Auburn University Top Questions

Be sure to visit the school!!

Pay attention to your child's strengths and weaknesses when choosing what college would be best suited to their needs. Pick the best college to forward their career and everything else will fall into place!

Don't worry so much. If you choose the wrong college to begin with it is easy to transfer. Usually you will find your place wherever you choose to go to school. If you are having problems adjusting, just throw yourself into your work and campus involvement and try to relax. Everything will work out. Don't party too much your freshman year! It's college, there will always be parties, don't fail a test because you went to a party the night before and didn't study... college only gets harder as you go along. Take advantage of everything college has to offer! Take road trips, try new things, take a SCUBA or yoga class!

Go take college tours earlly in your junior year of high school. In my case I made many wrong assumptions about the schools I felt would be the best choice for me. In the end of my senior year I picked the one I had no desire to go to in the beginning of my college search. The campus tours gives a sense of what the school is like based on their atmosphere, community, academics, etc. So my biggest advice would be to be open minded at all times and keep searching! The school you choose should be like a home away from home.

The best advice one can receive about the college selection process is to shoot for the stars. If anyone has a dream school, it should be sought after with full effort. One should ge after their dream school with everything they have to offer. After that, work hard, plan ahead, and really think through the decision. It is once-in-a-lifetime. Never expect, however, that any decision will be without struggle. There will always be a little bitof doubt about whichever school someone chooses.

Most of the students who attend Auburn have family who are alumni; however I chose Auburn because I knew I would get a good education. When searching for that perfect school make sure the school has your major and make sure you can handle the workload. The perfect school has to be your choice; even though you would love to make your parents happy you have to be able to handle all the challenges you will face. If you are someone that gets homesick then find a school that is close to home. If you know someone that attends one of your schools of choice then talk to that person and ask them what the campus is like and how the workload tends to mount up. Never be afraid to ask questions, and when you find that perfect school never be afraid to make friends. Getting to know lots of people will be beneficial to you when you are taking classes that they could have possibly already taken. So, get reliable facts about the schools of your choice and once you select the best school for you make the most of your experience.

Do not focus solely on one aspect of a college or university; meaning do not only look at academia, greek life, or student diversity/population. Look for a combination of them all. Visit each campus you are looking at, and as a step further, if you know someone attending the school, let the prospect student stay with the current student for a weekend or so. This will give the prospecting student greater knowlege of what the social life is like at the college. Also, see that the college/university has a good reputation for the field that your prospecting student wishes to succeed in. Good luck!

Finding the right college should be about what you want, not what your friends are doing. Moving away from your comfort zone is hard, but making new friends and a new place for yourself will happen if thats what you really want. College is a time to find yourself, to find out who you really are and to stick to that person once you find him/her and never back down. Following the crowd is for high school. You do actually need to study, that is why you are in college, but don't forget to have fun too. This is a time in your life you will never forget, so it doesn't need to be filled with memories of just studying. Remember, you will find your place and you will find yourself, thats what it's all about.

The advice that I would give to parents and students about selecting the right college is to just first sit down and list the qualities you want of a college. For instance, things like the location, weather, size of campus, student body, activities, ranking, etc. Once you've made your list, go online and search the different qualities that you are looking for and after doing so narrow your choices down to three. It would be to your advantage to go and schedule a visit to all three colleges to get a better hands on feel of how life would be on the campus. The last step is for you make your big decision. While at your dream school, I would advise every student to GET INVOLVED. Getting involved around campus is the best way to make new friends and make your college experience worth wild. Last but not least I would say the most important thing is to keep your grades number one on your list of goals. Excelling in academics is one of the best ways to get noticed by professors, friends, and companies that come to visit your school to recruit future employees. Make the right choice!

Make sure your child chooses a school he/she wants to go to, not somewhere you went or wish you had attended. Visit all campuses you are interested in and get all the information you can about them. Go with your gut. I just got a feeling when I visited here that it was the place for me. It make take more than one visit to decide, so narrow your choices to 2 or 3 and revisit those favorites if you are having a hard time deciding.