Current Connection 2.1

In an article entitled, "High School Seniors: Deciding On One College From All Your Choices," posted at The Blog, Majorie Hansen Shaecitz, a founder of The Blog, an author of The Blog, claims that high school students that are unsure where they would like to go to college either do not have enough information on the subject, or the information they do have is incomplete, or possibly disorganized. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marjorie-hansen-shaevitz/high-school-seniors-deciding-one-college_b_2920679.html

According to Shaecitz, high school students should follow these four steps to making a decision about which college they would like to attend: “1) Identify what you want in a college. 2) Examine the financial aid packages. 3) Get information and advice from students, teachers, counselors, family, and friends about colleges. 4) Pre-Admit days and other college visits.” High school students, making a huge decision about their future, don’t have to do it alone. As a high school student, thinking about college is not always a positive subject. Stressing over what school would be best for my future career, I am always researching stuff on different colleges; which one has the best program for me and my career choice.

In a recent article by Julia Surtshin concludes, “Good decisions are based on both the head and the heart, so check in with each before singing the dotted line.” High school students that stay more focused on their future career and the best programs are for them, and less focused on where their friends are going to attend, will be on the right track to a good college decision.

What should you do if you are still overwhelmed with this question and think you’ll never find the answer? Stop. Breathe, research more and more colleges (there are PLENTY out there to choose from), and most importantly, stay on track. Just because colleges display how fun, exciting, and big their colleges may be, but sometimes the smallest flowerscan make the biggest gardens. So go out, put those gardening gloves on, and plant your garden with the colors YOU like!

I have heard this question asked many times, “What if I start going to a college and in the middle of the semester realize I’m at the wrong one?” This is something I can answer because I learned this at Project College Bound. The college representatives that spoke about this told us that most of the colleges are linked together. So even though you’ve already got credit hours at your first college, your credits will transfer to a college that is linked to yours. (Ask your advisor or professors if they know which other colleges are liked to yours.)

Work Cited

Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen. "High School Seniors: Deciding on One College From All of Your Choices." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 22 Mar. 2013. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.

"How To Make Your Final College Choice." How To Make Your Final College Decision. Higher Education Association, n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.