Elizabethtown College Top Questions

Make sure you apply to all different kinds of schools because you may think you know what you want, but in reality its not what you wanted at all. I personally thought i wanted to go to school in a city and be a city girl, so i went to Temple my first year. I realized a month into it that i didnt want to be there, there was nothing there for me and that i had to get out asap. I began researching again what would fit me, i wanted to find a school that was just like me, outgoing, but not obnoxious, smart, but not brainy, fun, but not wild. I found my perfect fit. Elizabethtown College! yes its expensive and sometimes i think that if i had the chance to do it all over, i probably would have gone to a cheaper, public school. But then i think about it some more and realize that, NO....Elizabetown is worth it! i really dont think theres anything like it. It is one, it is unique.

When choosing a college, I think the most important thing to do is to choose a place where you will feel comfortable. For most teenagers, it will be the first time in their life they will be living out on their own without their parents around. If they choose somewhere thats too large, they may be overwelmed with all the new people they meet. Also if a students choose a smaller school, they may be dissatisfied by many of the things offered to them on campus. It's mostly about choosing what you believe will make you happy. In the end, you may make the right choice or you may make the wrong one. However, once you are there you should attempt and make the best out of your situation. and become involved in many activities on campus. Also, you will never make it through college without friends so go out and make many new friends. Whether or not you have anything in common, you will help each other grow as a person and be there for each other as you go through this somewhat difficult change in life.

Chose first by desired distance from home and then size. Visit both large and small schools. Facebook is a great way to meet people in your dorm before school starts. Start a facebook group with the such as "freshmen of Ober residence hall" then people join and you can chat.

Go to the college and visit/tour, you'll know when you've found the right place

I think the most important thing is getting an early start; but also important is planing out courses/majors that you will need to think about so that there is less changing things at the last minute. Many things that I know I want to do take money so parent approval is a must first.

Don't be pressured by what other people are doing. In the end, where you go or who you go with does not matter; you make your own college experience. If you want to succeed, then you must put the time and effort in, and work for it. Alternatively, if you want to be more popuar and have fun while still being prepared for the working world, it's up to you to make that balance happen. No matter where you go, this is true, so don't think going to an Ivy league school is the only way to be taken seriously, or vice versa; don't think that just because someone got into a really high-ranked private school that they're automatically better than you. Everyone is different and has their own strengths. Just go with what your strengths are. Don't worry about anything else. In the long-run, you will be happier if you are true to yourself. Don't try to be something just because of the money or because what your parents want you to do, etc. If you are true to yourself, this is enough to carry you through the toughest times.

Visit all the colleges you applied to and try to do an overnight visit to get a true feeling of the school

visit the school campus

Visit plenty of schools to figure out what kind of school you want to go to, and be sure to do an overnight while you're there. Check out the food, make sure you'll want to eat it every day for 4 years, because eating bad food for 4 years is not fun at all. Figure out how much money you are able to spend and figure out what you can afford. When you get to school, make sure you balance your time. Do well in your studies, but make sure you spend enough time making friends and having fun because college has the potential to be the best 4 years of your life, so make plenty of memories and make them last!

I would say to them to remember that the college is a business. They have friendly students give tours and overnights are with friendly people. If you are a high schooler looking, more times than not the students on campus will be nicer than they are. the college is out to make money and have good marketing tricks to get you to come to their college