2006-09-19 07:18:23 · 8 answers · asked by lucky 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Go where you will be happy, life is too short to spend in sadness.
2006-09-19 07:22:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are some good answers here, but I think one way you could check it out more surely is to look up online to see what the retention rate is for the schools you are interested in. A lot of schools have been rated for both what percent of the kids who start freshman year come back for sophomore year at the same school. That's a good measure of whether they were happy or not, or you might say, whether they could stand it or not! And the second thing you could look for is, what per cent of the students finish their degrees in 4 years, in five years or in six years. When people are happy with how things are going, they can focus their attention, take care of the courses they need, and get their degree completed. Some one might argue that if you liked a school you would hang around there longer. But I think it works the other way around!
There are 2000 colleges in the USA, and 100 that are considered top schools. So one of those schools is both good for you and a place where you can be happy. Do some research, check it out and go for it!
2006-09-19 14:45:17 · answer #2 · answered by matt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the okay school. I had a choice to go to a really good school, but I opted out of it because I knew that I would be miserable for the next four years. Just because a school has prestige doesn't mean that it's the school for you. My friend attended a really good school, but she ended up dropping out within a year because she hated it and was really miserable.
College is really what you make of it, and any school that you decide to attend WILL have opportunities that will fit your scholastic needs (such as honors programs, internships, etc.). Undergraduate education is indeed overplayed; if you're thinking about grad school, it's better to have a really high gpa from an okay school than a mediocre gpa from a really prestigious school (consider other factors such as letters of reference, your GRE/standardized test scores, and any honor societies you belong to). And for job opportunities, it's best to have outside experience from internships and being involved in extracurriculars because college can only teach you so much.
Good luck with your decision!
2006-09-19 14:37:19 · answer #3 · answered by B. R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Undergraduate education is a huge rip off. You can't really get very far in life nowadays with just a Bachelor's degree. When it comes down to it, it's really where you go to graduate school that counts. Go to the OK school, which hopefully is cheaper than the good school because "good" private university tuition is disgustingly high. Have fun but apply yourself and take challenging classes and get really good grades. Then set your sights on a really good graduate school.
2006-09-19 14:28:06 · answer #4 · answered by τεκνον θεου 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Go to the great school,because there you will get a good education.
2006-09-19 14:21:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends on whether you want a good life in the long run or a good life in the short run.
Grasshoppers go to happy schools and ants go to good schools.
2006-09-19 14:20:49 · answer #6 · answered by Ranto 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Be happy! You will do better in school. All schools are capable of teacing you what you ned to know if you put forth the effort.
2006-09-19 14:24:46 · answer #7 · answered by DB Cash 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An ok school where you are happy. As long as it is an ok school, you will be fine. Your happiness is most important.
2006-09-19 14:20:20 · answer #8 · answered by CJ Lady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋