Indiana University-Bloomington Top Questions

It's not about a lot of options, it's about the right options. It's not about what's there, it's about what's not there. There is a large amount of factors that go into school decision making, but ultimately you're going to want to be confident and secure with your choice. You might always look back and then be dis-content if you aren't confident. Sometimes it takes time to be confident and realize the nature and place of education the history and experience of our lives.

When you are trying to find a place to obtain the next level of education try not to base your decision on what everyone else is doing. Usually when you find the right place you will feel very comfortable while there. When I came to Bloomington for the first time I felt a sense of ease. There was no rush and everyone was very nice, no one looked like they were in a bad mood and the campus was beautiful. Make sure you don't step out of your moral or financial zone. For students; do not base your decision on just putting distance away from your parents. My campus is 45 minutes away from my home town and I think that is the perfect amount. It is close enough to take a trip home for emergencies and far enough that my parents aren't here all the time and I didn't feel pressure to go home when I was a freshman. Also, dorms are wonderful. You meet so many differnet and wonderful people and it helps having people around who are in the same new situation as you!

College is what YOU make of it and the best advice I could give someone is go somewhere that is different from what you are used to so you can experience new surroundings and people. The more experiences you open yourself up to, the more satisfied you will be with your college adventure. When you look back on these 4 years, you will remember the things you did that opened you up to new things, ideas and cultures. Try as many things as you can, rush a sorority or fraternity, even if you think you wouldn't like it. Make friends with someone you would not have been friends with in high school. Attend as many theatrical performances and join clubs. Through my college experience, I am not sure if there is one "right" college. Once you choose the one that you think would fit you best, then go with it and don't look back.

Don't stick to your comfort zone... step outside of it, you will be surprised what you might find.

Look for a place that will allow them to express themselves and find people with similar interests. It's not ALL about academics and the best professors or the highest graduation rates. It's all about the best time of your life. Just look for that. =)

Upon my decision to decide where I would attend school, my biggest decision came to which school's education program would allow me to become successfu in the classroom. Coming from the inner city I know what it is like to have teachers who pass students along because they do not want to deal with the "problem". I wanted to know that the education that I was going to receive would allow me to give my future students the tools needed to get out of the bad situations and make better lives for themselves. The advice that I would give would be to definately choose a school that will give you the tools in whatever field of interest that you love and and that will allow you to make a difference in someones life because you never know what kind of impact you may have on someone. College only comes once to most students so truly take advantage of all of the different cutures and learn so much about as many peoples cultures as you can. Diversity is what makes this country so beautiful and the knowedge that people can hold can overshadow the ignorance that some may have.

To be quite honest, parents and students need to go visit the schools they want to apply to. They should visit the dorms, walk the campus, take a look into some of the classrooms, and interact with some current students. This is the best way to see if the campus will fit you. When you are a visiting a school during an active fall or spring semester, you can put yourself in the shoes of a student who is enrolled at that college. If you can see yourself making friends there, having fun, and getting the education you want, than it is the school for you. To make the most of a college experience, a student should find a balance between studying and having a good time. College for me has been an amazing experience because I have pretty good grades and I have a lot of good friends in my Fraternity who will be some of my closest friends until the day I die. Thank you very much for the opportuinity to express my feelings about Indiana University.

Finding the right college will involve finding what the student feels within about the institution he/she wants to continue their education at. In my opinion finding the best fit for college is the most important decision that students will make in their life, because college can totally change people from the time when they come in, to the time when they leave. I chose Indiana University because of it's size and interaction with people. Connections that you make while you are in college can help you out a lot after you graduate and step into a real life. That would be the reason why I think that going to a big school, which is highly ranked on something that you are going to be majoring in, can help you built strong bonds with people that are going to be successful and could help you out in the future. If you are incoming freshman, you should surround yourself with people that are not only there for you when it is a party time, but the ones that are going to benefit you in the future and can still be called "real friends" after you graduate.

I would answer this question in four simple words: Be True To Yourself. Searching for a college that is a perfect fit, can be very challenging. Parents might encourage their children to go to a well recognized school, or might want their child to pursue a certain field of study, but the student must be true to themselves and look into schools because they have the desire to attend them one day, not because they ?should? apply, or are ?forced? to apply to them. Secondly, I would most definitely recommend that parents support the aspirations of their child during the time of finding a college and pursing a further education. The majority of students entering college are simultaneously entering adulthood, and because of this, pressure to conform to certain careers, jobs, and activities are prevalent among this age group. Therefore, I come back to my original answer to the question regarding my advice for finding the right college and making the most out of a college experience: be true to yourself. If you know what you love, what you desire, and what you want to pursue in life, a student entering college will be off to a great start.

I would tell parents and students that it is very important to do plenty of research concerning any school that a student might be interested in attending. To narrow down what schools might be best for you, first try to figure out what you are interested in majoring in, or at least narrowing it down to a few possibilities. Then, find out what schools have the best programs in those areas of interest. After that, then determine various school characteristics you like, such as school size, proximity to home, number of students, and other such characteristics. Hopefully all of these aspects combined would help a student make the best overall decision. Also, if a student has absolutely no idea as to what to do for a major, then find out which schools are most inviting to students entering undecided, or schools that have the most options for majors. By using all of these criteria and characteristics of schools in the decision-making process, I am very optimistic that a student would quite easily be able to find the best school for them.