Why I'm Leaving San Diego State 

Omg thank u all so much for the nice comments WHATT❤️. also a lot of people are asking me if they should still come to school here and I just wanna say that this is just my experience!!! I can’t make that decision for anyone but hopefully my info can help ya :)

So happy for you Macy!! You need to be where you feel at home. Your environment impacts your mental state so incredibly much. So, it’s wonderful that you’re able to go where you’ve always wanted to be. Don’t concern yourself with people who may not support your decision. Plus! Look at the bright side, now your audience gets to experience TCU with you!! So happy for you and so happy to see your new videos. Much love❤️

me watching this as someone who's about to start their freshman year at sdsu 👁👄👁

Please talk about the tea with SDSU!! I’m considering going there and want to know what I’m getting myself into.

What I love most about your channel is that you are so open and so honest about everything. You are the only College RU-vidr i know who is „real“ and doesn’t pretend that everything is perfect all the time. I’m so happy that you have the chance to go to your dream school!

For anyone thinking about going to SDSU- It seems like it’s a huge Greek life school when you’re a freshman living on campus since that’s all anyone ever talks about for the first semester. It seems very superficial right off the bat since everyone goes in with the mentality that it’s a party school and you need to be in Greek life to have fun. The hype usually dies down by the second semester since a bunch of ppl don’t make it into Greek life (obviously) so that’s when you really start to settle into your friend groups. Once I moved off campus and found a place with normal ppl my age I ended up having a lot more fun. It takes a while to find your group but you will eventually. Also, make friends with the commuter students. They’re the ones who know SD the best and also tend to be more down to earth than the kids who chose SDSU cuz they think it’s a party school (in my opinion). I graduated last year and found a job in SD and my closest friends right now were commuter students at SDSU.

I was a little shook at first, but I am very happy for you and I hope that you have an amazing time at TCU! Glad that you made the decision that felt the best for you!

Aw Macy I'm so bummed you're leaving. I 'm an alumnus and loved watching all of your campus video and seeing you hang around the city. Feeling more connected to the school absolutely gets better once you're out of the first couple of years because that's when your class size starts really dwindling down and you actually start forming relationships with professors which is so great. But I know from watching your videos that you really desperately wanted somewhere with a school spirit and I CAN agree that SDSU doesn't have loads of that. There's definitely pride in our basketball team but that's really about it. I'm really happy to see how excited you are though for this move to Texas and I of course wish you all the best there! It's been a blast having you here in San Diego

you are GLOWING and look so happy! I am so excited for you!!❤️

I’m happy you’ve shared your transfer experience! I’m in the same boat with you pretty much. I’m transferring from an Ohio school to a North Carolina school right now and I never felt comfortable sharing my experience because I felt like I was the only one in the boat. It feels great knowing someone is going through some of the same experiences as me!

I kinda knew this was coming. You've talked a little bit about how you weren't the happiest there. But when somethings not right for you, you got to switch it up. So happy for you girly! 💕

I'm in the opposite situation. I'm from California and went to Boulder because I wanted to go to a big school away from home but I've learned that California is where I'm my happiest so I'm transferring to a California University next year. Glad that you're doing what makes you happy!

I transferred from a school in California after my freshman year to a school in Tennessee, I’m now a senior about to graduate and it was the best decision I’ve ever made. Kudos to you for taking your life and happiness into your own hands- you won’t regret it.

This video is so important!!! I'm from Georgia and came to SDSU so I could travel and be out of my comfort zone. I fell in love with the city and views but not really the school. Just like Macy my first semester was not good and one of my tight friends transferred but I stayed bc of ~peer pressure~ from people at sdsu, thoughts that i'd be considered a failure, and people back home saying I wouldn't make it out here. So, here I am going to state everyday wishing I could as well be in Texas (lol i love texas and never met a texan I don't like). Im going to be in my third year next semester and I feel its too late to transfer due to application periods and transferring credits. But yes sdsu is so whack and they are hiding things. Everything you've said Macy is soooo spot on in this video and all your others about sdsu. Keep running after your happiness

I’m going to a cal state (cal poly slo) this year as an incoming freshman, and TCU has always been my dream school!! I got into TCU, but financially it didn’t work out. I see a lot of myself in you, and you give me so much hope with your perseverance and tenacity! I wish you the best at TCU! knuckle up ✌🏼💜

Before you guys decide to commit to SDSU, you need to keep in mind that this is a west coast school in a big city. It’s absolutely not a college town, you will need to drive 15 min for the beach and downtown. While there is a big Greek life presence, it’s not what the entire school is centered around and no, you cannot just walk into random parties without an invitation but it will be a lot more common to get invites. When you rush, you should give everyone a chance. Macy did not want to give her bottom 2 a chance and so she acts like she got kicked off of Greek life when she really didn’t. We have big sports teams but we don’t completely center our lives around it. This is pretty much just a San diegan thing too, but our games are super fun anyway. TCU and SDSU cannot be anymore different and that’s probably a really good thing. Remember San Diego is a big city and SDSU is a big school, you need to meet people and sign up for clubs by the library and Hepner Hall the first two weeks of the school year. There are so many parts of Greek life you can join and this will really help you find your place on a big campus. You won’t have things handed to you because you are a big kid now and you have to figure things out yourself. Also, most people don’t go here to party like how it was in the 80s. Maybe Macy did, which is why she is leaving. But most people go here for academic reasons and because of the location and expenses. It’s not a party school lol. But I will say that there’s a lot of pressure to be involved, and people don’t think you’re cool if you purposefully don’t have school spirit.

I transferred universities after my freshman year as well! I’m also at a Christian university in California! It was a little hard jumping in as a sophomore but being a first-time student tbh, because it felt like everyone already had their established friend groups. BUT - if this is also your case, don’t get discouraged! Transferring was the best decision of my life and now as I’m finishing up my second semester, I’ve found incredible friends who challenge me spiritually. Praying you find the community and experience you’ve been searching for 💛🌿

I transferred to sdsu from community college a year ago and I totally feel you, I would’ve probably transferred had I been there since freshman year. Being at a big school can be challenging and I really think people sell an idea of sdsu that’s not too accurate for everyone that attends. Good luck at TCU!!!

I am going to be a rising senior in college this fall! I did the exact same thing after my freshman year as you. I went to a huge school and i loved it at first and made some of my best friends . But i decided after the first year that I wanted to switch to a small school where i felt part of the community! I am so happy that I made the switch and would never regret going to my first school or transferring in a million years! Good luck with everything!!!

I personally went to the University of Kentucky my freshman year and I felt the exact same way! I transferred home. It’s totally normal and you will feel ten times happier. Good luck to you girl

After my freshman year, I transferred to the University of Oklahoma and I LOVE it. This decision is so hard to make but I promise that you will not regret it and going to a school where you are proud to be there is so important. Go big 12!!!!

Hey girl! I also am transferring from San Diego State to a southern school (and so so so excited) lolol I totally get where you're coming from! SO happy you're going somewhere you love! Best of luck!!

I’m transferring from my school too girl and it’s so scary and like intimidating but you’re right it needs to be done! Good luck next year

awh Macy i’m so sad but SO happy for you!!! SDSU is one of the schools i’m deciding between right now & as much as i would have loved to keep watching your SDSU vlogs, i am glad you are going with your heart. I truly wish you the best girly!! ✨i can’t wait to follow you on your TCU experience (:

you have to do what’s right for YOU!!! I’ll support you and your channel no matter where you are🧡

I can relate so so much to your video that I cried from remembering my horrible experience in your position last semester. You are so brave for lasting a year. I went to Sacramento State last fall as a Freshman. I was 3 hours away from home & hated the school so much. Literally LEFT my FIRST WEEK!! Did community college back home and transferred to FRESNO PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, a Christian uni in Fresno Ca, in Jan 2019 for spring semester. best decision I’ve ever made!! I literally have never been happier with my life and cannot imagine my life anywhere else. Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails (prov. 19:21)

As someone who also ultimately went to SDSU because it was more affordable for me since I'm from San Diego I really relate to this. Your so lucky you were able to transfer to the school of your dreams. I really wanted to go to University of Seattle. I absolutely agree SDSU is great for the social aspect but its run very much like a business. Good luck girl 👏👏👏👏

I go to SDSU too and I kinda feel the same way. The Texas schools looks really 👍 and way bigger and “airy” than SDSU. At least you got to go to SDSU for one year to have no regrets in your decision! But pls spill the tea!!

Wow! I can't imagine leaving San Diego State for TCU. Everyone I know who went to SDSU loved it. Beautiful campus and beautiful city.

I've been watching your vlogs off and on, because I'm born and raised San Diego County and love seeing the city through others' eyes, and I resonate with this video so much. My freshman year, I moved out of state to go to a small school in Montana. I did it because they were the only school in the COUNTRY that offered the major I wanted, and I felt like it was worth it. Turns out, it was not. I was miserable, I was so homesick, I was SO sad the entire year. I was a shell of myself, and nobody there even knew it because they didn't know who I was before. It was the hardest year of my life, and yet deciding to transfer was also an extremely hard decision. I felt like I was giving up on a dream, like I was being childish, like I wasn't strong enough. I had made some incredible friends (who remain my friends to this day) and had some good adventures, but eventually did decide to leave. I, too, spent my spring break exploring what would become my new campus (Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego) and fell in love. It was the only school I applied to for transfer and I got accepted, and my last three years there (I graduated last May) changed my life. What I'm saying is that deciding to transfer IS a very personal decision, you are so right. It is not easy, but you come first. Don't worry about how it makes you look, or what others may think. You are going to THRIVE at TCU. You are going to LOVE the smaller population, it makes a world of difference. I hardly know you (duh) but this is going to be good for you, and I'm excited for vlogs in a new place come fall. Congratulations!

Macy, thank you so much for talking about the truth of why you didn’t appreciate San Diego state as much as you wanted to. I’m a senior in high school and I was looking into sdsu and made myself believe that it was the right school for me. But I knew that I only wanted to go there just because it’s in California and I wasn’t thinking about going for the right reasons. I got deferred from my dream school originally so I thought that sdsu was my only other option. But after getting in, I realized that it wasn’t practical for me to go to sdsu. Watching your videos helped me realize that sdsu isn’t what I wanted my college experience to be like. I still love it there and it breaks my heart that I’m deciding not to go anymore but I know it’s the right decision and I’m more than grateful to be attending the school that I know is perfect for me.

I live in Fort Worth and I’m going to SDSU in the fall!!! TCU is a great school and Fort Worth is a fun college town

Good for you to do what makes you happy!!! I transferred after my Freshman year and it was the greatest decision I could have ever made for my mental health. I’ve thrived at my new school and I hope you find the same. Best of luck girly!

Hey! I go to TCU and I just transferred here in the Spring! TCU has a great transfer program and makes it really easy for students to adapt! You’re going to love it here! Go frogs🐸💜

Hi Macy!! I have lived in San Diego for my whole life. San Diego is an amazing place, I have traveled a lot and I still think San Diego is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I just started at SDSU when I transferred last semester but I wasn’t too excited about it. I really haven’t felt that connected to SDSU and I’m not really happy to be at the school. I will be graduating in the fall so I just told myself I would be done soon so I’ve stuck to it. I’m glad you’re doing something that makes you so obviously happy!! I hope you have a much better time at TCU! 💗

I just graduated from SDSU, and I felt the same way the whole time. Hopefully you are able to get more out of another community! Best of luck!

I think you going to San Diego partially because of the location is why some high schoolers need help applying to colleges. You can't just apply to a college for the location because in the end you won't enjoy your classes even if you end up loving the city (or hating it). Hope everything works out for you at TCU! I'm transferring to a four year college this summer after I get my associates (I go to a community college) and I toured my college and fell in love with it. I knew how the people were and the academics (for the most part) and I enjoy most of my classes even if they are generals (except for college algebra and my bio lab).

That's so awesome that your coming to Texas. I'm from Texas and I am going to be a freshmen at Dallas Baptist University in the Fall. I'll be praying for you in this season of transition and hope things go smoothly.

Don’t worry Macy. We still gonna be subscribed. It’ll be fun bc now you can teach us about a new school we had no idea about. Transferring can be mixed emotions so best of luck to you!

SDSU is definitely a business. But so is every other college/university in this country with perhaps the exception of Berea College (KY) and College of the Ozarks (MO)... and maybe a handful of others. Good for you for hanging in at State for the full year. God bless you as you move on.

Congrats on finding a school that fits you! I hope you enjoy the rest of the semester. I excited to continue to follow your journey.

Hey Macy, my name is Josiah; I am a freshman of SDSU. I am sorry SDSU has not given you the experience you wish you wanted, but I am glad you enjoyed the beautiful weather down here. I totally agree that TCU is a great school, and it seems that private Christian colleges are very welcoming and secure. As much as I wish you could stay here in SDSU, I wish you the best experience in TCU. I actually wished I was in another school instead of SDSU, and I being in SDSU have had some unsatisfactory moments. We will miss you, and your tears really matter; but remember to keep that passion of whatever you have in you.

Please spill the tea about sdsu because I'm thinking of applying there next year

i’m so glad your following your dreams, at the end of the day you have to do better for yourself and i can tell it will show in your future content❤️

The fact that u made this video is helpful for me going into my freshman year in 2 months and knowing that if Im unhappy that I have options :)

Good luck, girl! Praying for you. 💗

i am SO happy for you!! can not wait to see you thrive at TCU and for all the vlogs!!!

I’m so happy for you! Cant wait to see you go on this journey!! Love you Macy!

we'll support you no matter what you do and where you go! :)

I transferred for very similar reasons and it is the best choice I've made!

Good for you following your dreams x I just follow because I love watching college life as I couldn't go!

I’ve been watching your videos over the past year as a senior in HS & I’ll be going to TCU next fall too! Go frogs🐸

I go to UF and can relate with the feeling like a number thing. I’m so happy you’re taking this step to making yourself happier! I transferred too and it’s tough at first but I’m so thankful I did it!

I am so happy for you! You made me tear up girl omg I am wishing you the best! 💕

I go to a community college and am transferring Spring 2020 to a four year. Kind of dislike my community college because it still feels like highschool so I’m excited to transfer.

Hi Macy - I also transferred to TCU after my freshman year at the University of Minnesota!! I graduated in 2018 and can honestly tell you it was an incredible experience! I went to Minnesota cause it was closer to home but thought i would make the transition! TCU has the best community and it was an amazing decision for me :) I wish you the best and hope you have the most wonderful time there.

I went thru the same thing. April of my freshman year my university made the decision to do away with my major so I was given the decision of changing majors and staying or transferring to another university. I moved from colorado to Las Vegas and honestly it’s been the best thing so I wish you the best, just know the first month will be rough as you’re going thru the freshman experience yet again but once you establish yourself it will be great!

i am so happy for you !!! congratulations ! i have a feeling that you will kill it at TCU ! i cant wait for vlogs in texas !

im at the point rn where im choosing between here and baylor, im so conflicted but watchin this video helped

So excited for you!!! Can’t wait to keep watching your videos:)

Currently a Junior here at SDSU who is from Texas and grew up there. You're not wrong about sdsu its fast passed and doesnt feel like a community because we are literally surrounded by everything out here. That being said I love it here and thats exactly what I moved out here for. Its just a difference in preference, all of my friends back home have a very different idea of what college is like and Im grateful I go to sdsu. Hope you love TCU, personally I would have chose OU lol that was the one other school I was deciding between, SDSU and OU. But all those schools are great except A&M because they are a cult (Texas ppl will know what Im talking about lol)

we support you!! it never seemed like the right place for you based on how you talked in your videos. You have some AMAZING friends there but that was really the only positive ❤️

Happy for you. Can’t wait to see the next phase of your life!

I love watching your channel grow girl! I’m at tcu rn and I can’t wait for you to be here! Your gonna love it!! Go frogs baby!🎉

Had the same experience my freshman year, transferring to Lee in TN this fall!! I! Feel! You!! Leaving a big school “business” atmosphere for a small school community!!!

As a fellow transfer student, I know how you feel! It isn't easy and good for you for finding your dream school! I transferred to UCONN last semester and so glad I transferred! Good luck next semester and if you need someone to talk to about transferring with, I am here lol

Macy you should follow your dreams and I agree with you that if you are not happy you should change something. I subscribe you because of San Diego State but I will watch your videos nothing will change. You are an amazing girl, who make great videos to have fun. I wish you all the best. I hope I will have a chance to come to USA and see you personally. I am from Georgia and I am studying in San Diego State University Georgia. Love u

I went to CSULB or long Beach state due to it being affordable. The university was 20 minutes from my parents house and I was able to live with my parents to save money. I was paying for my own school. It is good that you were able to transfer. Dallas fort worth area is a nice location to live.

EWWWWW I LIVE IN DALLAS. IMAGINE MOVING FROM SAN DIEGO TO FORT WORTH 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢 good luck girl cant wait to see where you transfer after sophomore year

You're going to love it here! I'm a rising junior and it's been the best 2 years of my life. I'm originally from San Diego too which is the funny part and trust me when I say you won't regret it like this school is amazing :)

Transferring can be such an emotional and tough process ngl... i thought about doing it, i have friends who have done it. As long as you're sure about it I bet it'll be great! Good luck this fall!!

I think if it makes you happier going to Texas, is definitely the best for you 💪🏼

I chose USD over SDSU for a similar reason. I do well when I'm actually cared for and honestly I didn't think that would happen at SDSU.

I’m a freshman at SDSD and I seriously regret not going to TCU. Last second I chose SDSU because of affordability. I relate to this video a lot haha

Sticking with you no matter what school you go too!! ❤️❤️

I’m really lucky that I’m not already in college and thinking about transferring but I totally see why you’re doing this because I made a similar choice. I was considering SDSU a lot mostly due to a long distance relationship I’m in. As April arrived, I realized that I really didn’t want to go there, regardless of what happened with my relationship. The campus was nice but the tour guide lady was boring and most people on campus seemed like they didn’t really want to be there. I visited Colorado State University Ft. Collins during their admitted student day and although I didn’t get to see some things like students walking around campus, I fell in love with it. They made everyone who visited the college of natural resources do a really fun and hard scavenger hunt, so it didn’t even feel like a college at all. CSU also has SO MANY unique majors that I’m interested in, like Watershed Science. Their website is super helpful and even though they’re big, I haven’t felt like a number at all. They honored my dorm change request when I called housing, so now I’m in the BEST dorm I could’ve ever wished to be in. I’m so glad that I decided not to leave Colorado because I have so many things going for me at CSU.

Macy, I'm so happy for you, you seemed so unhappy all year I'm glad you're going where you will be happy.

I followed you because I'm interested in SDSU, but I'm definitely sticking around. I'm excited to see how you go through such a dramatic change to a school you obviously love. It's your life, never be afraid to make changes and take on new challenges. Oh and #MaceNaysh, lol

I live in Fort Worth and the trust when I say that Southside Fort Worth is very welcoming of TCU and their students. Personally it's not the school for because A&M is the dream, but I hope you have a great time here. Texas is home and I couldn't imagine living somewhere else, so welcome home.

This video makes me feel so much better :’)) I’m also a freshman at state and I’ve been really unhappy here and I think I’m going to go to community college next year and transfer to a new college because I really don’t like it here

OMG I am going to be attending TCU in the fall as well but as a freshman!! I love your channel and can't wait to hopefully meet you!! :)

I go to SDSU and I love the school but there’s this weird feeling here. The people in general aren’t very.... nice, if that makes any sense. I really don’t care about that, I want to stay here and the only thing that would make me leave is being forced out or financial reasons. The school does seem to treat all of us like numbers, I cannot stand how asinine they decide to treat the students.

Everyone who got rejected is so satisfied watching this

Congrats girl! So excited for you!

I’m so happy for you! I hope you love TCU!

Never wnat go out state school bc I didn’t taking sat and now I want transfer but that not go bc my mom want me stay in school I am in now and not hate to be in state school. Bc it is alway nice and enjoy my 2 year of college experience and it just my friends make me leave school and she made me cried in Nov 2023

I hope all of these commentators that relate to this girl really are transferring because there are so many applicants and not enough spaces. Non locals be gone!

I absolutely love Texas and I’m excited for you!! I go to Arizona state but I did apply to UT and Baylor and sometimes I wish I would of gone there. Texas has a special place in my heart ❤️

I'm a transfer student and it worked out so well for me! Glad you found your home

i could tell from a lot of your previous videos that you didnt like sdsu very much. and also in the video that you did with your friend talking about your colleges, you didnt seem happy with your school. i expected this video to come sooner or later and i wish you the best at tcu :)

That is amazing that you choose to change you path and go after what you wanted. I had similar dreams of going to school out of state to go to school to be a nurse. I never left California but I realized that nursing is not for me by staying and I don't know if I would have figured that out if I left. I am now an Applied Mathematics major and I am so happy.

That’s good that you are doing what’s best for you!!! You go girl!

San Diego is going to miss you!!

I’m so glad excited for you! I hope you are happy at TCU. Would you possibly be able to make a video in the future about the transfer process)

I’m going to college out of state to Texas too! I’ve always known that’s where I wanted to go. However I am trying to transfer to UT Austin my sophomore year so glad I get to see you do the same! Love ya! 💕

Good for you for having the courage to leave so early on bc ik if it was me, I would put it off for years and then just end up unhappy

I’m so happy and proud of you!!!

im at SDSU right now and i've been watching your videos since you got here and.. everyone has their own opinions and experiences of the school. I am also transferring and i wish i'd done it when you did. I honestly feel you so much because i also chose the school super last minute.. personally, if you're looking for a school to find yourself and actually get good education... don't come here. SDSU is more of a fun college experience than an academic one. I've seen a lot of people asking in the comments about why sdsu, why not , etc. and honestly, this school tries to promote something that they are not. i don't want to trash the school because i have great memories and friends. but video's like these are super helpful to people who are indecisive.

decision day is in about 2 weeks and SDSU is one of my top choices. Please do a video about all the reasons you left and why you didn't think it was a fit for you personally. Im from ny btw so I wanna make sure I don't go all that far and regret it

I’ve been watching your videos the last few months (and im late to subscibing because i usually watch on my smart tv😂). Ive loved watching your SDSU videos ever since I found your account. Im even more excited to see you going to TCU because not many RU-vid personalities go to small private universities. I myself am going to a private school in Ohio next year that has roughly 3000 enrolled students. You’ve been relatable even going to a big university but now youre even more relatable going to a smaller university. Thank you for sharing your experience with this college journey❤️