University of Vermont Top Questions

Find a place where your surrounded by people that will help you grow, while my school wasn't exactly the best pick for what i want to pursue, it had an amaing student body. I leaerned a lot from those i have around me because of the diersity of interests here. Always expolore your area when you go away to college, meet the locals and make friends because your part of the community to.

Choose the school that feels the most "right "to the student, and parents should be supportive of their choice. Also, for students, do not limit the amount of schools that you visit, because you may miss the opportunity to attend a school that would have been better suited for you.

It's all up to the individual. Those that are unhappy in their first years will be unhappy anywhere, it doesn't matter where they go. Realize that the institutions' primary goal is the make money. It cares little for your problems and will not do that much ot help.

It is very difficult for a young high schooler to decide where they want to spend the next four years, and in order to find the right fit, it's important to ask the tough questions. Visit the campus, take a guided tour, then, go back and take your own tour, and learn about the things they don't tell you about. Ask students on campus to give you their honest opinion of what they think about basic things like the dining facilities and residential halls, but also ask how people generally respond to those students who have very different political, religious, or social views than the general student population (ex. how conservatives are treated on a liberal campus), and make sure you really listen to what they're really saying. Remember, you're spending four years here, and you don't want to walk around feeling disrespected all the time. Once you find the right place, GET INVOLVED! Take advantage of all the opportunities that are presented to you--you're only here for 4 years, make the most of it! Check out the Student Life office or talk to your Resident Advisor. Have fun, & learn a lot!

Finding the right college can be very overwhelming--I remember not really knowing what I wanted from a school when the end of Sophomore Year/ the beginning of Junior Year in High School rolled around and people were starting their search. As a perspective student I looked at what kinds of things I was interested in and lined up schools that seemed to fit the criteria. Many of my friends in High School did the same and ended up at radically different schools than UVM but each of them seems happy and content with their choice. I know that what each of us can say is that, at our seperate schools, we've met some great friends and a lot of friendly faces. It's important to begin college with an open-mind. Forget all about High School cliques and drama (if that were any concern of yours) and start to get to know people for their minds, that's why everyone is at a College or University right? To learn and to grow- through meeting people and experiencing different walks of life you will build your own character and relaize how much you have to offer this world.

know what you want to study before you get here and work towards getting your credits completed. have fun and make friends! try not to be too uptight and fall in love with learning, talk to your teachers, go to class, work hard to play hard

IT'S NOT ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO STICK TO YOUR COMFORT ZONE. I WENT TO A HIGH SCHOOL WITH ONLY 150 STUDENTS AND WAS VERY WORRIED ABOUT ATTENDING A UNIVERSITY WITH 10,000 STUDENTS. BUT PUSHING MYSLEF JUST A LITTLE OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE HAS HELPED ME GROW AND UNDERSTAND MYSELF BETTER. MY ABILITY TO AJUST IS MORE ADVANCED THAN I PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. IT 'S JUST IMPORTANT TO PICK A SCHOOL THAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE AT AND SOME PLACE YOU CAN SEE YOURSELF CALLING HOME FOR 4 YEARS. I KNEW UVM WAS THE PLACE FOR ME THE FIRST TIME I VISITED. GOOD LUCK!

Go to a college that you think you could live at even if you were not in the school. Do what you enjoy.

The college selection process is one of the most stressful, time consuming, and exciting processes that exists. Choosing the right college is crucial for students to be successful in their post-high school careers. I have some first-hand advice for people going through this process. First of all, parents need to realize that the decision is completely up to the student. Parents should initially encourage their students to work on picking a college independently, that way students will develop a sense of what they are looking for in a college. Students must determine what qualities they are looking for in a college. It sounds simple, but realize that you will most likely be living here for four years, its not just a new school, its a new home. Consider some of the following qualities: town environment, level of academic focus, distance from home, population size, price, and degree programs. Determining those desirable qualities will help students develop an idea of "ideal" colleges. The last important step is to visit the school that you are interested in, and make sure you visit while school is in session so you can get a good feel of what life is like there.

I think it is really important for both parents and students to become educated in the prospective college that they may be interested in. It is essential to understand the college or university's standards, strengths, and weaknesses. I also recommend taking a visit to school in order to go on a tour of the campus. It's really important to be comfortable with the physical layout of your school, because if you don't like where you live, it's going to affect many more aspects of your life at college. Finally, I think one of the best ways to find out information about schools is to ask people who attend the specific school. They will be more honest about the positive as well as the negative aspects of the college or university than a hired official may be.

It is always stressful when trying to find the college that best fits a prospective student. It is important to choose a college that jives with a students personality. Some students prefer large schools with lectures containing thousands of students because they have a shy personality and are not fond of public speaking whereas another student may want the exact opposite. Very often students just don't know who they are or what they want and that is fine. In a case like that, it is best to choose a school that has the "best of both worlds" so the student will have a comfortable amount of room to explore. That is what happened with myself and the University of Vermont. Another chunk of advice I would give in regards to making the most of the college experience, once the student is there, would be to get involved. I'm sure you've heard that multiple times but it is within a group of friends striving towards a greater common goal that you will discover not only what college has to offer but who you are as well and that is most significant in leading a successful life. Good Luck!

The University of Vermont will be accepting 300 more students this year than the amount accepted for last year's class. Many undergraduate dorms already host forced tripples in rooms that were built as doubles and sometimes as singles. President Fogel(also, Vermonter of the year) said yesterday that he would leave UVM before taking a pay cut. He boasts of UVM as a 'socially just'university while our school invests in war profiteers, such as General Dynamics: a company that produces cluster bombs and other weapons of mass destruction. Every time a maitenance staff cleans up the left overs of a UVM student's drunken evening, it's reported to Reslife, and all students of that dorm are charged a collective fee of $100 or more. The workers doing the cleaning receive no extra compensation. UVM makes money off of vomit at the expense of its underpaid workers. UVM may not be unique in its corruption, as education has become another way to make profit in our capitalist society, but there's more beneath its surface than the website would have you believe.

Make sure you choose a school that is in an area you would want to live in with out the school.

It's obvious that you've found the right college when you realize that you feel safe and comfortable walking around the campus. Having the right surroundings goes a long way towards getting the most out of your education. Being in a place that you want to be in is a psychological advantage academically. I enjoying walking to and from class. The scenery is spectacular, and the campus is very spread out, which allows me to get my daily excercising by just walking to classes. As far as getting the most out of the college experience you have to come into college with an open mind and an open heart. You have to be willing to try new things because we, the student, are on our own. Sure it's a little scary but this is what we've been waiting for. Try new things, experiment, and the college experiment will be fantastic.

I started out by making a list of all universities that I wanted to go for, I had top 10 I took that list and went for three. Penn State accepted me but I wanted to go for a smalleruniversity, they have an excellent honor roll society and that was important for me because I graduated with National Honor roll and Who's Who! My way of learning is how to decipher between good answers and the best and are meant to engage the mind, something that most classes can not thoroughly accomplish.

In looking for a college, mainly think about what you like to do in your free time and what you enjoy studying in school. Look for schools where you would want to live, on and off campus, for the time you plan on being a student there. You will have the opportunity to meet people wherever you go. Think about what you want to get out of your college, though academics, extracurriculars, sports, a career path, or the general atmosphere. Unless you know exactly what you want to do for a career, be open to bigger schools or schools with a wide variety of topics to expereince as much as you can. You can select what you want to participate in, so do not be afraid of large student populations!

Definitely visit the campus to get a real concrete feeling for the student body and college. It is very important to see how you feel when you are actually in the environment where you might actually spend the next four years of your life.

Pressuring your children into choosing a school causes stress and frustration and when it gets down to it they make rapid decisions that are not always the right ones. Choosing schools is kind of like clothes shopping, you can choose the brand names but often you end up paying more for the same thing. It really has to do with what you put into it and enjoying what you are studying. As for making the most of school, don't run home when things get bad, you have to learn how to cope yourself and there is no better place than in a guarded place like college. Study abroad is the most enriching thing I've done at school.

I applied to over twelve colleges and universities, and was very overwhelmed by the process. All schools have their highlights and their pitfalls, and in the college search process you are likely to get only a small view about what student life is actually like at any given institution. In the end, the most compelling factor in pushing me to choose the university that I did was the gut feeling that I got when I visited the campus. Barring all the lectures and tours, I had an inkling that this was the place for me. And in the end, it was the right place for me even though it was not the most highly rated or competitive school I applied to. In terms of making the most out of your college experience, choose a major that fires you up, get involved in on- and off-campus activities as much as you can, and get to know your professors on an acedemic and personal level. Find a group of friends that is interested not only in blowing off steam with you, but also engaging with you on an intellectual level. And finally, challenge yourself as much as you possibly can.

In order to make the most out of your college experience, I would first advise you to get involved with school extra curricular activities. They will help you not only learn a new skill, but you will also meet new people. You don't need to be completely social, that is just an expectation of society. You really only need to be as social as you feel comfortable. Drinking is not something to get completely involved in, but it doesn't hurt once in a great while; you need to relieve some of the stress of your workload. Let yourself go, don't let anything bottle up inside you. Remember to always go to class, but don't take it too seriously. Many professsors are very understanding, and simply talking to them is the first step to getting involved in your work. If you aren't sure what you want to do in life, take many varying classes, you have some time to think it over. Most of all, don't let anything get to you, as you'll have successes and failures, the more you're bothered by your mistakes the worse you'll be off.