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Well, I'm going to be a senior next year in high school, mind pointing me what should I consider and figure out before applying to colleges next year? What helped you decide where you wanted to go? How did you go about applying to colleges?

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What helped you decide where you wanted to go?

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Not getting into any 4 year colleges.

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probably helps to have a general idea of what you'd like to do when you grow up. You'll get to college and probably change your mind a couple of times. Pick a place a minimum of 5 hours away from home.

Oh and don't choose Georgia Tech. This place suks dog dic.

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Well, I'm going to be a senior next year in high school, mind pointing me what should I consider and figure out before applying to colleges next year?

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Your grades,test scores and extracirriculars(obviously). Have a good long sit and speak with your guidance counselor-they're pretty big helps when it comes to this kind of thing
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What helped you decide where you wanted to go?

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How did you go about applying to colleges?

[/ QUOTE ] Once again, your guidance counselor probably has all this info, though this would primarily be for school in your geographic reason. You could also go to the website of whatever school you're interested in and find an app there.

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Keep this in mind: I go to Amherst College (1600 students) and I applied to a lot of similar small schools. I thought I wanted a small school with not a lot of students. I was completely wrong. I feel like I should've gone to one of the big Ivy league schools now, because in a school this small, you just get to KNOW everybody and eventually the social scene loses it's appeal. If you go to a big school, you can choose to avoid people and hunt out new people you've never met before.

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What I did, kind of, is deciding what my top three choices of majors would likley be. I then got catologs on any schools I thought I would be interested in attending. If you are going to a school that is in a State School System they may have some catalogs that combine all the schools in the system together. Looking at this you can see what schools offer what your interested in. So it would list like Major A, Major B, Major C. School X offers A, and C not B. School Y offers A and B, not C, and so on. Otherwise each school will have their own catolog, or you can look it up at the university's website. So then you can narrow down the list of schools your interested in, to ones that offer degrees your interested in. Then go out and visit the schools, and see what they offer. You can get an idea what it is like on campus, and if there will be activities and stuff that interest you.

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Well, I'm going to be a senior next year in high school, mind pointing me what should I consider and figure out before applying to colleges next year?

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That depends on your goals in life.

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What helped you decide where you wanted to go?

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Location and size.

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How did you go about applying to colleges?

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By filling out the applications. Just go to your guidance counselor, they will help you with all of these questions and more.

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probably helps to have a general idea of what you'd like to do when you grow up. You'll get to college and probably change your mind a couple of times. Pick a place a minimum of 5 hours away from home.

Oh and don't choose Georgia Tech. This place suks dog dic.

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You got into Georgia Tech?

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Don't underestimate weather and what the female student body looks like.

Southern schools are the way to go. Georgia, Clemson, UNC, etc..

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Good program and good atmosphere (girls, nightlife, etc). If you are miserable you won't do well in school.

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1) figure out what you want out of your degree. pick a school that best fits that category.

2) location. pretty important. close to home? far? west coast? east coast?

3) cost. parents paying? loans/grants/financial aid?

4) social life. party? study? mix?

5) alumni. connections?

finally, pick a school that you think you'll belong to. forget what your parents think. I'm sure you'll have to listen to them one way or another but seriously, this is a place you'll be at for the next so many years so make sure you decide on a school that you won't regret going to.

above all, study hard, enjoy college life, and have fun!

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probably helps to have a general idea of what you'd like to do when you grow up. You'll get to college and probably change your mind a couple of times. Pick a place a minimum of 5 hours away from home.

Oh and don't choose Georgia Tech. This place suks dog dic.

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You got into Georgia Tech?

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Let's not forget that mmbt0ne also got into Tech...

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Keep this in mind: I go to Amherst College (1600 students) and I applied to a lot of similar small schools. I thought I wanted a small school with not a lot of students. I was completely wrong. I feel like I should've gone to one of the big Ivy league schools now, because in a school this small, you just get to KNOW everybody and eventually the social scene loses it's appeal. If you go to a big school, you can choose to avoid people and hunt out new people you've never met before.

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This is important. The school I go to is 2500 students and while it is an excellent choice academically, the social scene is horrible. This is magnified by the fact that it is an engineering/science school and has a 70/30 male/female ratio. It is only 2 hours from home which is far enough that I do not feel like I should visit and they do not visit me which is good.

If I were to do it over again I would look at a larger state school that still had a good program for what I want to do. And I would not focus on the cost as much, money is really pretty insignificant. If it costs 10K a year or 20K a year you are still going to be poor as hell and paying for it for a long time when you get out.

The last thing to consider is geographical area, I finally figured out when I was 19 or so that winter sucks and I would rather be somewhere where winter meant it got down to 50 instead of 0.

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I was lazy and missed the deadline for stanford and mit so i applied at uw-madison since it was close and still a good school and much cheaper. If you are serious about school go to a good school, but doesnt have to be top private, worry about being raped for grad school. Or just be a poker pro.

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probably helps to have a general idea of what you'd like to do when you grow up. You'll get to college and probably change your mind a couple of times. Pick a place a minimum of 5 hours away from home.

Oh and don't choose Georgia Tech. This place suks dog dic.

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Are you UGA? If so, awesome.

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Well, I'm going to be a senior next year in high school, mind pointing me what should I consider and figure out before applying to colleges next year? What helped you decide where you wanted to go? How did you go about applying to colleges?

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Seriously, you need to talk to your high school counselor or something to that extent. Like the lady in the career center. It's their job to help you with stuff like this.

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probably helps to have a general idea of what you'd like to do when you grow up. You'll get to college and probably change your mind a couple of times. Pick a place a minimum of 5 hours away from home.

Oh and don't choose Georgia Tech. This place suks dog dic.

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Are you UGA? If so, awesome.

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No, he goes to a real school.

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Visiting all my schools of interest made my decision so much easier. There were alot of schools I was considering at first, but after visiting a bunch of them it was pretty easy to narrow the field.

Side tip: If you go to visit a school, swing by the admissions office and let them know you were there--get a tour, fill out a card. Do something. Schools keep a record of your visits and can sometimes be more likely to accept you if you've shown that you are serious about attending and not just applying there for the hell of it.

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I went to Northern Illinois University because I didn't have to write an essay.

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Good program and good atmosphere (girls, nightlife, etc). If you are miserable you won't do well in school.

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Truer words have ne'er been spoken. My sophomore year is an example.

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whatever you do....GET AWAY FROM HOME!!

>500 miles

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Well you got to think about what profession you want to go into after college is over, what field of expertise you would find interesting and that you wouldn't mind working at day in and day out. Then you got to find colleges that have majors and offer degrees that have to do with your interests.