Salve Regina University Top Questions

put yourself out there, and make the best of the situation you are in. If you do not go out and try to make friends, they will not just arrive on your doorstep. Lastly, do not live in the past. Home will always be there for you, but don't pine over it.

TALK TO STUDENTS AND ALUMNI WHO ATTEND(ED) THE UNIVERSITY... VISIT THE SCHOOL FOR AN OVERNIGHT... GO TO SOME OF THE SPORTING EVENTS... DO ALL OF THIS AFTER YOU HAVE VISITED AND ARE INTERVIEWED AT THE COLLEGE AFTER YOU HAVE NARROWED IT DOWN TO A COUPLE. DONT BE AFRAID TO LOOK ACROSS THE COUNTRY! SCREW LIBERAL ARTS!

Plan out how much money you have to pay for college and how much the school can give you. Financial aid is key for most middle class families like mine.

The advice I would give to parents in helping your child find the right college for them is to allow them to choose the place that makes them happy. A place where they set foot on a campus and fall in love. There will never be another time in their life where they can focus on improving themselves and gaining an education. As a student already in college I am so thankful that this was my parents' additude toward choosing a school. Finallty support your child no matter what they choose, that means more than anything else. The advice I would give to students is that there are two types of people in this world, those who enter a room and say "There you are" or "Here I am". When going to college you need to put yourself out there. This took me a while to figure out, since I have I've never been happier. Going home every weekend or complaining about what you dislike about your school will literally get you no where. The experience you have in college is based on the effort you put into it. So make the most of it and never look back!

Look at everything, because you never really know what you want until you visit the campuses. Keep an open mind and be realistic.

Visit before you choose, go there because you love it not just for a sport or the like

The first thing I would say is to do a lot of research. It is important to reserach all types of colleges. I originally wanted to go to school in the city but when i came to the town of Newport by the ocean I fell in love with it. It was completely different than anything I ever wanted and I am more happy than I could have ever imagined. It is important to know what you are looking for. Do you have a major in mind? If not find a place with many to choose from. What type of area? Do you want to study abroad? If so find schools with great study abroad programs; best experience of your life! Look online and on websites of what the school looks like and what students from that school say about it. These are all helpful but the most important thing is to visit the schools. Try to visit as many schools similiar or different fom what you think youwant. By visiting you can get a sense of feeling if you can see yourself on this campus or not. This is what happened to me and I am very happy!

I would advise parents and students looking for the right college by stressing the importance of comfort over the college's name. When I first started at Salve Regina University, I didn?t feel accomplished being there because the name is not famous. However, I realized that if I had attended a college for its name alone, I would have been making a very superficial decision. Salve Regina was my first choice because of the size or the campus, the small student per professor ratio, the beauty of the campus and the overall friendliness of the campus body and the town. My advise to pre-college students is to find a place that you would be comfortable sleeping the first night: a place that fits you, rather than forcing yourself to fit the university?s mold.

emphasize semesters as trial periods because if you wait a year to figure out you don't like the school, it has become too late

make sure you visit lots of places, with different variety to find what you fit into most.