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For the students, I think the most important thing about finding a college is look at several differnet options. If you look several different places you will know where you belong. When I went to visit Monmouth it was like a home to me and I knew it was the place for me. College is a time in ones life that will be unfogettable, finding the best college or university is challenging. However, if you feel home, I can guarentee you will succeed. I would also suggest, that as soon as you enter in college join something that will get you involved. The more involved, the more expierence you will have at school. This also leads to a memory's with the friends that you will have. For the parents, I would say let your child pick where he or she wants to go then worry about finicial situations. Many schools have scholarships and financial help if needed. My family was very worried about money but Monmouth was willing to give loans. College is an amazing time and I would suggest that every child should go through this expierence because it is a once and a life time opportunity.

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Visit, ask questions about academic requirements, at this school there are many requirements that i found out after i already enrolled. ask what there is to do on weekends. make sure there are movie theaters, malls, mini golfing places or whatever. academics isn't the only thing to do. Also, see if it is a party school. Small schools are generally centered around drinking.

College could be the best or worst years of your life. It is your job to make the best of it. Finding the right college for you is huge, and parents remember that it is not you who will be living there for the next four years so make sure your son/daughter has the majority of the choice. To the student, don't be afraid to leave home and the friends there. Making new friends in college is quite the experience. You will go out of your comfort zone, you will cry, you will laugh, and you will find people who will become some of the best friends that you will ever find. College will help you discover who you are. You will take the journey from a teenager to an adult. By the end of college, you will be ready to live on your own and appreciate as well. Don't let college fly by you, enjoy every second of it.

Look at as many schools as possible, both large and small, to find the best one for you.

I would strongly advise that students spend the night at a college they are looking at to make sure that they are comfortable on campus. Find out what kind of extracurricular activities are available on campus, and see if you would want to be active in any of those activities. Also, make sure the college has the department you want to study in, and ask to speak to some of the professors in that department. Finally, make sure that you get all of your questions answered before saying yes to a college. Know exactly what you want in a college, and pick the one that you feel fits you the best!

This is a hard question for me since I definitely did not choose my school conventinally. I went with a feeling more than a real logical reason. I think it is important to understand what you want to experiance and what you are comfortable with. If you grew up in the city, you may feel out of place in a small rural college, but you may also find it refreshing after the speed of the city. The reverse way is a student living in a small country town may be dieing to get to the big city, but it is easy to get overwhelmed. Be sure you have really thought about your temperment and what you wnat to experiance besides learning, because college is so much more than academic learning, it is life learning. After you have really looked into yourself and decided what kind of atmosphere is best for you, it is time to think academically. do you want a liberal arts school to get a well rounded education full of different experiances, or do you just want to focus soley on your major. Niether is bad or good, just different, and it depends on what you want.

My advice would be to go with you heart. Choose a college that feels right not what college you think you should attend. Going away to college is more than learning acedemically, you also learn so much about youself on a personal level.

I believe that you should choose a college based on what you would like to pursue in the future. For example, I want to be a teacher, so I chose a school that specializes in education. If you do not know what you want to pursue I recommend choosing a liberal arts school in order to get the largest variety of options available to you on one campus.

It is important that you visit the colleges you want to attend! Getting on campus during the school year when students are around will be helpful in seeing if the atmosphere is right for you. Also it is important that you do not count out small schools that you have never heard of. It is not the name of the institution that determines the value of your education, it is the work you put in. I go to a small private liberal arts college that is not at all well known and does not have the reputation of being a "good school" like for example University of Illinois in Champagne Urbana. What people think and reputations should be irrelevant in the decision-making process. Pick the school that feels right, put in the effort, and you will get the best education around no matter where you go. When you do pick a school and arrive on campus for your first term, take risks and step outside your comfort zone. The best way to succeed in higher education is with an open mind. Good luck!!