Bethune-Cookman University Top Questions

My first set of advice goes out to the prospective college students.Stay on top of your grades and SAT/ACT scores. Also, apply for as many scholarships and grants.Recieve all the free money that is out there. It's always a good idea to go on college tours. This goves you the opportunity to get a feel of the campus and what to expect. This will help you in making the right choice of whether or not this college or university is right for you. Also, while on these tours find out about financial aids and what themselves have to offer. Get to know a few of the counselars and upperclassmen on campus. Make them show you ropes. Get to know all about the organizations on your schools campus. Go for the ones that will benefit more towards your career path. Have them give you advice and guidance throughout the year. For parents, make sure to support your student. Help them in their quest of achieving their goals and dreams. Let them go off on their own to become more independent. Also,teach them the correct way of saving and how to budget their spendings.

Make sure you do alot of research about the school before you attend!!!

To parents and students, the advice I would give to them about finding the right college or university for themselves or there child can be summoned up in a couple of sentences. First, you would want to make a list and narrow the list down to your top five choices. You would then want to visit these top five choices, and ask as many questions as possible about the institution during each of the five different visits. Next you would then want to sit down and think to yourself, or talk to your parents about what you saw and heard when you visited these institutions, and you will then want to weigh the pro's and the con's of each institution. With that said, you would then for a lack of better words want to do a process of elimination, to narrow the choices down to one or two choices. After this is done, then you might want to go back and give these institutions a second visit to better help you make your choice, and that should then be all you have to do to be sure you have picked the right institution for yourself or your child.

Make sure the student visit the campus first before attending! Many of collegeaus always say if they knew that's how our school looked the would've never attended. It's very important that you as a student feel comfortable in where you will be living. It can decrease homesickness and your parents will feel a bit more secure having you there. You want to love your school for everything that it is.

I would say that if a student is unable to get into the right college fresh out of high school, go to a community close to home until you are able to get into the right school. Getting loans is not worth it if you are going to a school that will only give you a degree but everything you should receive from a college. Things such as financial aid, school scholarships, internship opportunities, and mentors within your field. Although I love my school, I feel as though I deserve to have more scholarships, I shouldn't have to take out loans, and there should be more to the "college experience" I've heard about. Be wise and think about your decision carefully.

make sure that when your looking for the right college, its a place that feels close to like home and that that way you will be comfrontable where at.

I would tell parents and students to have somewhat of a plan for life before enrolling in a prospective college. College education is a great responsibility that if taken advantage of could go directly to a deadend. Students could easily be lead off track if not focused and have a goal to want to finish college. Be aware of what life could give you, as well as what you expect out of life. Success should be a priority not an option.

I realize that every parent wants the absolute best for their child, but this is the time when they need to let go. Students should choose the college that they feel is right for them. This is the first big step into the adult world. Choosing a college should be based on many things including, but not limited to location, size, cost, programs, extra curricular activities, sports, clubs, and your first impression. Many students will know what school really suites them. If your first choice doesn't work out, you can always transfer. But atleast you'll have the satisfaction of knowing that you made this important choice on your own. As far as getting the most of the college experience, that depends on what you want to get out of college (besides a degree). I know plently of people who are very involved in clubs and social events and they are having the times of their lives. I didn't pick that path, but I don't regret it. I work full-time and go to school, basically just for the classes. In all, college is what you want it to be and what you make it become.

TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WILL HAVE SOMETHING THAT WILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAY FOCUS AND ALSO KEEP YOU ENTERTAINED IN BETWEEN BREAKS FROM STUDYING OR WHEN YOUR DONE WITH WORK SO THAT YOU WONT GET INVOLVED IN THINGS THAT WILL AND CAN POSSIBILY GET YOURSELF IN TROUBLE.

If you want to know the truth about a collegego visit the school and talk to the students... The brochure is sugar coated...