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[quote=Anonymous]My DD is a college sophomore.  She is unhappy at her current school (school 1).  She has applied to transfer to another school (school 2) - the one that was her first choice all along.  She ended up at school 1 due to being a recruited athlete.  Athletics are NOT going well at school 1, but if she stays she [u]will[/u] stay on the team purely to be with her teammates.  She is dreading the upcoming season.

She has applied and received acceptance to school 2.  This would be for Spring 2017.  There are so many more wonderful things about the new school.  It just has more of what she needs - class options, clubs, networking for graduate school.  Both schools are good schools.  School 1 is ranked higher, but everything else about the school is making my DD unhappy.

So she gets to choose where to go.  She has changed her mind 50 times.  She knows that school 2 is a much better fit.  But she is scared to start over, not knowing a soul.  She is simply scared and it is easier to stay in her comfortable, unhappy school 1.

We have been very supportive and open to whatever she wants.  But now she is just waffling.  I know my DD.  She has said that she will likely regret it if she does not transfer, and I agree.  But she is scared to take the plunge.  Should we as her parents push her or insist on school 2?

Thank you for ANY advice here!
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