College search criteria

In addition to having a career goal, you can aid your college search by taking into account the following criteria:

Type of program – Do you want to attend a two year or four year college? Is a technical school a better choice? What about graduate school or military service?
Location – Where do you want to spend the next four years or more?
Distance – Do you prefer to attend a college close to home or further away?
Setting – Would you prefer a large city setting, suburb, small city or rural area?
Campus size – What size school would you like to attend? There are small schools with 1,000-5,000 students to large universities with 10,000 students or more.
Type of college - Will you attend a public, private, community or liberal arts college?
Diversity – Do you want to attend a college that is religious diverse, single sex, coed, liberal, conservative, politically diverse or ethnically diverse?
Housing – Do you want to live on or off campus? In a coed dorm or single-sex dorm?
Activities – Do you want to join a sorority or fraternity or get involved with extracurricular activities such as sports?
Reputation – Is your college choice nationally or regionally known?

If you know what college you want to attend and what occupation you’d like to pursue, you can start:

Studying and registering to take/re-take the SAT1, SAT2 or ACT.
Talking with your school counselor about college applications.
Determine whether you will live on or off campus?
Asking your high school to send your final transcript to the college of your choice.
Applying for financial aid and start looking for college scholarships.
Make a list of what you will need for your new dorm room .

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