At no point did I say that he/I/anyone would be. I simply said that I agreed with the point that going to the best school you can is a good idea.

 

[QUOTE=munckee,Jan 14 2005, 09:21 AM] At no point did I say that he/I/anyone would be.

 

No problem. I wasn't offended, just clarifying.

While I agree to an extent that goals are important, there is a major difference that I think you're missing.

In my experience, some schools will allow you to explore far more than others. For example, I was able to double major in theatre and business. I started school as a chemistry major. I looked into becoming an art major at one point.

My friends at other schools would never have been able to switch around like this. They were expected to know going in what they wanted to study.

Maybe this is a better arguement for smaller vs. larger school instead of prestigious vs. less prestigious, but its something worth keeping in mind.

 

Any idea as to what you're going to major in?

 

[QUOTE=VTEC_Junkie,Jan 14 2005, 09:24 AM] i never specifically referred to you as naive.

 

There are plenty of things to consider but I think these two are pretty important:

Visit the campus - You may have heard/read great things about a school but you need to be certain you will be comfortable and like it there. It's just like test driving a car. If the car just doesn't "fit" you, you aren't going to like driving it eventhough it has everything you want on paper.

Know what type of student you are - if you had excellent study habits and discipline in HS, then most likely you will do well anywhere. If your study habits were a bit marginal, then don't go to a school that has a lot of distractions or is party school.

Good luck!

 

I would avoid living at home and doing the commuter school thing. That's what I did. You miss on any real independence and miss out on a much richer social/cultural milieu.

Your bud's will either be moving on themselves, getting married, etc. and you'll be the odd man out in that. There are also great stresses at being the child/adult in the family home during that time that could impact on your studies.

As was mentioned, choose the best you can afford. True, there's no guarantee of success but you'll have a leg up on the competition with the contacts you can develop.

 

Well no worry guys - I am not going to be doing the JC thing.

Possible majors in Biochem and whatnot. Looking maybe to do pharmacy.

Thanks for all the replys

 

Johns Hopkins.

 

If you're interested in a Christian university that is full of professors who are nothing remotely close to boring or lame (ugliness being something you'll have to judge yourself), look into Seattle Pacific University. Our daughter started there this Fall, she loves it, it has one of the best business schools in the country (amongst all universities), and is very highly ranked in engineering and its nursing school.