Examples: Choose the right college, what it takes to get into the right college, essay tips, etc.
2006-06-13 10:32:18 · 10 answers · asked by bah! 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Doing your college research is important and a good thing to get started on early. However, there is a step that must begin prior to that.
In order to maximize your search, you need to start thinking about your needs. From a planning perspective can you answer the following:
1. What are my strengths? What am I good at?
2. Instead of thinking about my major, what do I want a career in? What are my career interests?
3. What do I know about my personality? Do I have a preference for extraversion/introversion, etc. How can I be sure to "fit" my career, and my college choice?
4. What are my values? What matter's most to me?
The start of your college research starts with self awareness. If you can honestly answer the questions above, then you will be more informed and can make a confident decision on what is the right college for you.
Here are some links for good steps in self awareness.
1. Strengths: http://www.strengthsquest.com This site is becoming widely used by college and universities in their leadership programs.
2. Interests: http://apps.collegeboard.com/myroad/navigator.jsp This is a career interest service provided by the College Board. Good start at interests.
3. Job market and outlook: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ This site is run by the Dept. of Labor on current job and economic trends impacting the workplace.
4. Personality: http://www.typefocus.com/ This site provides a free personality assessment that you can use for learning about your personality preferences.
By doing some of your own "personal" homework, and increasing your own self awareness, you can then truly make a well informed decision about what college to attend.
I hope this helps.
2006-06-18 15:04:15 · answer #1 · answered by professorofsuccess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably the best advice is research the school and their programs and see what you want to study. if you already know what you want to be then go for it. college is what you take from it so there is no right college because whats right for you might not be right for another person. if your not ready to go to a major university, then try giving community or junior college a chance to get your basics out of the way. as for the essay, just dont drag on and be boring. putting a twist on your essay may put you in a different place from everyone else, but this may not always be a good place. just dont mess up in school and when you get to school, study and dont worry about partying, that will come its way when it does.
2006-06-13 18:32:01 · answer #2 · answered by here to help 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get most of the answers to your questions by going to the bookstore, and in the magazine section, there are a few really good annual magazines that are a good, inexpensive way to learn about virtually every college out there. The best is Kipling's (I think, something like that) and it gives you all kinds of info. It goes as far as giving you the male to female (or vice-versa) ratio. It also gives you suggestions and walk throughs for every step of your college hunt! Good Luck!!!
2006-06-13 17:38:46 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There a good website called, collegeboard.com, which helps out everthing you need to prepare for college. This was the same site that I used to prepare for college. A couple months before I left, I read some articles on princetonreview.com about college life and how to adjust to it. It help me out a lot. Plus, my mom and dad talk to me about their experiences in college.
2006-06-13 17:40:04 · answer #4 · answered by zionsolidsnake 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the best sites to go to is Petersons.com. There you can compare different colleges and find out what it takes to get into college. Fastweb is a great resource for scholarships.
2006-06-13 17:42:50 · answer #5 · answered by fancypants 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. CollegeBoard.com is good for SAT stuff. Also, FastWeb.com is a good place to go to find scholarship stuff. NextStepMag.com is a good one, as well. It has a managerie of things to offer about college life, scholarships, tips, etc.
2006-06-13 17:39:37 · answer #6 · answered by barlow_girl87 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can go to www.fastweb.com. That helps you out with a lot of college info.
2006-06-13 17:39:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.collegeboard.com
http://www.collegeconfidential.com
Use the search function on these sites to help you narrow down your choices. The discussion boards on collegeconfidential can also be quite helpful. Prospective students, current students, and even parents of students post there.
Best wishes!
2006-06-14 00:24:00 · answer #8 · answered by X 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.collegeboard.com.It gives you planning tools,a college search,dates for the major tests,what you need to get in,etc.
2006-06-13 18:16:47 · answer #9 · answered by movin12006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on what you wnt to study
2006-06-13 17:38:36 · answer #10 · answered by asizelove2001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋