College is a huge step for seniors
in high school. What is the right place for you? You are always trying to find
the right fit; would you rather go for the bigger state school or the smaller
private school. With the bigger state schools there are the scary lecture halls
with numbers ranging from 50-600. Figures like those are very intimidating. The
private setting allows you to be on a more one on one basis with your teachers.
Typically the private colleges are much
more expensive. At the same time they have much more scholarship money to give
away not only to athletes but to those who excel in academics. The campus is smaller and there are around
2000 students total; that is about the size of my high school right now. It has more of a homey feel and you can get
to know pretty much everyone. A con that may come about is that everyone is in
everyone’s business.
Big schools have a lot going on at
all times. They are very big into the Greek life and have tons of sororities
and fraternities. The sports are taken a bit more seriously than private
schools because it is one of the biggest money makers and many of the athletes
move on to the professional level. Each
state school has huge numbers when it comes to enrollment. ASU is on the high
end with about 70,000 students while Iowa has around 32,000. A con would be
that you may get lost in the crowd and find it hard to keep up with your
studies since there are so many distractions. Graduate schools are easier to
get into if you have taken all your undergraduate classes at the school itself
rather than taking it somewhere else and transferring.
There are pros and cons to every
school, but the choice is yours. Go where you get that feeling of comfort and
you know you belong there. College is
the time of your life, live it up! (336)
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