Guilford College Top Questions

you have to take a tour of the campus and get a good feel of home and commmunity while visiting different schools.

Your college experience is wat you make of it, meaning that even if youdont get into the college of your coice, you can still have a good college experience, its all about what you put in and what you are willing to pull out.

College has so much to offer. Make sure you find a school that will give you a balance of academia, extra curricular activities, and a social life. Don't go to a school that is too easy or too difficult academically because then you miss out on some of the other important parts of the collegiate experience.

If you want the most for your money and you or your child does well in a small liberal arts school setting, then give Guilford College a try.

In selecting a school, happiness is key - how happy are the students is the question I would ask. Talk to the students - do they feel that they made the right choice? Do they like their friends? Do they want to go to their classes, or feel coerced? If you want a number to use, look at retention rate. My school has an incredibly low retention rate - and, by no coincidence, the students here are depressed, ambitionless, bored, and often drunk. Schools with unhappy students have low retention rates, and this is, in retrospect, the most important number that I overlooked in my college search. While at school, I remind myself that I am a full-time student - it is my job to learn. I am paying to learn. This helps motivate me to stay focused. While as a mantra this mindset might breed boredom and disillusionment, I feel that it helps remind me of my enthusiasm for learning - I love to learn, and here I am, devoting years of my life to knowledge as an abstract. Nothing could make me happier - through clear purpose one can escape the banality that study can become.

Finding the right college is tricky. Visiting the colleges you are interested in is the biggest advantage one has to identifying if the college is right for them. When you go to the campus and you feel that you belong there, you probibly do.

When it comes to finding the right college, apply to as many as possible, especially ones you can apply to for free! I applied to Guilford College because it was free, they accepted me and gave me great financial aid. After that I looked into it more and realized it was a hidden gem. Once you are at your dream school, connections are important. Make friends from all around with varying interests. Also, I found that strong relationships with my professors helped build my knowledge as well as my connections. Find at least one or two professors in your field who you can truly learn from and talk to. Alway be on time for class and go to class...this is what you pay for and where you learn! I could walk anywhere on campus in 10 minutes so I set my alarm clock 10 minutes fast so I could just leave when the alarm clock showed the time my class was to start. Sounds silly, but I was always on time which I think was an important sign of respect.

I think one of the most important factors in choosing a college is figuring out who you are now and who you would like to be in the future. Try to find out what the school is about, or at least claiming to be about, because that really will determine the kinds of people you will be surrounded by. Also, it is important to think about what kind of academic environment you want. Do you need small classrooms, lots of one-on-one time with professors and relatively relaxed academic competition or would you thrive under the pressure of that competition in a setting so large that the only way to stand out is to shine? Another critical factor in deciding where you want to go to school is the surrounding areas. Do you love the noise, excitement and opportunity of the city or do you want some place remote where you see more cows than cars? Maybe you need something in between. And don't forget about the climate. You don't want to go to Minnesota if you get severe seasonal depression, nor do you want to go to Florida if you can't stand the heat.

My experiences in college have awarded with a very unique perspective pertaining to the characteristics necessary for a wonderful college experience. I began a college Massachuetts. Due to financial difficulties, I was forced to transfer to Berkshire Community College, and live at home with my mother. I was new to the area and had a tough time adjusting and making friends. After a year I moved back to Boston. I attended Roxbury Community College, and was one of approximately five white students. I lived in Boston two years, I attended another community college, rented a room in a boarding house in a predominantly Hispanic community, and worked in a grocery store. In the summer of 2007, I had to choose either Guilford College or a promotion. I chose Guilford, because something told me that it was my chance to discover myself. The most important advise I can give to students is to not be afraid to strive for what you want but too scared to go for. If I had not, I probably would have spent my life listening to customers complain about the sale prices. Now, I want to go to graduate school, and become an equine-assisted psychotherapist.

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