Oral Roberts University Top Questions

Learn about how you are going to finance your child's education ahead of time and plan for the future while the child is young.

Do lots of research. Visit and stay at campus for a while. Ask lots of students about campus and living. Get more than one persons opinion.

There are so many wonderful colleges to choose from. The most important thing to remember is to find a place where you fit in. Look for a college that offers many extra curricular activities and find a place to get plugged in. Be sure to check out different colleges before making your final decision. Try taking a campus visit and staying in the dorms. Just try different things and eventually you will find where you fit in. Choose a college that is going to help you make your mark on life.

Make sure you visit your school before hand, talk with the profs, see how friendly they are, talk with the students. When you do decide on a school and attend, get plugged into campus life, groups, leadership oppertunities, you name it, go for it. Don't get involved with the wrong croud, the people you become friends with is the person you will become. And don't forget that college is your last chance (98{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c}) to change yourself to the person that you will become for the rest of your life, so make good wise choices.

The right college shouldn't just have all the needs on your list checked off. No school is perfect. Even if a university doesn't meet all of your financial or social needs, it may end up being a better fit for you (or your son/daughter) in the long-run, such as academically or professionally. Just because a school offers to pay most or all of your tuition, doesn't means it's the right one for you. The right school should feel right. You should like the people, the professors, the classes, and the program offered in your major. Things like student count, male-female ratio, and location are rarely important. For example, a school in southern California may have more beaches nearby, but unless you're studying to be a marine biologist, beaches probably have little to do with your career. The most important thing is if they offer the best in relation to your major. A university may have state-of-the-art science labs, but that means little if you're there to study law, English, or graphic design. Make your choice on what feels right and meets your needs, not just the bottom line.

Start early, but not too early. There's no need in getting involved in visiting campuses when the student is in 9th or 10th grades! I would say the beginning of 11th grade in high school is a good time to get the ball rolling. Definitely visit the top 3 schools of your choice, if possible. One hugely important thing I think is for the student to get out on their own and experience college life away from the home-life they just spent the last 18 years of their lives in. College is a wonderful opportunity for the student to mature and grow up a bit, to make some of their own choices, and to cut that "umbilical cord" from Mom & Dad. And parents, try your best to "let go" at least a little bit. Trust your child to make wise choices based on the advice and wisdom you have hopefully invested into them since they were young. It may be hard, but release them into the care of the [hopefully] trustworthy university, and let them experience life for themselves. College is a wonderful experience as long as genuine cooperation takes place between student and parent.

Find the college that best suits you and if the one that you want is too expensive for you don't be afraid to choose another one , in the end you will find where you truly belong. Good Luck