How to find a college RIght for you

Financial Aid

The first thing to look at when choosing a college is if it affordable for you
This should be a conversation you should have with your parents so see what they can afford
You should also be looking for scholarships and other ways to pay for college

Scholarship Websites

Fastweb

Niche.com

Raise.me

Location

Location is very important when choosing a college

Questions to consider:

Do you want to be in a warm or cold place
Do you want to be close to home or far from home?
Would you mind going to another country?
Do you want to live in a place heavily populated or not?

What do you want to study?

To refine your search look for colleges that offer the courses that you want to take
There are many STEM focused schools as well as Liberal Arts Schools.
Do research into schools and see which college offers the most courses fitted for

Size Matters

Take into account the population of the college
Do you want to go to a college with a lot of people or with a small amount of people?
Think of the size of your high school. Do you want to go to a college the same size of it or maybe larger?

Attend Tours

The best thing to do when choosing colleges is to go to the actual college
In the age of corona, you can visit virtual tours on the colleges' website
When going to the college you can experience what you like and don’t like

Take this quiz to see what college is right for you!

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