<p>How do you narrow down the colleges you might want to visit/apply? Please give me some ideas OTHER THAN ASKING THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR. Thanks.</p>
<p>When I was looking at colleges, I always checked if they had my first choice major. That narrowed my 20 something list down to about 17.</p>
<p>I ended up applying to 15, since I knew 2 of those were serious reaches I would never get accepted to, and I didn’t feel like paying 75 bucks.</p>
<p>I’m not actually applying yet, but one [materialistic] thing I always look at is the campus itself. I mean, if I’m going to be spending 4 years somewhere, it better be nice!
Other than that, find out which schools have the courses/majors you’re interested in.</p>
<p>Thanks. </p>
<p>I don’t really know what I want to major in. I want to eventually go to law school. So I guess most schools have the majors I can choose from.</p>
<p>I kinda walked in a couple campus. never really talked to anybody.</p>
<p>Hmm, what I take into account (bear in mind most places I’ll end up applying to are in Scotland):
- Are there any interesting “majors”? One university I like the look of has a 5-year masters in Maths and Theoretical Physics, which appealed to me.
- What do you HAVE to do, and what can you choose from? I looked at a few American unis and automatically ruled out any that required me to take an English course.
- What’s the accommodation like? After all, you’re going to be living there for several years. Take a look on their site. Think about stuff like whether you’d mind sharing a room, and how many people you’re comfortable sharing a bathroom with.
- Any interesting societies? Aside from the ones you’d actually join, they can also give you an idea of the atmosphere.
- Take into account some of the superficial stuff as well. Half the place’s I’d like to go to have very old interesting buildings, and I’m afraid that’s not a coincidence.</p>
<p>Anyway, hope that helped.</p>