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Start visiting the colleges you think that you are interested early. Your freshman and sophmore year is really not to early. Make time when you're on vacations just to look around and see if the colleges there interest you. Once you find a few schools that are your top choices visit them while they are in session. An active campus is a different world compared to the summer "crowd". Visit the areas that interest you, college of business, engineering or underwater basket weaving. It doesn't matter, as long as you can get a feel for the enviornment and facilities. Keep an open mind. Not all things will be as they appear. Good Luck!

There is no one right college.

keep up with your work and have fun

Going to a large school was one of the best decisions I have ever made. At 18, most people have no idea what they want to do with their lives and a large school lets you experience everything. Choose a school in a location where you can participate in activities you enjoy other then partying.

Go to a small school.

When I was applying to colleges the best experinces I had was setting up college visits outside of the university orientation programs. Meet with some of the professors and students. Make sure that you like not only the university, but the city as well. To make the most out of your college experience, get involved. Join a Fraternity, Sorority, or club. the more you get involved the more people you meet, and the more you feel like you belong. The best thing to do is step outside of your comfort zone, try new things, and learn from those experiences!

Follow your dreams and your heart. If you think that you want to go to Stanford, apply! Don't let any conceptions about college change your mind. Your college experience will be what you make it and you have to make yourself happy. Taking the time to find the right atmophere and location is the best way to set yourself up for success. Constant optimism throughout the college process will allow for the best outcome. Everything works itself out in the end. If it's not all right, it's not the end. Everyone is special and has something to offer, even to the most pretigious schools in the nation. So listen to your heart, you will end up happy.

The most important thing you can do is tour the campuses to which you've applied. Universities like to build themselves up and only show you the glamorous aspects of their colleges. However, when you actually step on campus you will be able to get a true feel of what the community is like and that can make or break one's college experience. Furthermore, college is much more than just "academics". If you choose a school soley on its acadeic merit, then you might miss out on all the other great social dynamics of college life, and vice versa. It is crucial to find a university that has an equal blance of both so that your experience is rewarding in all senses of the term. Lastly, you have to get involved in your community. Be it a club, a school football game, or just going out and meeting new people, you get what you put into it and you have to be willing to put yourself out there and try new things if you want to make the most of the "college experience."

I would make sure you do the research all all schools you want to attend and make a list of what you want out of college and then see if the college that you got excepted into fits what you want.

Go to the school that feels the most at home to you. Don't listen to your friends, or your relatives. Go where your heart tells you to go and you will never regret it.