University of Akron Main Campus Top Questions

Visit the school. Make sure you feel comfortable there. JOIN ACTIVITIES, it will help you feel part of the college community.

The academic program is the most important thing to look at. Always remember that you won't be living on that campus forever but you will always be carring that degree with you. So go to the best school that you can get too. No campus is perfect but its easy to make changes to feel like home.

I would say definitely tour the campus and find out as much information as possible, interview students and find out how they feel and talk to an advisor at the school before enrolling.

Make sure that you go on college visits to the school your interested in and ask questions regarding the school. when you go on your visits plan them on days where school is in session that way you can see how the campus feel really is. I would also make sure to do more than one visit because the first time you go everything is really new to you and then the second time you go you've had time to think about what you saw and maybe explore more of the campus the next time you go.

A student has to have a fun time to make learning easy, kind and helpful people thrown into the mix makes this choice extremely easy for you. dont stop looking for the right college till one meets these criteria.

Make sure you choose what is right for you. Gut instincts can be trusted. Always do your work, but have fun too. Expand your academic horizon as much as possible.

I would advise students, first off, to think hard about the type of setting or atmosphere they would like to spend the next few years. THere are many college setting to choose from: small or big, urban or subherb, public or private, and many thousands of other choices. Once that decision has been made, make sure your choices have the major that you are interested, and research the university's individual program. Next I would take into account the distance from home that the student would want to live. I always recommended to visit the colleges, and it would be a good idea to have more than one campus visit. That way the student, as well as the parents, can get a true feel for the campus. One last thing to consider would be tuition costs and the amount of financial aid the student can get, because that can influence the choice of university that the student will attend.

Students, who attend college after high school, should go far from home and not live near home. Students will get more life lessons from it then staying where they lived for years.

Visit as many as you can and do not base your choice soley on the brochures that they send out. The school I hated most from the brochures ended up being the school of my dreams. Take your time. Explore the majors that are available in each school. And make sure that you are in a setting that you enjoy. This includes both on campus and off campus.

For the students looking for a school, look for your major first and foremost. Falling in love with a school is great but falling in love with a school that doesn't have your major is not only heart breaking when you find out but is impractical to being with. For parents who are searching with their child for a school, help your student make sure that their program is there if they know what they want to do, and also make sure that the school is accredited because sometimes students miss that valuable piece of information and a degree from an unaccredited school is a waste of money no matter where it comes from. As for getting the most out the college experience you have to get out of the classroom and the dorms. Don't miss understand - go to class - but there are other things to do. Look for the clubs, sports, and activities - every campus no matter where you go has something going on everyday of the week you just have to go out and look for it and sometimes it's just as simple as opening your e-mail.