SELECTING A COLLEGE

 College Fairs come and go.  Some people feel that the way to select a school is to go "innie, minnie, minnie, moe" through a selection of catalogues; some want to go to where mom or dad went, or even follow a boyfriend or girlfriend.  This might be a good way to select a school, but once you are in college, you might feel that you made a mistake, and that you had all the WRONG reasons to go to a school you finally decide to attend.


When looking at colleges, it is important to remeber that 85% of a student's experiences are  OUTSIDE of the classroom, so while you may think that you need to look at colleges is not to  look at just the books or the virtual tours, but to go to the schools and attend a football game or other event where you can see the "energy' of student body.    It is at that point when you determine what you like and what you don't you can assess if the school you are looking at feels like it its you.

It real easy for me to tell a student what or how to approach the different schools, but if you click on the link below,  you probably can get a better way to assess if assess if a school is right for you.  You are looking for schools that match you, your goals, and your ENERGY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCGBCDac6tY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZC-OjDHYGc