Why Did You End-Up Going To College

College is a very important thing to think about while you are in high school. Many people go to college thinking about the future and how they are going to spend the rest of their lives. There are certain things that college students take into consideration when applying to and picking the right college. Almost every college student wants to find a college that fits their personality, prepares them for their career, that is affordable, and also that will benefit them in the near future. You definitely have to consider all options when it comes to finding the right college or else in the future you might regret your choices and that could possibly affect your career as well. In this paper, we were told to come up with questions that we wanted to know about college and the decisions leading to college. After we did that, we were supposed to find either a college student or a graduate student and ask them our questions, like an interview. …show more content…
These were her responses to my questions:
Q: Why do you think that it is important to choose the right college?
A. I think that it is important because that’s where you will be spending most of your time after high school. Also, that’s where you set up your career and what you are going to do for the rest of your life.
Q. What type of college did you end up choosing and why did you choose that path?
A. I ended up going to a community college. I didn’t really choose to go to a community college, my mom did. She thought that I wasn’t ready to go away for college and also that it would be cheaper and I wouldn’t have a lot of student loans like she did.
Q. Do you get financial aid? A. Yes I do
Q. How is your experience at your college now?
A. It is very different compared to a university. At a university, I would be living on campus. At my community college there are no dorms to live on campus, so I live at home. Community college is much smaller as