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xc2024
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2 years, 9 months ago by xc2024
for those of you who have went to college, are in college, or decided where to go, how’d you narrow it down to a few schools to visit/apply to?im a sophomore so i’ve got time, i just have a long list of schools im semi interested in applying to |
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ArtsyAnna
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2 years, 9 months ago by ArtsyAnna
So I haven’t gone to college personally but as I watched my brother pick out his college I have some suggestions based on what he did. So he decided whether or not to go to a college near by or far out first. I would say this was probably one of the biggest. Another would be decide what you want to study or at least have an idea and make sure the college has what you want to study. I would also say that before you decide try and see the campus. And make sure that you really like the entire school as a whole! Again I speak from an inexperienced angle having not looked into colleges yet. Instead I speak from observing what my brother did. Sorry if this isn’t helpful!
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arf820
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2 years, 9 months ago by arf820
hey! i am currently a freshman in college so as someone who has recently gone through the process, i hope my advice will help! there are several questions you should ask yourself - do you want to go to a large school or small school? college or university? public or private? close to home or far away? urban, suburban, or rural campus? vicinity to a city? vicinity to other family members/friends? once you have answered these questions, you can then start researching some colleges that meet your criteria. look the colleges' websites, look at pictures of the college, look at course catalogues, look at admissions guidelines, etc. if this is possible, i also highly recommend visiting the colleges you're interested in. of course this depends on colleges' covid guidelines. but you can learn so much about a college and whether you'd want to go there by walking around the campus and attending a tour. honestly that was the deciding factor for me! good luck with the whole college process! it's really stressful, but just trust that it will all work out in the end. hope this helps and feel free to ask me any further questions! 😊 |
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madeleine_
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2 years, 9 months ago by madeleine_
Figuring out which ones I wanted to apply to was pretty easy, I just applied to schools where I could get in-state tuition. Out of the ones I got into, one is in a small/college town, and the other three were in really rural areas. I didn't want to go to a school in a rural area, so I chose the one that's in a small/college town.
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Cirivere
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2 years, 9 months ago by Cirivere
In my country, different colleges/universities offer different majors? I think would be the correct word? things like economics ect are more common, but I wanted to do electrical engineering. For this major, there were only 2 schools in my province. The course subjects of the one that was further away seemed a bit.... well not what I was looking for, since they combined the first year with mechanical engineering and two other majors. Hence the college closer to home felt like a better fit. |
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Cirivere
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2 years, 9 months ago by Cirivere
So my suggestion: Look for the travel distance, perhaps financial matters (tbf both the colleges I was looking at had roughly the same cost) and try and see if you can find information about the subjects they teach and their course materials, If a school is close by but doesn't seem as interesting as the other school, try to compare if the furthest school is worth it travel expense wise. |
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Zaan_13
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2 years, 9 months ago by Zaan_13
So everyone before me gave the most important points & I'll just reiterate: Look into costs for tuition, if you'd like to study locally / regionally / internationally, admission requirementsYou can then pluck out some universities based on things like student satisfaction, general rating of the uni and more specifically the department of the course you'd like to do. From there you can compare the degree structure across different unis: so look @ what modules they provide, and then if any of them undertake special projects etc that might boost your learning / experience. When I was choosing my undergrad I saw one university had a module which was solely for projects with universities in other countries as well as engineering companies so I thought that was really interesting. And stuff like that defo boosts your experience in the long term, with jobs etc bc everyone loves to hear about how you work in different teams haha Aside from course content take a look at the campus culture of each uni. Look into their societies, special events, dorm life etc. Like everyone said if you can visit that'd be a huge help I studied abroad for my undergrad and postgrad so I had to be super sure of the uni I wanted to go to lol, but it's good to get a head start on it so when you're ready to apply you'd have narrowed it down to your top choices 😊 good luck in advance! |
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xc2024
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2 years, 9 months ago by xc2024
@ArtstAnna @arf820 @madeleine_ @Cirivere @Zaan_13 thank you everyone! this was really helpful
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RockMusic
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2 years, 9 months ago by RockMusic
I am a high school freshman but I have had many conversations. Just thought I'd let you know that you should call colleges because many colleges will take note of this because it shows interest in the college and if you apply they will see you as a better candidate. Also by calling colleges you can narrow down where you may want to go. Remember nothing's permanent and worse case scenario you can transfer to a different college if the one you picked isn't right for you! Good Luck!!!!!! 👍
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