Thursday, November 11, 2010

What you see is not always what you get

College websites: Navigating within the sites can be a hard and tedious task. A college may look as if it’s your ideal place to be for the next four years, at least until you visit. College marketing is a large market in today’s society. The universities can make their school look as if it’s the most beautiful campus, with the most attractive student body. This is why you need to be sure that you’re going to visit schools.
 
Once you arrive for the visit, be sure to ask the guidance counselor a variety of different questions. Ask questions about the student body, activities on weekends, transportation, even scholarships. Also be sure to check out the student body and make sure that you’d be comfortable with them and would hang out with those kinds of people. Also, one of the most important is to sure you like the professors. Now, realistically, you’re not going to like every professor you have, but you should get a feel for what you’re getting yourself into. Also, a tip for when examining websites. When you’re looking at schools online be aware that they’re presenting you with their best possible information and that you’re looking at the best of the best, and when you get the school it most likely won’t look like the pictures presented.
 
Don’t be discouraged! Just be sure to schedule in a visit to your top schools before you pick. Visits can change anything.

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