Illinois State University Top Questions

Pick the best school for your program, not where your friends are going.

I really do recommend going to a junior college before attending a 4 year university. It was a good experience and it saved me a lot of money. At the same time, I also recommend that students get involved in activities, it will make you a more well rounded person. I recommend going to all of the colleges that you are considering and see the campus and sitting through a class and seeing all of the things that you would like to do while on campus. That way you will know exactly what you are getting into and you won't be surprised when you get there. Just enjoy it while you can!

Don't take gen ed's as a joke they are serious classes and if you do bad in them they could lower your Gpa horribly.

Choosing which college is right for you may be one of the most important decisions of your life. College is the place where you make your lifelong friends; the place where you learn the skills that you will use for a lifetime, whether they are your career or people skills. The actual place or campus that you land on is not the most important part of your experience. Always choose the place where you feel the most comfortable because you will be yourself in that environment and let other people see the real you. College is not about the classes that you couldn?t get into because you had a late registration date; college is about the new friends you made to complain to about not getting into that class. Making true friends is the most important part of college. They are to stay up late with you to prep you for an early exam, go out on the town with, and make the most of a crummy situation. Make the most of every situation and never waste time because you always think that you have much more of it than you really do. Four years really does fly past.

The advice I would give to parents and/or student about finding the right college and making the most of the college experience is to find a place you feel comfortable in. When you are comfortable in your environment it makes it easier to learn and make new friends.

I would say have fun let your hair done. Dont think about what others think because it is nothing like high school and that kind of thinking will hold you back. Make sure you know what you want so that if yopu attend a school you dont like you wont try to make yourself like it and end up miserable in a place you really dont want to be. To the parents i would say let your child find themselves if they want to be an art major let them do that. You may not think there is a future in art but who knows they could become the next big thing.

Go with your choice and give it a chance - in the beginning it is very difficult to make the seperation from home but what I love the most about Illinois State is that I am far enough away from home that my family cannot just pop in but close enough to go home when I just need to get out of here and go back home.

First Visiting their website, then if interested visiting the main campus.

The advice I would give to parents and/or students about finding the right college is to apply to as many colleges as you want or can. Do not just chose one college and apply anf hope that you get into it becuase if you do not get in you have nothing to fall back on. Take the oportunity to visit these college campuses to get to feel what it is like to live there and how far the drive would be to and from home. To comment on making the most out of the college experience, I would suggest joining many clubs and activities. This will help you to make a ton of friends, some just through college and some that will remain you friend for a life time. This will also help you to keep you grades up and to find people you know if you classes and get together with them to start a study group. One last thing is to always remeber to keep you academic life first and your social life second. there is always time to socailize but papers and homeowrk have a due date!!