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View Poll Results: What is the most impt factor in selecting a college? | |
Prestige, overall academic ranking or reputation.
|    | 1487 | 41.51% | |
Academic strength in my intended major.
|    | 1907 | 53.24% | |
Geography: close enough to home.
|    | 174 | 4.86% | |
Geography: far away enough from home.
|    | 208 | 5.81% | |
Climate.
|    | 247 | 6.90% | |
Tuition, potential scholarships and cost of living.
|    | 799 | 22.31% | |
Legacy status/family history at the school.
| | 34 | 0.95% | |
Girlfriend/boyfriend, other friends there.
| | 85 | 2.37% | |
Athletics.
| | 107 | 2.99% | |
Good vibes...felt at home.
| | 1281 | 35.76% | |
Location...it's where I want to be!
| | 779 | 21.75% |
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05-17-2008, 11:26 PM
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#316 | | Junior Member
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| I agree with you, indiejimmy. If you don't feel at home, everything else tanks. | 
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05-30-2008, 07:01 AM
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| ^Yea, that's the reason why I chose Tufts over georgetown. I did not feel at home when I visited georgetown (disliked it) and I loved Tufts.... Plus, it recently opened new music facilities and is strong in the sciences. | |
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05-30-2008, 08:07 AM
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#318 | | Junior Member
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| Most important factors in selecting a college: teaching (why you go to college in the first place), and community (what will make you happy while you're there). From my perspective, the survey list are all secondary reasons to select a college, some of which might fall into the sub categories of teaching (academic strength) or community (good vibes). If you're worried about a school's prestige, you're focusing more about what other people think, not necessarily what's right for you. | |
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06-01-2008, 10:55 PM
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#319 | | Junior Member
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| Remember that those 4 yrs in college are four years of your life - go somewhere where you'll be happy - that's the most impt factor definitely. | |
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06-05-2008, 05:29 PM
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| i didn't read through every post, but the one that is currently before this says it all -- its about being happy where you are -- its 4 years, potentially some of the greatest of your life, and you need to be able to enjoy yourself, balance school life with your social life, and be glad you did it when its all over. | |
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06-08-2008, 01:26 PM
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#321 | | Junior Member
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| that is a really tough post | |
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06-09-2008, 01:10 AM
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#322 | | Junior Member
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| I'm gonna say prestige is tied with comfort at the school and location. They're both very important. Though I'll tell you, had I been accepted to a top 10 school, I would have went there over a state school, even if I did feel more comfortable at a state school. | |
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07-03-2008, 10:23 PM
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| College is what you make it. Obviously most people love it for the partying, but if it was merely for that, our parents wouldn't pay for us to go. So I voted for strength in your intended major. You could be at Harvard but if the program is weak, you still won't get a good job. After all, we have to take what we learn from college and apply it. If the program sucks, we won't have adequate skills and it'll show very quickly in the real world. | |
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07-06-2008, 04:03 AM
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| Academic strength in my intended major. | |
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07-06-2008, 04:04 AM
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| i chose
Academic strength in my intended major. | |
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07-09-2008, 01:01 PM
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| Prestige & Tution | |
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07-13-2008, 06:05 PM
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#327 | | New Member
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| The best school is the one that will mold you into the greatest.
Choose the school, location, or person that will mold you into the greatest.
The thing that will make you the greatest might not be a college. It could be a person.
You drop out of college.
You meet that person.
Five years later, you are the greatest. | |
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07-15-2008, 12:22 AM
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#328 | | Junior Member
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| I can't believe so many people chose the "prestige" one. You don't choose your home for the next 4 years on how popular it is; it has to fit you. College is first and foremost for education, as square as that sounds, and it needs to fit what fields you're interested in. | |
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07-27-2008, 09:21 PM
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| The most important thing to me is the social setting and if I feel comfortable. Going to a school just because of the prestige isn't important to me. | |
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07-30-2008, 01:14 AM
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| Prestige, overall academic ranking or reputation.
It's important only for getting more opportunities around the world and shoving my diploma and pride in front of my employees.
Academic strength in my intended major.
Depends as long as it trains me everything that many companies are looking for. Also watch out if you're going to change majors. Chances are, 90%, a student is going to change majors.
Geography:
Important than the two but not the most ultimate important choice. I do wanna come home at least once a month without having to pay expensive plane tickets.
Also I don't want to live with my parents...
Tuition, potential scholarships and cost of living.
*Definitely the most important of all factors. When you can't pay, you can't get in and other factors fall even though you should deserve it. That's why you blow elite colleges because its for like only rich kids. Not to mention having to pay off loans at least $1000 a month for 10 years. What else can you spend $1000 a month for?
Legacy status/family history at the school.
Maybe, never thought this would be a choice haha. Sorry can't answer this personally, parents never went to college
Girlfriend/boyfriend, other friends there.
Heck no, i'm gonna find some chick hotter than my girlfriend somewhere else.
Athletics.
Yep, you go to college to get an education and HAVE FUN!
Good vibes...felt at home.
Important too, I want to feel safe and have close contacts with many people. I want a campus where its easy to go around.
Location...it's where I want to be!
Important, how can I study when everyday it feels 30 below 0, in an arabic neighborhood feeling like living with terrorists, and having to survive each day as if it's Iraq? | |
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