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View Poll Results: What is the most impt factor in selecting a college? | |
Prestige, overall academic ranking or reputation.
|    | 1327 | 41.08% | |
Academic strength in my intended major.
|    | 1704 | 52.76% | |
Geography: close enough to home.
|    | 151 | 4.67% | |
Geography: far away enough from home.
|    | 187 | 5.79% | |
Climate.
|    | 220 | 6.81% | |
Tuition, potential scholarships and cost of living.
|    | 704 | 21.80% | |
Legacy status/family history at the school.
| | 34 | 1.05% | |
Girlfriend/boyfriend, other friends there.
| | 79 | 2.45% | |
Athletics.
| | 97 | 3.00% | |
Good vibes...felt at home.
| | 1172 | 36.28% | |
Location...it's where I want to be!
| | 679 | 21.02% |
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04-06-2005, 01:51 PM
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#61 | | Senior Member
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| EDIT: most (you know what I mean) | 
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04-15-2005, 03:58 PM
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#62 | | Junior Member
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| hahhhahaa
of course the ranking in the SPECIFIC major!!!!!!!!!!!
only idiots choose to attend Yale over G.Tech for engineering, you will find a problem when u look for a job | |
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04-17-2005, 07:04 AM
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#63 | | New Member
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| Can you help me? I am accepted by Hanover College (IN) and Coe College (IA). Who is studying in these schools? Give me some advice. I live in Vietnam so I don't have chance to visit these schools? Thanks much. | |
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04-17-2005, 11:02 AM
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#64 | | Junior Member
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| you should start a NEW thread to get experts to help you
i dont know much about these 2 schools | |
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04-21-2005, 11:46 AM
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| Thanks much. Maybe I will choose Hanover. | |
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05-04-2005, 11:43 AM
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#67 | | New Member
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| my opinion
which college do i choice?for what reason?i think the most important point is the strength of your expected major,in college,your goal is to be good at your major,in order to find a advanced profession after you graduating.also,if you can enter a famous university it is much better. you possibly can recognize some man who are your schoolmate in the field you may be in future.the two views above, i think,are the first considered for you deciding which college you should choice.at the same time,we also consider other factor,after all,everyone has different situation. finally, good luck to everyone.
especially,i will apply graduate school this year.good luck to me,lol | |
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06-03-2005, 11:23 PM
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#68 | | Junior Member
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| Academics & Fit
Fit is most important, then academic program...not sure if what I want to major in will be the same after a few years... | |
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06-13-2005, 08:35 AM
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#69 | | Junior Member
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| other reasons taken into consideration
I beleive in todays day and age one must carefully pick a college with ample campus security wherein students have freedom to roam about without FEAR. In addition i feel that colleges drug scene etc should also be taken into consideration .... to summarize - LOCAL ATMOSPHERE | |
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06-17-2005, 08:09 AM
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#70 | | Senior Member
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| I think fit is by far the most important. More important than anything else. If you don't feel like it's right, then you'll never be happy there. | |
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06-21-2005, 04:13 PM
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#71 | | Junior Member
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| fit with overall student body (more important with a small school)
fit with academics, both courses of study and difficulty
fit with size of schoo
fit with location | |
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07-01-2005, 02:05 AM
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| It's laughable how people on this board criticize how others choose a college. They get on a pedestal and self righteously criticize people for valuing prestige. Some people would sacrifice the best possible atmosphere for going to HYP or whatever. They are not wrong to do so. Anyway, at many colleges you can simply carve out your own niche, regardless of the dominant campus culture. For every campus inundated with alcohol there are likely teetolars. It's like in the book gatekeepers, where one kid criticizes others for going after ivys because he was bitter about his own rejection from them.
Also, with prestige usually comes strong students, a cycle of sorts. Generally, the more prestigious the university, the smarter the students. Some colleges are not famous but are still pretty prestigious among those in the know, like Webb, Cooper Union and Harvey Mudd (3 cool engineering schools). | |
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07-03-2005, 12:40 PM
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#73 | | Junior Member
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| Why say "what is the most important factor" and then let the user select multiple criteria?
Sorry, didn't mean to be anal retentive but just wondered  | |
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07-06-2005, 10:23 AM
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| For me, I just want to get away from where I am now. Plus, couple that with the fact that I enjoy the climate in South Carolina and my boyfriend living in South Carolina himself...well, you can get what I mean. | |
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07-07-2005, 09:17 PM
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#75 | | New Member
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| First of all, there is no ONE factor that's the most important, since each school is different and one person may love a small school and another may love a big school...The other thing is that "intended major" isn't always how it works out and you may go in saying "I'm going to be a doctor" and come out saying "Now I know that I want to be an engineer" and it's very likely (most people actually do change their majors sometime over their university careers)...so yes,
I say find a place where you feel at home, because wherever you go will be your home for probably 4 years (maybe more, maybe less)...and so a place where you'll be comfortable. Maybe that has to do with the vibe and maybe that has to do with the location. Your best bet is to visit the schools, spend a night, do whatever possible to get to know each school beyond the statistics, get to know what it's really like...Then you'll have a better idea of what you're looking for. | |
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