Hi
I'm currently a first year student. However I'm not very happy at the uni I'm attending. I feel lonely and I haven't made many friends (I haven't been able to integrate properly). I do hang out with others and tag along, but I still feel very lonely, and definitely feel a bit of an outcast (i.e. secluded from friendship circles etc.) It's been around 10 weeks into the course now.
I know some may criticise me for entering med school in the first place, as I'm shy and struggle to make friends with others (doctors/medics are expected to be rather outgoing). But I genuinely think I'd make a good doctor. I'm good at volunteering, and I care a lot about others. I feel a bit guilty about it, as in interviews I come off rather well (rather outgoing/jokey), so I think med schools get a false perception of me when they let me in. I've got no idea why I'm good at interviews, it's mostly everyday conversations with my peers that I struggle with, as I'm inherently shy.
Anyway, I feel that if I could transfer unis, I could maybe get another crack at it. Uni was a big shock for me, and I wasn't really able to fit in. If I could give first year another go, I think I'd be able to do better this time around. In any case, I'm miserable at this uni, and a change of uni I'd welcome regardless of whether I make more friends or not.
So I was wondering can students change med schools? I don't think med schools will look to kindly on those dropping out to reapply to other med schools. I've heard other people drop out from uni to go to a different uni for other courses, but I haven't heard of any similar stories for medicine.
I'm really miserable at uni, at it probably won't be long before my work starts to suffer too. Is there anything I can do?