How do I choose a college that is right for me? This is the question that I'm asked at least once a week. And frankly, it isn't easy trying to explain to students (and their parents) one very basic fact of the college admissions process: You don't choose the college. The college chooses you.
Here is a very simple way you can look at this complicated process.
You and a crowd of high school graduates are standing on one side of a big field. Each one of you desperately wants to go to a good college. On the other side of the field are all the colleges and universities that exist in the country. After assessing your qualifications (merit), you send applications to all of the schools that you wish to attend. The admissions officer at those schools sends you a letter of acceptance or rejection. Out of your acceptances, you pick one college and walk across that field and through the doors of that particular institution. For different reasons, different students will go to different colleges and some will not go at all.
Learn more >>
|
