Lipscomb University Top Questions

Parents- encourage your students to follow their dreams, not only the dreams you have for them. Students- get involoved on campus, whether it is a club or a sport, get involved and get to know people. Try your best to keep your grades up freshman year so you have room for a few worse grades as you progress and your classes get harder. Be responsible and be yourself.

The biggest piece of advice for students is to set your priorities before school starts. It is essential to continuous success in college. Friends, ethics, and self-improvements are three priorities that can determine much of one's success. The biggest advice to provide for parents is to always read the fine print of financial aid papers. This can save money, time, and headache. It is also crutial to see reports of your child's mid-term and final grades. Always know the classes and teachers that your child is enrolled.

To make the most out of the college experience, find a metropolitan area with several colleges to pick from. Then pick the cheapest college. You will still get all the benefits of a college experience for a reasonable amount. Why pay $45,000 over $23,000 or $10,000 a year? You can always take classes at a cheap technical college and transfer credits to your school of choice. Cheap prestige. No matter you pay, you will reap the benfits of a beautiful city. And in a beautiful city you will find beautiful people, beautiful ideas, and a beautiful future.

Come during the week during warm months to experience the campus community at its best. The same community exists at all times, but during warm months, people are often outdoors and much more visible.

Tour tour and tour the college again. Be social, but be studious!

Start by exploring your options, but don't get overwhelmed. There are lots of great colleges out there, and you can be successful at which ever you chose. Look for a college that best fits your learning styles and preferences. Do you learn better in smaller classes where you have more personal contact with teachers? Is the athletic/intramurals/artistic community at a college important to you?

Is that to keep an open mind about every school they visit and make sure that they go to school for the education offered and not the football team or extra-curricular activites that a school might offer. Education is the most important thing in a persons life and that should be the first things on people's minds when they select their school.

The first thing i would say i think the student needs to find a place away from home. This way so that the student can get a real college experience by having to live and make decisions by themselves. Living at home or going to school in the same hometown as college doesn't allow the person to grow into their full potential if he/she is living with comfortability all around.I think this helps not only the student to grow but it aso helps the parents grow into the next phase of their lives. The next piece of advice would be to pick a place where the student has many opportunities to blossom in a way that she/ he wants. With many opportunities around this also helps his/hers social life and and their ability to have all-around characteristic, which will also get them farther along in life.

Choosing the right college is always a tough decision. Several factors come into play when a student decides which school will be right for them. However, in making this important choice of where to go to school for the next two to four years a student must decide their top priorities. Top priorities are what should help narrow the numerous choices of schools down to just a few. Such priorities can include: distance from home, price of tuition, condition of dorms/buildings, peers, quality of the intended field of study, connection to faculty, and the list goes on. After determining what is most important overall for his or her college experience both students and parents need to take campus tours. Go see the actual school! Feel what it would be like to actually go to school there. After each tour decide what things about the school could be tolorable and what you could not live with or without. After this process a students choice of school should be much simpler to make. Once the decision is made and classes begin, remember to be yourself,try your hardest, and strive for high goal. Success starts when you pursue after your goal!

Finding a college that fits your personal lfiestyles and beliefs will lead to the best college experience. You won't have to fit in, the college fits into you. Of course, finding a college that works for you is just as important as finding the perfect person, but leads to a better education. I recoommend you take your time in finding a college and not settle for just whatever school you can get into.