Patrick
Take a campus tour and really look into meeting current students and asking about their experience before you choose a school.
Joseph
Study hard, go to class and PAY ATTENTION. My advice would be to weigh each of your needs in a college and find the best fit. There is no magic equation, it is different for everybody. Go where you will be most happy.
Rene
Talk to a variety of students on campus and listen to there outlooks. Try and find people that match their particular situation such as status, income, race/ethnicity, and etc.. Plan ahead on how they are going to pay for school and get as much information as possible on scholarships, loans, and financial aid.
Becky
Don't spend more than necessary. An undergraduate degree is something that begins an education and is not worth 100,000s dollars in dept. If your kid is unsure of what they want to do, big schools offer more options. They can always transfer.
Caleb
Consider eveything form the geographical environment, weather, athletics, social atmosphere, quality of education, price of tuition, housing avaliablility and pricing, and all other. Also, visit the campus to get a feel for the environement and tyep of people who attend to make sure that you fit in.
Ashley
I think that parents need to let their children chose the college that they want to go to. I do believe that parents should have a say, but I feel that the child should get to make the final decision. Most of my friends tried to go to colleges that their parents wanted them to go to, and ended up coming to WVU after the first few years. I think that you need to know what you are looking for as far as academics when looking for a college. Overall, you have to pick the college that is going to suit you the best.
John
Don't settle for the one that accepts you first. Shop around and visit campuses. Remember, you will be living there for the next couple of years!
Kyle
Go into college with a positive attitude. Even if you are not where you want to be and feel your leaving the life you knew back at home, dont let that ruin college for you. This is the best time of your life where you will meet the people who you will be friends with the rest of your life and you only have this short time to be in this situation. Dont have any regrets, figure out what you want in life, mature as a person, make some mistakes its the best way to learn.
James
Don't judge the school on publications on which schools party the hardest and those sort of things. Those studies are based on a small polling of the population and can easily be manipulated. Judge the school on your experience you have while visiting, then revisist the schools you like the most. Parents, don't try to force your kids into going someplace they don't want to go and forbidding them from going to a school they want to go to. Let the students choose where they want to go. They know what they are looking for, and they are the ones that will be experiencing college. So let them choose the place they will enjoy, and not the one that you, the parents, will.
Teddy
Tell kids to go with what feels right. Also, tell them things that you deem important that you know they won't appreciate at the time.