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The first thing that I advise is that parents and students research schools together and with plenty of time to visit the campuses that they may be interested in. This gives an opportunity to meet with faculty and sit down and discuss any questions that the parents and children may have about this school. If your parents are anything like my own, it will be difficult for you to go away to school. There may be weeping and gnashing of teeth on the morning that you leave for school with your car packed. By researching schools together, this may make the student more excited about going into the new environment, and the parents will be more comfortable with letting little Peggy Sue go away to college. As for you Peggy Sue, I encourage you to experience new things. Dont be afraid to live your life. Face it, you will make mistakes, but dont be so blnded by them that you neglect learning from them. Cherish your time and and dont let opportunity slip out of your grasp. Make good friendships. My college friends are people I trust with my life, and are like family. Most importantly, HAVE FUN!

Remember that college is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. You won't be in college forever, so have fun! But the flip-side of that coin is that college is your one chance to let your education usher you into the career you have always dreamed of. This means that you have to do well academically and socially in order to attain the future that you're looking for. So try to have a balanced college life: study hard when it's time to study, and pay attention in class instead of texting or getting on the internet; but when you have to get out of your dorm room, forget about the studies for a couple hours and just have fun with friends! This will refresh you for more focused studying. Remember that sleep is important, and so is eating...but don't fall into the all-too-common rut of multiplying your size by 10 due to unhealthy cafeteria food!

Search untill you find one that jumps out at you.

Find a school that has your major and great proffessors!

Always call the school and speak with someone personally if you can't make it to visit. Think about the quality of the teachers. I went to a school before I cam here that was expensive and the teacher's weren't even famous. Food is important too.

Be informed about many schools that may be a good fit. Visit campuses, talk to professors. Make sure that the school you choose provides the best training possible for the discipline of study you are pursuing, do not settle for less. At school, discipline yourself to be a student first. That makes your social life more free.

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GO!: go to college! go away from home to college, at least for a year or two. go to where there is a great focus on your chosen career, the more poeple who are headin the same direction as you the more help and information you will learn. go where you can get a job easily incase finances get tight. go and talk to students that DONT work for the school as ambassadors, spending a day in dorms and or in class during a normal day will truely reveal what the college is like. go and do something, in the community or at school. You know how your home town works but see how other people live. Go!

Carefully pray over and take responsibly the decision for the school that God would have you go to.

My advice to parents/students would be to check out each potential college in person. It can make a world of difference to actually sit in on classes, talk to current students and faculty members, and get a feel for what the college stands for.