenging it is to get a degree. I am currently doing "okay" in meteorology classes passing them and perhaps getting a B or A in some classes. I do however struggle very much with math and we were required to take a class containing PDE's, ODE's Laplace series, ect. I really struggled with that and it didn't help that we had a horrible professor. So now I am concerned that I may not graduate in 3 semesters because of how challenging classes are. I understand that here at OU, classes may be a little more vigorous because of it's reputation than other smaller programs. This is not to say that other programs have easier classes, however it seems like at OU that every class is a weed out class. The other thing is that the classes are very large. My classes are 50 students easily and I know other smaller programs have class sizes of 20 or less. Faculty here are very smart here but I get the feeling that faculty really care about their graduate and PhD students rather than undergraduate students. The School of Meteorology makes a big effort in their undergraduate program and try to help however I am beginning to feel such a huge program isn't my type of thing and maybe a smaller program might suit me better. I kind of get the feeling that sometimes faculty think of teaching undergraduates is busy work that they have to do.
So here are my options.
I can continue to stay at OU and graduate in 3 semester *hopefully* without any problems however I do struggle in classes here. This would be because of name recognition when applying for jobs and other opportunities down the road.
or
I can transfer to a smaller university in the spring. I have gotten some preliminary feedback from a couple of places like St. Cloud State in Minnesota which has a class size of 15 and it only has a undergraduate program. I can also look into other smaller programs like SUNY oswego, or Western Illinois.
Do you think I should suck it up and stay at OU despite possibly being held back (I have already been in college for 5 years) or should I transfer to a lesser known university and get my degree in a better environment for me. Either option, currently I have 3 semesters to do unless I fail a class. I just really want to graduate in 3 semesters. Either way, I will get a degree in meteorology.
Thank you
I hope this is the right place to put this.
I am seeking some advice for a possible transfer of universities. Here is the situation.
I am currently a junior in OU's meteorology program in Norman. I have always wanted to become a meteorologist and perhaps while I was growing up, I was a little naive about how challenging it is to get a degree. I am currently doing "okay" in meteorology classes passing them and perhaps getting a B or A in some classes. I do however struggle very much with math and we were required to take a class containing PDE's, ODE's Laplace series, ect. I really struggled with that and it didn't help that we had a horrible professor. So now I am concerned that I may not graduate in 3 semesters because of how challenging classes are. I understand that here at OU, classes may be a little more vigorous because of it's reputation than other smaller programs. This is not to say that other programs have easier classes, however it seems like at OU that every class is a weed out class. The other thing is that the classes are very large. My classes are 50 students easily and I know other smaller programs have class sizes of 20 or less. Faculty here are very smart here but I get the feeling that faculty really care about their graduate and PhD students rather than undergraduate students. The School of Meteorology makes a big effort in their undergraduate program and try to help however I am beginning to feel such a huge program isn't my type of thing and maybe a smaller program might suit me better. I kind of get the feeling that sometimes faculty think of teaching undergraduates is busy work that they have to do.
So here are my options.
I can continue to stay at OU and graduate in 3 semester *hopefully* without any problems however I do struggle in classes here. This would be because of name recognition when applying for jobs and other opportunities down the road.
or
I can transfer to a smaller university in the spring. I have gotten some preliminary feedback from a couple of places like St. Cloud State in Minnesota which has a class size of 15 and it only has a undergraduate program. I can also look into other smaller programs like SUNY oswego, or Western Illinois.
Do you think I should suck it up and stay at OU despite possibly being held back (I have already been in college for 5 years) or should I transfer to a lesser known university and get my degree in a better environment for me. Either option, currently I have 3 semesters to do unless I fail a class. I just really want to graduate in 3 semesters. Either way, I will get a degree in meteorology.
Thank you