Who here can recommend me a good college?

Question

I will be studying chemistry and the performing arts. I'm a 27 year old woman.

Answer 1

um... that's a really odd comnbination, so I'm assuming that there is some particular reason why you want to do that. In order to do well in chemistry you will need to be good in math, 3-d concepts, and you will need to take a lot of labs that need meticulous mechanical skills. Social skills are not important in chemistry, nor do you need to be especially articulate or personable. On the other hand, I'd guess that the skill set needed for performing arts is pretty different! Your classes for these two subjects will totally not overlap, so you will probably take longer to graduate than most students because you will have to take more courses to fulfull the requirements in both areas.

There is nothing wrong with starting college at 27, but you are going to find that you dont have much in common with the 18 year olds who inhabit the campuses, so probably you want a school that is not residential -- that is, you don't want a school where most of the students live on campus.

Beyond that, there are over 2000 colleges in the USA. Probably at least half of them offer chemistry and hundreds have performing arts degrees. So before you commit yourself to years of work and huge expenditures, you better trot over to the local libary and start working your way down the shelf that has all the books about choosing a college. There is a lot of good advice in those books, way more good advice than you'll get here.!

Answer 2

Depending on where you live, I'd try out Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland. I go there myself, in my third year already, and it is a very easy-going college and the financial help one can get is really a +.
Their website is www.howardcc.edu

Answer 3

small, private colleges are better than public colleges. Yes they cost more but proffessors actually know your name, they offer better support, the classes are smaller and food is alot better.