The following factors should be considered before beginning your college search:
Self-Exploration:
What are your interests, abilities, goals, and expectations? Students should review the course work, extra-curricular activities, or community service that they have found most interesting throughout their high school years. Academic records, standardized testing, special awards, and feedback from teachers, coaches, club advisors, and other adults can help students assess activities. Career interest inventories and other information in the Guidance Office may be useful in considering personal and career goals. S students are encouraged to meet with their guidance counselor to explore all these factors.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN THE COLLEGE YOU CHOOSE?
Type of institution (two or four year, coed or non-coed)
Geographic location (region, state, distance from home)
Majors offered/curriculum (liberal arts, technical, business)
Setting (urban, rural, suburban)
Size of institution (small, medium, large, very large)
Selectivity (very difficult, moderately difficult, open)
Cost (tuition, room and board, books, fees, travel, financial aid)
Diversity (race, religion, national, international, age)
Extra-curricular activities (sports, entertainment, culture, religious, educational)
Housing (on/off campus, coed, single sex, special interest, size of room, food, meal plans, rules, roommates)
Facilities (building, architecture, libraries, student unions, classrooms, lecture halls, labs, recreational/athletic offerings, stores, laundry, handicapped access)
Specialized Programs (programs and services for students who are learning disabled, physically challenged, or who have English as a second language.