High school was your first step to get to college, because universities look at what you know through the ACT and your ability to keep a certain gpa.
Before you decide on a university, look at your options
Go on campus visits
Assuming you don’t have full tuition money laying around, look for scholarships.
One of the main issues with some high school students is that they don’t know what they want to go to college for. If you want to go to college, find what interests you.
Figure out what you want to major and minor in, and the courses you’ll need for a masters, phd, or bachelors
Apply at various universities
To many high school students, college seems like a far away land, a mysterious place where everyone wants to be yet not many know how to get there. As children, our parents tell us how much time we have to think about college, and that it is too far down the line to think about. The truth is it is never too early to think about your future. I, like many people, put little thought into my future career and now am lost in an unfortunate mix of indecision and anxiety. Not knowing where you want to be in the future is a hard burden to bear. Many of us tend to find out that we only know what we do not want, not what we actually do want. Do we want to be poor? Absolutely not. Do we want a boring job? Of course we don’t. We all want our
For many Americans, going to college is indeed the logical step after high school, but there are many alternatives to college. The best strategy for high schools to help students decide what to do after high school is to start preparing them academically with college courses from their ninth grade year until they reach their twelfth grade year. Reason being, most students are concerning of the college workloads while they are still in high school. At the end of their twelfth grade, they become very hesitating to even fill out one college application. But, once they get exposed to this level, they will be very confident to enroll in the higher education level.
I think everyone should get at least some education after high school. Three main reasons why you should go to college after high school is first you more professional when applying for a job, next you can meet more people and socialize, lastly is self discovery.
Once a student makes it to his or her senior year, students are pressured into working out their ideal futures. Those decisions usually involve whether that student wants to attend or not attend a college. When that student decides to attend a college, the majority of student’s high school representatives need to know what their school of interest and ideal major is. It all approaches the students very quickly. None the less, everything in your future happens to depend on one test you take as a high school student.
The last bit of advice I can give you is simply this; it really is okay to not know what you want to do in college or even better yet with your life. You are meant to grow up in college and find out who you truly are. Don't stress over every little thing, and enjoy every little bit of it, because before you know it, it will be over.
When thinking about the future, college is usually the first option on student’s mind. It is the place to go if someone wants to have a successful life, but there is more than one way to get to a destination and that applies to life after high school to. College is important, but careful considerations need to be put in on the debt that would have to be paid back, the other options that are available that could earn as much as a person with a degree, and the stigma of not going to college because there are many different roads that can lead to success.
As students graduate high school they are faced with the overwhelming decision of what to do next with their life. As juniors in high school, you all have
Entering high school is the beginning of a whole new learning experience. Transitioning from middle school, high school presents more classes, students, and a bigger campus. It brings new expectations and responsibilities to each of us. High school also offers fresh chances to make new friends, try new sports and activities, and really explore who we are as individuals. The goal is to maintain good grades, score high on the SAT test, and keep a positive attitude so colleges and universities will accept you. Of course it's not as easy at sounds, but it's achievable. It requires a lot of work and dedication to every subject. Some students breeze their way through while others live in misery trying to pass their
I'm sitting in the lab room nervously waiting my turn for the phlebotomist to draw my blood as I have a fear at the sight of needle. In the near distance, I hear loud cries of pain, while the person next to me quickly faints after getting his blood drawn. Suddenly, the phlebotomist looks at me and panic starts to kick in. The phlebotomist quickly realizes how nervous I am so he asks me a question to distract me from the needle, “how is college going?” I look at him with a big sigh, and say “I never went to college.” The distraction worked as he finished drawing blood from me, however, the question put me in a series of questioning about myself. How can I go to college, or even think about starting college? I am already twenty-two years old, and if I start college in Spring, it would be a five-year gap out of
One of the most important decisions when attending your first year or any year of college is deciding what major to choose. When you’re deciding this do you think about what your parents want, what your grandparents want, what your friends say you should do, or what your pears tell you to do? Or do you listen to yourself and what you want or what you think you should do? In the article “Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here?” published on August 22nd 2011 in The Oxford American, Mark Edmundson gives you a pretty good idea of how to help your decision-making. He explains in very good detail that when going into your first year of college you should only focus on what you want to do and doing the things that make you happy and to find your
High school and schooling before college is intended to give the student the building blocks to higher education.
Senior year in high school is the time we finally approach the first look at college applications. For many, it may be simple, for others it may not. Some of us have had our lives planned out earlier than others. others may see it as a scary lifelong decision to be made when choosing a major. One way students make their decision by planning ahead and seeing the actual potential available within a major.
I’ve just entered my senior year of high school. I know that this is a very important year. I have a lot of decisions to make and not much time to make them. These decisions will either make or break my life, and I want to make sure that I make them to the best of my ability because there is no turning back. I need to make sure I definitely want to attend college. The decision is totally up to me. There are many positives and negatives of attending college. Go over them, and then decide. I know myself better then anyone else, and I won’t let anyone else tell me what to do. I will make sure if I am going to attend college that I have something in mind that I will want to do, to succeed in. Choosing a major can be a
For many, after graduating high school the next big step is college. I never asked myself why or if I even wanted to. Yet, since I was not yet ready to join the work force, and didn’t want to disappoint my parents, I simply followed the path that I was supposed to take. For a while I had no direction, but through the loss of my high school English teacher and my dream of making my family proud, I discovered that college was the place I wanted and needed to be.
Once highschool ends, you will think you are already done with school, and you can finally be free, and you are kind of right. However, your college education should not stop at high school, as high school only teaches you a few things. Going to college will teach things outside of just learning some basic math and writing formats. College will prepare you for life as well. By going to college, you will earn more, be more employable due to your accumulation of knowledge, and you will live a healthier life. College is not for everyone, but if you prefer a secure future then it is suggested to go to college. By pursuing business without a college degree, you could lose all your money and everything you have worked for at any moment if you are not cautious. With a college degree, you can earn a decent salary with a secure job.