I have a cousin who completed 1 year at one American university, but found the academic standards unacceptably low. They dropped out and switched to another course at another university. They just completed the first year of that. The decision to switch looked good ex ante and looks excellent, ex post.
It was a difficult decision partly because (if I understand correctly—I still can’t really believe this) the original terms of their study grant included a clause about not dropping out of the first university, on pain of a major financial penalty.
I have a cousin who completed 1 year at one American university, but found the academic standards unacceptably low. They dropped out and switched to another course at another university. They just completed the first year of that. The decision to switch looked good ex ante and looks excellent, ex post.
It was a difficult decision partly because (if I understand correctly—I still can’t really believe this) the original terms of their study grant included a clause about not dropping out of the first university, on pain of a major financial penalty.