University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Top Questions

When looking for a college, base your decision on your own needs and what you want in a school. Take into view others opinions, but make your final choice based on your decision. On making the most of your college experience, be proactive! Don't sit around and be lonely, but get involved with organizations and clubs. Take classes that appeal to you and that are new to you. Do things that you never thought you would do. You never know, you may just find something that you love that changes the path of your life. That's what happened for me anyways. Step out of that comfort zone, for you'll never find your true self if you don't let yourself search. Happy hunting.

Always get involved in campus activities. Making friends will make you happier, regardless of the classes you take.

make sure the kids visit a couple times to a few top choices. the first and second visits can be deceiving. also even if its a school the student has visited many times make sure they get a proper visit tour and all.

In order to decide which college is right for you or your student, first you have to figure out what you want from the college experience. If the most important thing is just to get a degree, maybe going to a Junior college first would be a smart fiscal decision, then transferring to a 4 year University to finish up. If you want to have a active social life, perhaps you should look at all your prospective choices and think about which of them offers the most of what you're interested in, whether it be athletics, clubs/organizations, night life, etc. Also, maybe you have concerns about the size of the college and of the class sizes offered at that college. Third, you need to find out what learning environment you or your student will learn best in and pick a college that fosters that type of education. Most importantly, you should pick a college that offers a strong program in the field of education that you or your student is interested in. Once you have synthesized all of this information, the search will be narrowed significantly and you can make the decision of which school is the best.

Finding the right college is possibly one of the toughest decisions that you will have to make in your life thus far. It is extremely important that you begin visiting potential colleges during your junior year of high school. Also, it helps a great deal if you have an idea of what field you would like to go into so that you can find a college that has a good program for this field. Talking to people who currently attend or have attended your perspective college is always beneficial; it is always helpful to gain a student?s perspective of the school. Lastly, be sure to apply to your potential schools on time and make sure that you have filled out the applications completely (including supplementary materials such as portfolios). Even if you are not sure that you will be able to get into a certain school, it is important that you still apply. If you do not apply, you will have a 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} chance of not getting in, however, if you do apply, you will have a chance of being accepted to that college.

You really have to visit a college first before you committ to going there. You never know what you are going to like until you try it and going and visiting is a great help. Sometimes you may think that just because a university is held in high regard that it is right for you but that is not always the case. You dont know if the size of a school is going to bother you until you get there and realize it for yourself. So the biggest piece of advice I have is to go, during the fall or spring preferrably, and visit multiple schools of varying sizes so you can figure out what fits you best.

Visit every school you could imagine. It is extremely cliche, but you will know when you have found the right school. If you visit schools and you have not gotten that feeling try visiting more. If that never ends up happening, find a school that fits your lifestyle and it won't matter. College is what you make it. If you go out all the time you cannot be mad at yourself if you are failing a class, and if you study all the time try and make time for a social life. The people you meet here will most likely be in your life longer than most friends from high school so make the most of it!

Go to the highest caliber school you can make it to. You will find friends and you will have fun no matter where you go.

Visit the college, and not just for the night life. Check it out, take a tour with a program on campus. Get as much information as possible about financial aid, tuition, etc. before accepting an offer. Apply to as many places as you can!

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