University of North Carolina at Asheville Top Questions

Finding the right colege does involve considering its acedemic reputation but it is not the most important part rather how well the college fits with other aspects of you life that are important to you

Take campus tours and explore explore explore.

Choose the college that feels right. Talk with people on campus and with professors. If they like it and it feels comfortable to you then you've made the right choice.

Research before you commit

Make sure you visit the school before agreeing to attend. Walk around on your own instead of just going on the tour.

Actually I'd tell them it's not that hard at all. All you have to do is know the type of place where your most comfortable and find a school in that area. A degree is a degree to your potential employer. It dosen't really matter them where you get it if you not going to be a doctor or a lawyer for the most part. So don't stress yourself out trying to get into some place you know you won't be happy. College is a place where you find out who you are. It's your first real chance to be independant and just be yourself. So pick a school where you can just be yourself and take things at your own pace. On step at a time, don't rush through it . Kick back and enjoy your time at college. You will be amazed by what you'll learn about yourself and others in and outside the classroom.

Dear future students/parents, Choosing a college in todays age is a complex and sometimes scary experience. After all, your college choice will determine and define the next four years of your life so their is just cause for such anxiety. But I find that that anxiety can be allieved when the individual in question (future student) can put aside all the outside pressures/expectations (societal pressures, family pressures, economic pressures, etc) and look into themselves and find out where they wanna be at the end of those four years and then find the college that suits the means to achieving that end goal. If you take into consideration to much those outside pressures, your choice will not be autonomous in nature and then how do you know if its what you wanted. Its your future and it should reflect what you want and dream and will in the end create a positive college experience. As for the parents, showing your support and giving of your time to help your son/daughter in any way is the best way to help them find the right college and enjoy their time there. Overall, the future will be what we make it.

As a culture, we focus far too much on numbers. We worry about the grades we make, and how much money our college degree will get us. These things are abstract and meaningless in the larger view of our lives. What we forget is the incalculable value of the experience itself: how it helps us grow and learn, how much better we are for it as people, and the happiness we find in the midst of the process rather than at the end. The prestige of the college you attend, and the GPA you manage to add up, aren't nearly as important as what you find and create with the time and context you are given.

When choosing a college or university, parents and students might be tempted to pursue the romantic notion of spending four years atop an ivory tower studying history or some such topic and living the glamorous life of the academic. However, given the current trends in modern economies of almost any country, the rather tepid and unstable status of our own economy here in the United States and the rising cost of collegiate education, it would be advisable to make a choice based on the programs available and whether or not those programs will lead to immediate and lucrative jobs/careers post college. If you want to read Socrates go to the public library and do it for free. Otherwise College is just a ridiculously expensive four year summer camp.

Visit the college first. Visit a class and get a feel for the professors. Spend the night if possible . When you get there, do not stay in your room. Get out and meet people.