how did you fags find a college

[BmphP]

I need to go to college soon. I sort of know what I'd like to study, (there's like 10 things on my want to study list, I really can't narrow it down), and that's about it. There's very few specifics I want from a college. My applications are due in about 2.5 months

That being said, I'm having a problem narrowing down my choices to apply to, since I'm pretty open on what I will accept (college can't be too big or in a big city, and it has to offer degrees for at least a few of the topics I wish to study)

Um so how did you go about your college pickin? Did you make the right choice? Did you just wing it?

[Casalen]

I live in a college town, so it was easy to start, especially since I started in community college. For the next phase, it's easy to look at a CSU list and decide what fits best for budget, program and area.

[Applesauce]

I'm looking for colleges as well since I'm now a junior so here's a few things I'm doing. Take the PSAT/SAT shit. It's annoying, it's tedious, it makes you want to run out and stab everyone in the eye, but if you take it colleges smash themselves in your face. It's quite disturbing actually.
Also, sign up at http://www.collegeboard.com. From here you have an entire roster of colleges across the country, and they actually have this built in search-thingy where you put in the things you're interested in and they narrow the colleges down for you. Given that you're not really sure what you want to study, the search-thingy will do only a tiny bit but that will help a great deal.
Also, if you're still in high school (No idea if you are or not), check with your guidance people about Naviance. I have no idea what the hells it does but according to my older friends it does wonders. I think it's like Collegeboard on steroids, but I'm not really sure.
That's pretty much all I know but hopefully that does something.

[Kass]

princetonreview.com has a bunch of descriptions of colleges and stuff, and a thing where you can put in what you're looking for in a college and your GPA and it gives you suggestions.

And I can't afford college. So there's no way I could make a right or a wrong decision.
:'(

[slapo]

get a general list together of what colleges you're interested in and that you could potentially get accepted to. From there, visit the colleges and spend a night in the dorms or whatever. A school may look good on paper, but the general vibe of the campus may turn you off. It is imperative you visit any potential school to help limit your choices. From there, decide a major. For many unis, you don't need to know what you want to study going into it.

It also helps to pick a field of study that has good job security and/or pays well.

[CalculatePie314]

A college came to my school and talked to us. I thought they were pretty cool. So I went to the college to see what the campus was like. I thought it was cool.

Yeah, college is pretty cool. 'Cept for that whole being broke thing.

[Hypocrite]

I had narrowed it down to 3 or 4 colleges that I thought I could go to. Then I went and took some campus tours, checked out the living arrangements, talked to the deans of the departments I was interested in. From there I was able to pick the school I will be headed to on Saturday.

[Raxo]

I chose the only one I could afford. That one being Community College.

[Dartful_Dawger]

I applied to my first choice college, and two safety colleges.

Went to the bigger of the the two safety colleges.

Still have no fucking idea what I will major in.

[The_Solipsist]

I wanted to stay instate, which is important, depending on where you are, as the criteria for entry and the cost can vary greatly, so I looked at schools that I at least had some knowledge of.

Honestly, it doesn't matter, unless you can get into some ivy league school, where you go, as the degree will mean about the same, but the quality of your education and your college experience as a whole will be impacted greatly.

If you want a small school, look at small schools, if you want pass/fail, look for those that offer it, just narrow it down to personal preference.

I choose to go to University of Texas, Austin because I have a lot of friends going there, the Liberal Arts program is pretty good, the community seems pretty suiting, although I don't care too much for the huge population, and some partying will be nice.

[BKS]

I looked at a couple that had a major I wanted, then went and visited. I then decided based off of price and perks.

[SODA]

I knew I wanted to be a programmer so I found a school that focuses on STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) and so far I like it because almost everyone understands what you are studying. The only problem so far has been that the school sold to another company last semester, but I don't know if it will be a bad thing or not.

[Allen]

I just went to the one that gave me the largest scholarship. Ended up being the university in my city. I went their for practically free. Then stopped going to class.

[Tyler_Legrand]

Oh, um, I did some research, narrowed down my choices, submitted my applications, then picked one.

[timbot]

There aren't many colleges that offered what I wanted to study, especially since I didn't want to go really far away from home. I went and checked out a couple and decided I liked one. So I applied. I think I also looked at some information at my high school about different choices and all their requirements. You just have to force yourself to do the research and the applications.

[ultrasoundchick]

I wanted to go instate, because of price. It just so happened that the college in a town next to me offered a great program for the major I chose. I had known what I wanted to get a degree in for quite a while, so it worked out great. I would suggest trying to find a college that offers several of the majors you are interested in, and go from there. If all else fails, narrow your choices a little more.

[Pachycephelosaurus]

Just visited a couple different universities, talked with the faculty in the department I was interested in, and made my decision based on that.

[Sieda]

I need to go to college soon. I sort of know what I'd like to study, (there's like 10 things on my want to study list, I really can't narrow it down), and that's about it. There's very few specifics I want from a college. My applications are due in about 2.5 months

That being said, I'm having a problem narrowing down my choices to apply to, since I'm pretty open on what I will accept (college can't be too big or in a big city, and it has to offer degrees for at least a few of the topics I wish to study)

Um so how did you go about your college pickin? Did you make the right choice? Did you just wing it?


Well, this last go around, I chose based on the nearest location and affordability. (meaning community college) I plan on getting as many 'core' classes as I can out of the way there... then transferring someplace else to pursue a more musically oriented field of study.

I remember the first time though, I went right out of highschool, but I had no real idea of what I wanted to do. Unfortunately, this led to a lack of dedication and I started skipping out on all my classes and dropped out.

I heard it's becoming more and more common for people to 'take a year or two off' so to speak, and just work... so that when the do go to school they have much better idea of what their strengths and interests are. If you really don't have an idea of what you want to major in... maybe you should consider that.

[Tweek]

I didn't want to go to university so I fucked about in high school and then I decided working at KFC sucked dick so I applied to go to university anyway. I don't have a big selection and I already knew that UQ is the best university around here for the type of shit I'm interested, and Griffith was my back up if I didn't get into UQ.

I ended up having to settle for an online course at a shit university and I haven't done anything so I'm wasting money here.

[Rob]

You should study thread posting, you sort of suck at it.

[Iceshade]

I would recommend going on college tours, but try and grab a student who looks like a normal person (as opposed to the suck-ups who normally volunteer for student tours) and ask them about the college. If you grab the right person they'll be able to tell you the good things and bad things about a college.

For example, I go to St. Vincent College and I'm a Physics major. If you are interested in Physics I would recommend going somewhere else. Of the three Physics professors here, only one of them really gives a shit about the subject he teaches. The other two are assholes.

The whole process of finding a college is much easier when you figure out what you want to major in. Since you said you have a list of ten things you might want to study, this is what I would do in your situation:

1)Write down the ten things you might want to do.
2)Imagine you have ten million dollars in your bank account.
-since you have all this money, money won't really be an issue in your future.
3)Now that you have all this money, which one of the ten things do you really want to do?

The whole purpose of that is that some people put so much emphasis on making money that they lose site of the things they would truly enjoy doing for their entire life. I can tell you that if I had all the money in the world, I would still be pursuing a career in Physics because that is what I'm interested in and that's what I want to do with my life. Sure, some of the professors I have now are total assholes but I have grad school to look forward to as well as the rest of my life so things are good.

[nehlybel]

My advice is apply to pretty much anywhere you're even vaugely considering going. I only applied to three schools, and I ended up getting lucky that one ended up being a perfect fit. The application fees seem like a bummer up front, but it'll seem like a smally price to pay once you find a college you really like, and they may even offer you a few juicy scholarships...

[Frobes]

Seeing as I have no idea what I want to do, I just chose my college cause its the one i've always liked. And I only liked it for no real legit reason.

[Kritza]

My mother is one of those obessive types and told me that I wasn't allowed to go to any other university other than the one in my hometown (She was afraid I'd move away and start partying/blowing away her investment in me). I just got lucky that McMaster happens to have an amazing science department and they offered me a great scholarship.

[hollywood_maggot]

Huzzah for not actually having that much university choice.

[Kritza]

Huzzah for not actually having that much university choice.

No kidding... :(

[BlackHood]

I picked the top 5 unis that do my course, and then picked the one in the nicest location. I had good enough grades to get in almost anywhere so I just went for the place I wanted to live for 4 years.

[stormoftara]

I chose the only one I could afford. That one being Community College.Exactly what I did.

[Chocoholic]

I heard it's becoming more and more common for people to 'take a year or two off' so to speak, and just work... so that when the do go to school they have much better idea of what their strengths and interests are. If you really don't have an idea of what you want to major in... maybe you should consider that.

This is what I'm doing. Especially because I did this dual credit program my senior year of high school where I went to college instead of going to high school. And I ended up hating college so I said "Fuck this, I'm not going back."

I really don't have any idea about what I want to do though. I'm hoping once I move it and start working I might get an idea about what I want to do with my life.

I'd say that if you don't really know what you want to do just wait. You can always go to collegere later. It's better to do that than end up spending 10 years in college because you kept switching majors.

[Adamski]

With a piece of chalk I drew the many possibilities in a grid on the road. Then I cut the head off a chicken and the rest is history,

[HappyPalooza]

Just visited colleges yesterday. I don't thinking picking will be too difficult, I wanna major in Film so I've been checking out the hands-on experience they offer, internships, and to a lesser extent, notable alumni who attended in my desired field.

The only hard part is finding something within price range, I'll have to try for every scholarship ever.

[Arthenon]

Well, I just basically said, "fuck college" and went to a recruiter and signed up for the Marines. Can't really complain, though I'm usually up about seven hours before everyone else, that isn't fun. Going to college courses in a few months, though that was a matter of showing up at the education center on base, telling them what I wanted to do and getting stuck in some college, so now I'm going to classes at Palamor College on base. Yay.

[Derelict]

There's only one real college in my town so my choices were pretty limited. Unless I wanted a Devry type thing or Sprottshaw or whatever.

[JonC]

I sort of live in a city where its like, "omg you have to go to UofL or UofK, or WKU or EKU." I didn't want to go to any of them; they didn't offer what I really wanted to take (film).

I went to a college that was really "last resort" (UofL) I never actually never wanted to go there. I went for a rough month, stopped going to my classes, withdrew from them and don't regret a bit of it. I'm done with my book now, and and am going on to bigger and better things.

So, fuck school as far as I'm concerned. I may go back, but it wont be for a long while.

[Amazingly]

Um so how did you go about your college pickin? Did you make the right choice? Did you just wing it?

I took my SAT and applied to most of the top 40 universities in the US. I then picked the one that covered the greatest percentage of my costs. So I went to the University of Texas.

I then discovered how amazing weed can really be.

So now I go to Lamar, a local school. To my good fortune, it's in the top ten best place in the US to get an electrical engineering degree, so that's what I decided to do.

[SODA]

Drugs are so cool.

[nicoleislazy]

Just remember that no matter where you end up, you'll be happy. Not that many people transfer from 4 year colleges to other 4 year colleges. It's inevitable that you end up finding your niche and loving wherever you are.