University of Nevada-Las Vegas Top Questions

When you visit a campus, really pay attention to how that campus makes you feel. If you feel comfortable nad excited to be there, go for it! Trust your gut.

I think students looking for a college should research the lifestyle of the students who are currently enrolled. As good as a school can look on paper, the students you attend college with are the actual make or break of the university. They are your friends and colleagues and it is important that the lifestyle of your college fits with the lifestyle you are comfortable with living. It is important that you are happy with not only your education but your environment because if you are unhappy with your environment, you will not enjoy or absorb your college education.

When applying for schools its important to apply to a school that has a great program for your major. However, go to a school that will challenge you as well. Not just academically, but socially. Step out of your comfort zone and try something completely new. College is all about experience and personal growth. You can not grow without trying different things or conquering hurdles in life. Sometimes its not about the destination but the journey. College has so many wonderful opputunities to experience and even if you dont enjoy all of them you never would have known without giving it a try. Its hard to figure out what you want in life but I believe that is what college is for. You have at least for years to meet new friends, take courses you may be interested, work jobs and internships to gain experience and responsibility to help you after school, and grow into the young man or woman you want to be. Take advantage of all the opputunities college offers, study abroad, internships, dorm living, fraternities/sororities, and learning. College will be the best years of your life make the best of it.

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Do the research on the field you wish to learn about and work hard, you will succeed.

When researching what colleges to attend, the best advice a student or parent can have is to choose based off the programs and experiences offered at the college, not anything else. The worst thing to hear from current college students is that they settled for a college because it was cheap and convinient. I wish I could tell future college students to not let their financial worries stop them from applying to their dream schools. If you can get into a school, then you can find a way to pay for it. Having a college experience that works for you is worth every penny of a student loan or the time it takes to fill a FAFSA out.

Consider your personality, your likes and dislikes. Secondly, think about your major of choice or if you are uncertain, think about your interests and hobbies. All of these things can really deteremine where you decide to attend college. For example, if you are from a large city such as Chicago or New York it is possible that attending a school in a small town where there is less diversity may not be the right choice even though that particular school has an excellent program for your major. Another example , is that you are uncertain of your major, therefore it may be unwise to attend a school that has an emphasis any one particular of study. Most importantly than any other thing when considering a school, make arrangements to attend a guided tour. This is the best way to determine whether your personlity and the school are a perfect match. Finaly, I must add that if you find yourself feeling like the school you were so certain would be the perfect school is no longer keeping you happy, transfer to another college. Your happiness and mental well being are most important.

I would tell the parents of an up and coming college student to allow your child to pick the school that they want to go to. Do not pick the school for them, because then they get the true college life. allwo your child to make the decision for themselves because while they are in college they are learning to become young adults and need to make their own choices. I also recommend that the potential college student makes as many friends as possible. goes to class, and emerges themselves in all the college activites because once they do that they will full achieve the college experience.

Google your campus, find the live journal and facebook groups around your campus and ASK questions!

I would advice people to go somewhere new. I wish I would've moved out of the town that I grew up in long before I actually did. It is a great experience to start a life in a new place with all new people.