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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any school that’s supportive and nurturing will cost just as much, with less career possibilities. 
Any school that’s going to be cheaper, likely state school, will not give you the same kind of access to jobs after school. In many ways, life in your 20-35 will be just as cut throat and misery will last longer than your current situation.
If I were you, I’d take out the loan, find the easier major in your current Ivy, and get the bare minimal grade to get that degree. Then you can find an easy job and start your life. If you hate your job, who doesn’t hate their first 3-5 jobs? You hop and doors remain open if you have that degree. 
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+1 The warm cozy environment that OP wants sounds like a very expensive SLAC. State schools are going to be more impersonal than any ivy league school [/quote]

+2.  OP, unfortunately,[b] the positive seven sisters' environment will cost just as much money (and I really really doubt anyone's giving you a scholarship at this point),[/b] and will open fewer doors for you.  Suck it up and get through the degree.  I think you'll probably have it even worse if you transfer. [/quote]

OP here. That's what I thought too, but then I learned about these very generous scholarship programs for non-traditional transfer students:

https://www.wellesley.edu/esp/entering/davis

https://www.smith.edu/about-smith/ada-comstock-scholars-program

https://www.mtholyoke.edu/fp

I'd have to wait until I turn 24 (so three years), which is fine by me. [/quote]

My friend's DD just graduated from Smith, which she loved. It's all women, but you can take classes at the other four colleges (Hampshire, Amherst, Umass Amherst and Mt. Holyoke), so not isolated at all. She worked at some low-paying job relevant to her field for about a year while she applied to grad school, got accepted to every program, and is enrolling this fall. I'm sure she's going to be really successful (yes, a humanities major) because she's smart and hard-working and really, really cares about the subject she's going to be studying. Not a STEM field, and probably not as lucrative, but as long as you've got a decent middle-class life, the pay is just a scorecard and all that extra pay won't make you happy if you're doing something you hate.

These programs sound like a good option, and they are all prestigious colleges. [/quote]

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