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Be sure that the best resources are available be it professors or facilities. Hands-on experience will benefit you when looking for a job.

Make sure the college you have selected fits your personality. It helps to stay in the town that the school is in for a couple of days and take a tour of the campus. Another good idea is to talk with someone from the major you want to do.

Look seriously into the cost of attendance and the fact that currently there is no cap on the cost of attending a university, keep in mind also that the tuition rates and fees will change and suddenly be much higher then when you were told while they were "selling" the school to you. Find one where you feel at home. When you get there, and see it and meet the people of the town, you'll know if its the one.

College is the place where you discover the person you will become. You make your life long friends there. You build the foundation for the rest of your life. Therefore, it's no secret, the college you attend will have a direct impact on your future. When selecting the right college, keep in mind how you would like to see yourself in 20 years. Don't limit your decision to the size of the school, the location, where your other friends are attending, or the "party" atmosphere. Rather, approach your decision with maturity and respect for yourself before anyone else. While at college, make your parents proud. As a student, you will represent your school for 4 years, you'll represent your parents, and whatever other organizations you decide to participate in. In effect, you should take responsibility for yourself and realize that your behavior impacts others as well as yourself. Study, work hard, keep an open mind, talk to your professors, you'll be surprised what you'll learn from them and how much you'll have in common. Above all, enjoy - this is the beginning of the rest of your life. Good luck.

I would advise students to seek out the school that would best suit their educational and social needs. Every college is different and they should at least visit potential campuses at least once before deciding. You will get out of the college what you put into it. Going to events for the college also helps to build a spirit of community and students should always take advantage of what the faculty and organizations have to offer. In the end you reap the benefits of long lasting friendships as well as the education the student desired. Parents should support their children in their decision and take part with their students but also to allow students to try out their freedom. Nothing is to be lost seeking out the best choice.

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If I were to give students or parents advice about finding the right college, I would say don't choose a school based on how many of your friends are going there. Once you get to college you are going to meet tons of people and make many new friends. Choose a school based on how much you like it when you visit it and choose one that is good for you. A great way to meet people is to get involved in some sort of activity whether it be a greek organization or a group on campus. The more involved you are on campus the more people you will meet and you will have fun during your free time. Also try to go to sporting events and get spirited, no matter how small the campus is. There is nothing like going to your school sporting events and cheering on your team.

Visit the campus to see if you could envision yourself starting your own life there.

Choose wisely

It helps to look at the size of a school and if you don't know you want to major in, its probably not best to choose the most expensive college just because you get in and it looks good unless you have have the money to burn.

When looking for a school do not just depend on recruits or the website visit the school and ask some of the students going there. The university center is probably the best place to go. Once you get there always keep in touch with your parents and be honest about your experiences. Parent have most likely experienced some of the same things and can give you advice on how work through them and laugh about them later.

Choose somewhere close and where you some people. look in to how safe a place is its college and there are a lot of crazy and messed up people out there. if the school offers a degree in your field of study.

make sure you feel comfortable from the start and get invovled

Find something you love and do it. Change your major only if your 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} sure you want to.

work and play, don't focus on one or the other.

Don't try to overwelm youself by going as far away as possibly and getting the true "college experience". This usually leads to home sickness and failing grades. Instead, slowly work your way into the college life and make sure that you can handle the workload that you are putting on yourself. Parents, don't worry so much about your child once he/she leaves. You most likely raised them right and you just have to trust that they will continue to act in the right manner. Also, don't be too strict on them before college, thats when you most likely see kids going crazy once they leave home, which is never a good thing.

Keep an open mind. I'm the youngest of three, so I had both of my sisters pressing me to go to their schools. The school that one of my sisters went to was my dream school. Looking back, it probably was just because she went to it and I worshiped her (like any other youngest sibling). I ended up going to my second choice, a school that neither of my sisters attended. I was devastated. After a few months at my school, though, I realized I had missed out on so much by not looking at other schools.

I would tell them to find a place that is warm and inviting. That they feel comfortable at. That they know they will get a good education due to the success rate at the school. A school that is the best in the future plans of their life.

Be sure you can afford the school for the entire time of attendance!!!! Parents let your kids go off and do their own thing, if they call you everyday stop answering. They need to learn not to be so reliant on you. If your kid ask for more than $200 a month and they do not live on campus either they shop too much, drink all the time, and/or doing drugs. DO NOT BE IGNORANT! Your kid is going to drink and party, get off their back! The more you lay off the less fun it is for them. (Reverse Psychology)

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Just double check where you look and make sure it is the right one for you. Don't base it off of the orientation or the tours they give you. Experience it for yourself for a weekend or so.

Just make sure you visit the campus and talk to real students who live and go to school there. Also talk to the faculty and professors that you will be working with day to day. DO NOT go to a college or university just because someone told you to. As for making the most of your college experience, well there isn't much to experience if you don't get out there and get involved. There is so much to do if only you put forth the effort of doing it.

I would encourage both the student and the parents to visit the potential school on more than one occasion. One visit to the place that the student will be spending at least the next four years of their life would most likely not be rewarding enough. When visiting the campus, one should visit many aspects of the school and investigate different programs and activities the school offers. The student should feel pretty comfortable speaking with student leaders of the various activities, especially since these are the people they will be associating with for the next few years. Parents should feel uneasy about letting their ?baby? go off to college, but it is part of growing up. The parents should enjoy getting away from the house to visit every once in a while. College is such a rewarding and life changing experience! When you find the right campus for you, you just know, and your future just starts unfolding right in front of you. If you find the right campus, you don?t get homesick; and when you?re home on holiday breaks, you can?t wait to get back to school!

Do it.

Visit on a busy day. Ask the students there about the college and the peple who work there. And make sure the surrounding area is nice.

With me being a sophomore in college, I've already broken the ice and know how things go. To parents, allow your child to make his or her own choice in where they want to attend. All you can do is guide and show them what is to come because in the end, they are the ones that are going to have to take resposibility for themselves and realize that they come to school for an education. Support their decision in everyway possible, and believe me when i say they do miss you more than you ever know even though their actions might say otherwise. To students, how many parties are thrown and how cute the opposite sex is shouldn't be a determining factor for the right college. You are at school for an education to better yourself as a person for now and the future. Don't stress yourself over boyfriends and girlfriends because it is nothing more than a distraction. Always keep in mind that college campuses are one the biggest STD and HIV/AIDS infected places you will ever be in. Make good, sound decisions that you can live by, and think everything through.

That its not about what you may want for your kid as a parent but what they may want for themseleves. Make sure that your child wants to attend that college so that they will be happy. Let them be optimistic. Adventurous so to speak. But if I may speak about SFA a lil bit, I honestly believe that dropping your child off at this school may be the best decision of their life along with their child's life to come to school here. They will make life long friends as I have and meet plenty of people so that they will never feel out of place while they attend school. Classes are interesting never boring, people are always trying to make friends with one another and everyone always has that one person that they have around to look out for them. Im my opinion, Stephen F Austin State University is a great choice for you or your child.

It's important to actually visit the school in which your are thinking about attending. And just because you don't like something in the brochure doesn't mean you should rule it out completely. It's also really important to remember college is very different from highschool and should not be treated as a highschool. Just because you had some bad experiences in highschool does not mean you will have a bad experience in college. So, it's best to keep an open mind when choosing a college.

One main factor for uneasiness once you transition into college life is homesickness for sure if you go away. I reccomend making sure you will be able to thrive at a distance that is not too far away or too close. Be sure to visit the campus and observe the drive time and your ability to cope with certain traffic conditions. Also, when visiting the campus venture off campus to experience the town and see if it matches with your personaility. Don't pick a school just because a buddy is going there or just because your parents are alumni. Be sure to visit the building where you will earn most of your credits and meet the head of your department if possible. That way you will be able to see exactly where you are headed. Once you get to college I strongly advise looking into campus clubs and activities and picking ones that suit your personality. Through these activities you will meet people similiar to yourself. By staying true to yourself it will be easier to focus on classes instead of your unhappiness. All of this will contribute to your overall success in college and eventually in life.

Parents and students when you are in the process of looking for a university or college to attend, there are a few questions I want you to ask yourself. First question is, what does the student want to major in and does that university offers that major. Second question is does this university offer enough financial aid and can you the student/parent afford to attend there. Third question is what kind of experience do the student wants to experience. For instance, is the student more of a fast pace person with thousands of people around him/her or does the student prefer a more quite and calm atmosphere with a small population. The last question is should the student go off to college a hundred miles away or stay close to home; will the student get homesick from being away from home. Examine every small aspect of the university because every little bit matters in your decision. And also be honest when answering the follow questions because when attending a college there is a lot of money and time spent.

The most important advice I would give parent and/or students looking for the right college would be to make sure the college you are looking at has you major. Also make sure that the school of you major is a good one. Do research about their past and what is in the future for you school. I would also make sure that you like the town your school is located in. Knowing and like your town is important because you will spend a lot of your off time around town. Be sure it offers you enough to keep you busy in case you stay the weekends. Those are my top two advise tips I give to every student or parent, like the town, and be sure you majors college is worthy of your time.

I believe the most important things one should consider before picking a college is size, money, environment, and distance. Size is important to think about in more than one way. First is classroom size; Do you learn better in a class of 30 or 300? Second is campus/town size; Would you rather make close, possibly long life friends, or just casually meet a lot of people? How far it is to get to the places I'll need to go? Money is important to think about because no one wants to throw money away. Therefore, one must think, "Where can I get financial aid that works for me? How much money do I have? Is it worth it to spend more/less money here when I can get the same/better education there?" Environment is important because if one does not like a certain kind of weather then obviously you will not be happy staying somewhere that has a lot of it! Finally, distance is important to consider so that one can figure out what kind of transportation they will need and be comfortable with and how often one can go home and how easy it will be.

Make sure it is a place where you feel welcome and like you could be a part of that campus before choosing to go there. I recommend finding out if you want to get involved in anything and making sure that that particular school has that group you want to be involved with before going there; whether it is greek life, religious groups, or just a fun club. Of course academics should be part of the choice as well, make sure the school has the right degree plan you want for your major, just ask questions to get the right answers. Just be yourself at school and make sure that whatever school you go to it is willing to offer whatever you need so you feel at "home" and if something is not available look at other schools or see if you can make that certain thing available. Also if you need financial assistance be sure that school has what you need so money does not become the biggest problem. Just remember you will pick a school for a reason, just know who you are so that the school fits you and you dont have to fit into the school.

There are so many colleges out there that finding the one that fits you seems overwhelming. The teen and parent really need to figure out what the preferences of the future college student are. Do they like a small town atmosphere? Would they not fit in at a school that has a highly active Greek system? Using this information really helps the teen find a perfect fit. Visiting the colleges is a must. Never visit on a weekend or during a break, you want to get a feel for what the campus is like during the regular academic year. Talk to random students, ask them what they like about the school and dislike about it. Use every available source for financial aid out there. There were a lot of scholarships I qualified for that I didn't know about. To really get the most bang for your tuition buck, use the classes to their fullest potential. Show up for lecture. Do the readings. Study. After all, you or someone else is paying for this. Finally, get involved. This is the biggest mistake I made. Most universities have organizations for everyone to help you make friends. Most importantly: be yourself!!

Dont always go for the most popular school in the state try and find one that is just right for you and you will be as happy as you can be. I thought that i wanted to go to a huge school but i ended up going to a school of 11,000 and am very pleased

You have to find the place where you feel most at home. For me it was a small country town with a beautiful campus. Check them all out because you never know which school might suprise you.