Picking the right college to attend may be the hardest thing to do as a high school junior or senior. It is a whole process and it takes a lot of hard work and commitment, it is no easy way to go through this. The first thing I would advise students to do is research, do not take anyone’s word because everything is not for everyone. The first major thing when applying to schools are your overall GPA and your ACT/SAT scores, this is what colleges look at for the enrollment process. What I did was pick the top 5 schools that I wanted to attend, three out of state and two in state and I looked at what they wanted as ACT scores and overall GPA. All of the schools that I applied for required at least a 3.0 or higher and at least an 18 on the ACT
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But is this true in all cases. The cost of most colleges and universities start at around 15,000 and can reach an ultimate high as to 45,000 which is mind-blowing. Cost is a big deal because having to find somewhere to get college funds are not easy unless you get a full ride or the student comes from a wealthy family. “About 77% of parents say they plan to help their children pay for college” (Money Moves). In my college experience I know that financial aid helped me out a lot because my tuition ran about 37,000. But I go to a private HBCU and private schools are always more than public as it should be. Usually tuition includes meal plans, room and board, book vouchers and other miscellaneous. When I got to college it was a shock because we don’t receive book vouchers all books had to be paid out of pocket, so that was another $521.00 out of my parents pockets for 7 books for 6 different classes. Cost is important because you don’t want to have to deal with any loans and debt by graduation time. “Seven in 10 seniors (68%) who graduated from profit and non-profit colleges in 2015 had student loan debt with an average of 30,100 per borrower, a 4% increase since 2014” (Project on Student Debt: State by State …show more content…
Would I like a more diverse campus or would I like a campus that pertains to a certain religion or race? What about the student to teacher ratio, would I prefer to be in a large lecture or a smaller classroom where I will actually get to know my professor? Or would these questions even matter because I know plenty of people who could care less about knowing their professors and what other diverse groups are on campus. I know that for me I have always wanted to attended an HBCU, and no one could ever change that. I feel like at HBCUs they give African American students more opportunities and we are never over looked. The whole student to teacher ratio thing never bothered me and when I did get to college I never was in big classrooms or lecture halls and that is something that I did
But is this true in all cases. The cost of most colleges and universities start at around 15,000 and can reach an ultimate high as to 45,000 which is mind-blowing. Cost is a big deal because having to find somewhere to get college funds are not easy unless you get a full ride or the student comes from a wealthy family. “About 77% of parents say they plan to help their children pay for college” (Money Moves). In my college experience I know that financial aid helped me out a lot because my tuition ran about 37,000. But I go to a private HBCU and private schools are always more than public as it should be. Usually tuition includes meal plans, room and board, book vouchers and other miscellaneous. When I got to college it was a shock because we don’t receive book vouchers all books had to be paid out of pocket, so that was another $521.00 out of my parents pockets for 7 books for 6 different classes. Cost is important because you don’t want to have to deal with any loans and debt by graduation time. “Seven in 10 seniors (68%) who graduated from profit and non-profit colleges in 2015 had student loan debt with an average of 30,100 per borrower, a 4% increase since 2014” (Project on Student Debt: State by State …show more content…
Would I like a more diverse campus or would I like a campus that pertains to a certain religion or race? What about the student to teacher ratio, would I prefer to be in a large lecture or a smaller classroom where I will actually get to know my professor? Or would these questions even matter because I know plenty of people who could care less about knowing their professors and what other diverse groups are on campus. I know that for me I have always wanted to attended an HBCU, and no one could ever change that. I feel like at HBCUs they give African American students more opportunities and we are never over looked. The whole student to teacher ratio thing never bothered me and when I did get to college I never was in big classrooms or lecture halls and that is something that I did