Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Blog #5
One time in my life when I did the most researching was when I had to pick colleges to apply to. Being a senior, unaware of which major I wanted to pursue in the future, I really had no idea where I wanted to go to college. The doors were open to me. My parents did not limit me to an in state school so the world was mine for the taking. I had no idea where I would even fit in academically. I had to do so much research on so many schools. Originally from the north, I knew the snow and cold weather was not for me. I always wanted to go to a school that had warm weather. I also wanted a big football team. So, I guess that narrowed down some of the choices. I researched so many schools according to GPA, SAT scores, ACT scores, acceptance rates, graduation rates, ethnicity, night life, dorm life and so much more. Researching was probably the hardest part of my application process because I was so clueless. I visited every college's website at least 10 times just to figure out where I wanted to apply to. I visited many Facebook group pages to see how the people in the group were. I also visited many college acceptance websites. I went to many college meetings and read every single pamphlet that was handed to me. After reading about every single thing that was important to me in a college, I decided Florida State was my dream school. It matched everything I wanted in a school perfectly. I'm so happy I decided to do enough research on my own or I would not have found such a perfect match for a college. Now that I have decided on a college, I have no need to research this stuff again. I will, however, be more than happy to help my little sister who is 16 years old research a place that would be a great fit for her.
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I never really thought about my search for colleges... Like you my parents didn't put any restrictions on where I could go so I had so many choices to choose from and I ended up applying all over. My parents had schools they wanted me to apply to, Harvard and Yale so I had to do all the research and find out if that was even possible and what scores I needed to apply and what steps I had to do. When you think about it even visiting schools was research and that was hands-on research coming to Florida State is really what made my mind up about coming here. Good researching!
ReplyDeleteI also had the same freedom from my parents about choosing schools. I am from New York and I knew I wanted to go somewhere warmer, and to a big school where I had a lot of options for career paths. I also have a little sister I will help and even though I didn't do as much research as you did, going away and experiencing growing up I feel, is necessary and definitely worth it. Passing on information to your sister will be very helpful, because for me, I wish I had someone giving me advice during the process. (Although I like FSU)
ReplyDeleteAs I applied to colleges, I too went through the same experience as you. I had no idea what i wanted to do for the rest of my life, so picking a major was extremely hard. I knew certain schools had better programs for certain things so that only made it harder to decide. I took to asking older friends already in school how they liked it and so forth. When it all came down to a couple I google the names of the school to find out reputations and what they specialized in. After visiting all of them, I loved fsu the most which is why I'm here
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