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I would tell students to research the colleges they wish attend before deciding. Do you want a small college or a larger one? If attending a large university with many students, you will be in lecture halls of about 500 students. Attending a school like this requires that the students apply themselves and remain self-sufficient. The professors do care about their students but since there are so many of them, students must stay on top of everything and keep up with their classes. A smaller university will have more personal smaller size classes similar to high school classes. It is a very good idea to make the most out of your college experience by getting involved on your college campus. Getting involved in a campus organization makes you feel more comfortable and eases the transition from high school to college. You will make many friends in your organization that can help you. Older students can give you advice and help you with classes. Getting involved in a student organization also is a great activity to put on your resume. Employers will look for students who are well rounded and involved in other activities.

Definately go to an out of state school, teached the student about his/her beliefs, personality, business, maturity, wordly knowledge

When deciding what college to go to, experience life at each college you're considering. See what the students do between class. Look at a dorm...close your eyes and picture your stuff in there. Walk around the campus and soak in the culture of the school. Eat at the cafeteria or student union. Smell, taste, touch, see, and hear the campus. Imagine your life there. You'll know when you find your home. And once you're there, don't shy away from things that scare you just because you've never done them before. This is the time to start growing, changing, maturing, and experiencing things. Every day there's something new to be done, different people to meet, a million opportunities that could change your life. So get after it!

When deciding to attend a college, a prospective student should focus primarily on how the school alligns with one's acadmic performance and what scholarships have been offered to the individual. The next step is to spend a day as a wanderer, walking aimlessly through the campus to find where it leads. Observe the people nearby and read the messages that the campus communicates. These messages include student group flyers, clothing taglines, bathroom graffiti, population diversity, trends in affiliation, enviornmental preservation efforts, or creative marketing strategies. In order to observe campus culture, one should simply listen. The administration, campus tours and brochures will always praise the school, so use these resources sparingly. The most meaningful guide is the school itself, and its buildings will spare no detail.

Visit the school and experience the social side of the campus without your parents. Dive in to college. Don't be afraid to experience everything the campus has to offer! It will make your time in college that much greater!

I think it is really important to sit down and reflect about what you want to get out of your college experience. You need to examine if you are more interested more in growing socially or academically and what kind of balance you want between those two things. If social growth is more of your interest than perhaps you should consider a school that has a large greek population or a large array of extra curricular activities. If you are more focused on growing academically you should really look at the schools at the university, read about the professors, and look at the courses. Just by thinking about these simple things you could really improve your college experience ten fold.

Visit the schools you would like to attend before making the final desicion, and make sure that you will get a good education and also a good quality of life at campus. Check out the dorms, cafeterias, libraries, sports facilities etc. Keep in mind that these four years will be some of the best years of your life and you need to feel confortable and happy in the school you choose.

The advice I would give parents is make sure you approve where your child wants to attend college. Do some researching so that your child gets the most out of their impending education. Know what kind of social life they will be leading and help them so it does not consume their life and get in the way of their education. For students, it is not all about getting drunk and partying all the time. I live by the saying, "Work now, play later." I have always been taught that and that it is how I live my life. When you discipline yourself, it means so much more when you have the free time and makes you really feel like you have accomplished something. It is definitely hard finding that right college but just look for things that appeal to you academically such as class sizes and average class workload.

My advise to students looking for the right school is to ask youself, honestly, what you want from this undergraduate experience. If you think this time is a time to decide who you are, who you want to be, and what values you hold, it's then important to look not primarily at the quality of education, but primarily at the people with whom you'll be interacting at the school. The quality of education is going to be good enough at any major school if you make the effort to be an active participant in your own education. So, keeping that in mind, you might want to ask yourself, as well, "Is an expensive school really going to benefit me?" The answer to that question might depend on whether you want to get your lifetime job after you graduate (in which case a top school might be significant) or whether you want to just explore life a little before heading to graduate or professional school (in which case I would highly recommend keeping your debt to a minimum and instead investing your time and energy, as opposed to your money, in your education).

Leaving home is always best in terms of growing and maturing. Staying home or in your hometown does not allow for maturity and growth as a person as much as leaving somewhere completely new. Getting the chance to "start over" is a great thing when starting college.