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Do you know what you want to do with your life? That’s a tough question but regardless of what you want to do for the rest of your life you should get a university degree now. You will make more money, according to the most recent US Census 51% more, and move ahead faster.

How do you know what college to attend? Here are a few questions to start thinking about to help select the college that is right for you:

1. Is an in-state or out of state college right for you?

2. Do you want to go to a big school or smaller sized school?

3. What financial aid is available?

4. Do you prefer a suburban setting, a school in a big city or studying in the middle of nowhere?

5. What programs are of interest to you? Liberal arts or a more focused program?

6. What school rankings should be important?

7. Is there a career services office? Can you find out the percent of people who get a job after graduation?

8. Are there available programs offered by the school for extracurricular activity?

9. Do they have on campus or off campus housing available?

10. Is there a professor that could potentially mentor you one on one to develop your career interest?

11. Bonus question for today’s world: Do you know how financially secure the school is?

Once you start thinking about the answers to these questions, you can help focus on the college that is best for you!

The author is a consultant in Miami, Florida and currently writes about accredited colleges online for College Matching Service. She is currently helping to build the largest college directory online.

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GET YOURSELF ORGANIZED

Make sure you have a planner or organizer. It can be a little notebook where you write down all the things you need to accomplish in a day. It can also be a leather-bound filofax where there are allotted spaces per day for you to write in all the tasks you need done. Just make sure that you have some place where you can write down everything you need to do.

ATTEND CLASSES

Try to attend all your classes as much as possible. There is nothing like being in the classroom and listening to your professor talking about the many details pertaining to your bachelors degree.  It is always good that you will be present in class for the teacher to get to know you better also. If there are things you do not understand, approach your professor right away to clarify matters.

STUDY

Always take about an hour or two to read. Do not cram everything the day before the examination. You will not be able to remember everything. It would be good that you would take the time to break down the work load into parts so you digest the information better. Depth is better than speed. It is better that you have a deeper grasp of the concepts rather than just have a bird’s eye view of the whole topic. Also make sure that you have a place that you frequent to study. It could be a coffee shop or your library. Furthermore the atmosphere must be conducive for studying.

KNOW YOUR CAMPUS

Be familiar with your campus. Be aware of the different departments and the roles they all play. Know where the important offices are such as the registrar, clinic and the library are. All these will play pivotal roles in your student life. Know the different campus programs offered by various organizations. Each organization has a set of ideals and goals that could help you further hone your skills.

MAKE FRIENDS

Make friends with different people. Get to know your classmates and friends from different organizations. It is good that you have a set of friends whom you can talk to. Also make friends with different administration personnel. Be friendly to them. You could learn a lot from them as they have seen many things around the campus already.

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