
SO you've came this far, All you know is you NEED to go to college.... but from there you dont really know where to go...
You are me, 4 years ago of course. About sophomore year I had NO CLUE what college I wanted to go to what a major was, how many credits so I need to graduate, when will I graduate? Its a mess. Councilors help, but not enough.
THE TRUTH IS it is NOT that stressful, You just need to be very organized.
1. Get a list of colleges universities and community colleges in areas you are willing to relocate to. I say one good community college close to home, 2 or 3 in your city or area, and 3 BIG NAME schools you crave.
2. While looking these up ( I recommend
collegeboard.com) Find the prices of how much these schools will be. YOU WILL BE SURPRISED. THIS IS THE FACTOR WILL HELP YOU NARROW DOWN YOUR RESULTS. Look at how much aid on the school sites that they give a year and see if it can help you.
3. Look at
theu.com and check out the life on campus as told by students. They tell you the extra stuff like greek life, party atmosphere, drug and alcohol availability. IM AM NOT INTO THOSE THINGS but if you want to know what the atmosphere is like they have hilarious charts VOTED ON by students, there's even on on how hot the girls and guys are!
4. KEEP EVERYTHING ORGANIZED my plan was to keep a file folder with all this information you found WITH A CALENDAR that has
all deadlines.
STAY ON TOP OF DEADLINES by stay in top I mean
BE EARLY!!!!!! LET ME TELL YOU A SHORT STORY:
" I know this girl right, she waited till about December to turn in her application for college at SHSU (heh), that was way before the April deadline, BUT she needed to live in the college dorm, the deadline for that was may, so she turns it in ...in APRIL. She picked out this dope apartment dorm and made plans for everything. GUESS WHAT? It filled up, her second choice filled too.... SO SHE WAS STUCK WITH THE THIRD and let me tell you, IT SUCKED!!!! IT WASNT FABULOUS. I KNOW, I know her well. DO NOT WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE OR YOU WILL GET THE LEFT OVER SHIT!"
5. After selecting the right college ( you will know, it will be like bob barker him self shines on you and says "COME ON DOWWWWN" ) YOU NEED TO VISIT AND GET ADVISED FOR CLASSES.
It is usually required to get advised and during your advising appointment you will learn everything about credits, how many you need to graduate, they will guide you in picking a major and minor (if necessary)
* It is not a bad idea to go to a community college or small school for 2 years to get the core curriculum out of the way and then transfer to a better university to graduate. Plenty of people do this but if that is not your style ( it wasn't mine) try to look for as many scholarships as you can and take classes in the summer.
SOME TIPS AFTER THE BREAK