How to choose a college

option of college is different from each individual high school student to another depending on their high school grades, family income, or if the student wants a college education or not. In most cases, students choose to go to college. On the other hand, some believe that college will not benefit them so they choose to start their career instead. In my case, my parents refuse to let me start my career without any college education. My mom and dad went straight to work without going to college.…

find themselves in now is if they should even bother going to college. My younger self believed that choosing to attend a university was a no-brainer if you wanted to be successful with your life, and that being prepared for it just meant having a brain. Recently, however, that attitude has changed drastically, particularly about who should go to college and what deems them prepared or not. In the larger scheme of things, is a college degree even the most important part of getting that…

party candidate and win the majority vote, Al Gore, for example, aren’t guaranteed to win. In 2000, Al Gore won the majority vote for most states, but because of the electoral college, Bush won the election overall. A third-party candidate with even less support than Gore has almost no chance at winning with the electoral college. Every single person in the U.S. could vote for a Gary Johnson or…

What is the most challenging thing people choose to go through? Now there are many different answers to this question, each being personal to whom you ask this to. Though for me, I believe it will be going through college and picking what to major in. Debt, stress, anxiety, and countless sleepless nights all come with going through college. On top of that, you have to pick a specific degree to graduate with. With so many options how does one pick what they want to use to succeed in their career…

Teenagers today barely leave their room as it is, but what if they were told that they could receive a college degree from the comfort of their own bed? As a student graduates high school, he or she has the option to either further his or her education or go into the work industry. If one chose to proceed to college, he or she could live the campus life or partake in online classes. Most people would choose to take classes on campus because they are sociable and enjoy interacting with others.…

they prepare for college. To begin, they have to fill out and mail applications, wait for acceptance letters, and ultimately choose the school they will attend. All of that is time consuming. Another time-consuming issue is how to pay for college. There are scholarships, grants and loans. Even though there are many ways to pay for college, the cost of obtaining a higher education is a major factor when choosing a school. Students can choose between different types of college to earn a…

lifetime. One major decision they have to make is a college they want to attend. Senior year is when everyone really needs to start thinking about where they want to go to college or where they want to start working. Two colleges I really want to go to are Bowling Green State University or Ohio University. The colleges I’m looking at both have the majors I would like to go for, which is business or accounting. Many students who attend either college have great success. Bowling Green State…

classrooms across the country are asking themselves whether or not college is really worth it in the end. I remember the multiple articles that I had to annotate concerning the subject and how they all seemed to push me to say “Yes, I want to go to college.” College is a smart financial decision for everyone in the long run. I will agree that there are a few college debt horror stories out there, but those are in the minority. College is a bright financial commitment for everyone because…

to choose how their future will go. A very large piece of this choice is what college they will go to, or if they will go at all. This decision has many pros and cons to each side of the decision. I want to go to college because a degree will help make more money, it will make me smarter, and give me necessary skills I need to join a field of work. A reason I want to go to college is so I can get the necessary skills to join whatever career field I may want to work in when I’m older. College is…

College Matter In Which Way? In “Three Reasons College Still Matters” by Andrew Delbanco and “Not All College Major Are Created Equal” by Michelle Singletary both authors express their point of views about college. In the article by Delbanco, he states three reason why college matter. In Singletary’s article, she writes that college students should think and know what their major and work field they want to pursue and how much it pays. Even though Delbanco’s reasons are more specific, I…