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Brookyn
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Cedar Springs, Michigan
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What is a good college for me?
I want to go to Vanderbilt or Notre Dame. #shopping
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Gloria Ortiz
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Hi Brookyn,
I think that the answer to your question is more for you.
First, you need to consider what your career goal is and which university would give you the best chance for success. Does one school's degree program more closely match what you desire to do over another? Is one more expensive than the other but gives you the same education? If you don't lose anything for it, I would say go to the cheaper school. Reducing the amount of student loan debt you have to pay back after graduation is a hard way to start your work life.
The other thing to consider is where do you want to live for your college life. I believe that both schools would be away from where you are now. I moved away from home for college, over 700 miles away. I didn't have a car to get back and forth to home if I needed to. Flying was expensive and a bus cost a lot of time. How close are you to your family? How much do you depend on their support in your daily life? I did not know the answer to those questions when I left for college. I thought that I had it all worked out. I moved to a state very different than my home state. Everything was new and strange, even the seasons. If I had to do it again, I would have chosen a college closer to home. College is had enough without adding a lot of new people and a new environment. Maybe you could do a school closer to home and then move far away. You would just need to make sure that your college credits transfer so you are not wasting money.
Good luck with making your decision. You will find the right answers for yourself, I am sure of it.
Gloria
I think that the answer to your question is more for you.
First, you need to consider what your career goal is and which university would give you the best chance for success. Does one school's degree program more closely match what you desire to do over another? Is one more expensive than the other but gives you the same education? If you don't lose anything for it, I would say go to the cheaper school. Reducing the amount of student loan debt you have to pay back after graduation is a hard way to start your work life.
The other thing to consider is where do you want to live for your college life. I believe that both schools would be away from where you are now. I moved away from home for college, over 700 miles away. I didn't have a car to get back and forth to home if I needed to. Flying was expensive and a bus cost a lot of time. How close are you to your family? How much do you depend on their support in your daily life? I did not know the answer to those questions when I left for college. I thought that I had it all worked out. I moved to a state very different than my home state. Everything was new and strange, even the seasons. If I had to do it again, I would have chosen a college closer to home. College is had enough without adding a lot of new people and a new environment. Maybe you could do a school closer to home and then move far away. You would just need to make sure that your college credits transfer so you are not wasting money.
Good luck with making your decision. You will find the right answers for yourself, I am sure of it.
Gloria
James Seith
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You should visit both. There is no substitute for seeing the campus and interacting with students.