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At the end of the day, fellow students follow your heart when looking for the right college. There are many options of schools and sometimes finding the right one can be exhausting. It helps though if you start when you first enter high school. Do it this way and you can be on track towards making the best of high school in order to get into the right college for you. Make it count early and it will pay off in the end. I have heard it said before that high school is the best years of your life. College can be the same. College is what you make out of it! So start your first semester and get involved and continue until you graduate! Make long lasting friends at orientation and see how far it carries you! In the end, just do not look back and regret your college experience because it is what you made it!

Pick the school that is right for you as far as size, amount of students, urban or rural, and things like that. Unlike me, look around at prospective colleges in your junior year so you know who you want to apply to beginning your senior year of high school. You also need to look at school costs and their financial aid process. I learned the hard way that you need to STAY PUT at one college and not move around alot. It will just take you longer to finish. Find as many scholarships as you can and apply ( I found that out the hard way, too) because private loans are nothing to play with, especially if you can't pay them then and there.

When I graduated high school, I thought to myself, "Well, here I am, entering the real world." I was wrong. I thought college was just a few classes I went to for four years, which at the end of completion I would receive a piece of paper that said I was suited to get a real job. I wasn't nearly as prepared as I thought I was. College is where students learn who they'll be for the rest of their lives. In high school, they're sheltered by both parents and teachers. Once they reach college, they have to fend for themselves. College is where students learn who they are, what they want to be and how they want to live their lives. Picking the right college is half the battle, too. I applied to one college that I always wanted to attend and got accepted. Most times, it's not that easy. For students who don't know where to take the next step, just remember -- pick what's best for you. Not your parents, not your girlfriend/boyfriend, not anybody -- make the decision that will best help you for the rest of your life.

I was always told that hindsight is twenty-twenty and I never fully understood the proverb until several months ago. I felt remorse over not continuing to study at a prestigious university. I could not afford the price of forty-two thousand dollars a year and was terribly worried about my future in the work force if I graduated from a lesser known school. However, after weighing out the pros and cons of every path I could have chosen (which I must stress the importance of doing), the motivation and tightly knit community I have found at a smaller university not to mention the exponentially smaller bill I will have upon graduation surpass the necessity I felt to have the name brand on my transcript. The most important lesson I learned was that the University is only a tool and the goals and dreams to which we aspire cannot be received but earned through ourselves and the tools we can afford. Money should never reign the ultimate factor but in comparison to value for each dollar I believe the University of Memphis was my best offer. Look hard enough and compare critically: soon the perfect school will be found.

To find the right college, you need to figure out what major or majors they are interested in taking. This way you can look into the courses that the colleges offer and the teachers that teach in those departments. Before you make your final decision make sure to walk around the campus to see if you like it, check out the computer/internet availability, and see the dorms you would be staying in. To truly make the most of your college experience you need to be involved on campus and have time with your friends, but by no means neglect your schoolwork. Divide up your time between the things that are important to you and your course load. Don?t leave your schoolwork to the last minute but don?t let it devour you either. Find a healthy balance so that you can enjoy a good and happy college experience.

I would advise finding the school at which students feel comfortable and at which there are strong programs in the students' areas of interest. It would be advisable to take a Myers-Briggs or some type of standardized career/vocational aptitude test like the military ASVAB which is free to narrow down some careers options. After that I would find schools with strong programs in the student's top 2-3 areas which offer enough other things to do outside of classtime, and I would tour the top 3 schools in that group. This ensures a much better probability of the student finding a good fit for him or her, and this gives parents much better piece of mind. The bottom line is that if a student doesn't like being at his or her school or in his or her field of study, then he or she will not do well or get as much out of his/her college experience.

Work hard and play hard. Pick a major that you are actually passionate about and celebrate some of the most memorable days of your life.

A person should not have their heart set on one university or state school, they should have their heart set on many schools. I chose Memphis as my number one choice but I applied to other places just in case I did not get into Uof M.

Parents: Let your children decide if they want to stay local or leave home. In the end, what they do influences their life the most. Be supportive, your children will thank you. Prospective college students: Apply to many schools that focus on the sorts of majors you might be interested in. Observe the cost of living and the tuition involved. There is always money to help students, but massive debt is not advisable. If you've considered staying local, students are often surprised by how good their local colleges are. Instate students usually get priority over out of staters, and there is definitely money to be had there. Above all, try and visit a few campuses. As far as the college experience is concerned---branch out, go to club meetings, and be generally friendly. Most people entering college are just as stressed and afraid as you are.

Finding the right college is a matter of balancing cost, social background, and prestige. One would not want to go to a University that is easy to get into and very enjoyable, if their degree would not be taken seriously. Picking a school that is not extremely expensive is also a very important decision because the school may be a waste of money if the student does not meet academic standards or finds out that college is not for them. For a student to make the most of their college experience they would have to communicate with their teachers and fellow classmates right off the bat, and find a circle of friends that they can expand from. Joining a fraternity is a great way to meet new people, and is almost like a second family. No matter how awkward one is, they should never be shy. Other clubs are an excellent way to meet other outgoing youth.