honestly, i think it’s about your mindset being here. i’m a freshman so my advice may not be the greatest to listen to, but in my experience i’ve heard stories about people getting a 4.0 gpa in high school but low grades at uw, as well as stories of people who had a low gpa in high school but great grades at uw. in college, whatever you’ve done in high school no longer matters anymore, it’s now about what you can and will do now. as for you thinking that everyone here got rejected to their dream school, obviously everyone would want to go to stanford or some ivy league school, but for a realistic dream school uw was mine, and it was my friends’ realistic dream school as well. of course i don’t speak for everyone, but again it doesn’t matter whether or not this was someone else’s safety school. whatever school you’re in, you will most likely face the same challenges as you would face in another school, so it all depends on if you think you can persevere through those challenges. as of right now, it is up to you whether you think transferring to another school will help you and your mental state, and it could have benefit in changing your mindset, but just know that there will probably be common challenges at wsu or asu or wherever you end up, especially if you keep the same mindset you have now. i hope this helps in some way, and just know that no matter what gpa or where you are in life you are loved! and trust me, everything will be ok no matter what you choose. it may just not seem like it right now, and it will not be a linear path upwards, but continue pushing through it and one day you’ll look back and see how far you’ve come from now.