<p>Alright, well here's the rundown. I have been looking for a 4 year college to transfer to. I am currently in my second semester at a community college in C.T, and I plan on attending for at least another semester if not I will complete the full 2 years. My Councilor has just retired, and my school doesn't really offer many resources for information on a broad look at Colleges, it really only caters information to in state schools. So, I've been searching on the web and still am having a hard time finding useful information. Maybe, Im stuck with not really knowing where or what I should be trying to look for. So I will tell you as much info as I can about me, in hopes that I might receive an accurate and helpful response.</p>
<p>About me, Well Im 22 years old, and as I said before this is my second semester at Community College. For a little academic history, I will say that I did the bare minimum to get by in High School. Honesty, I never cared for it, and never saw myself wanting to attend college in the future. Actually, I was a fairly deviant child, and felt that I didn't need a piece of paper(degree) to say I could do something, to go out and do it. After I graduated H.S (barely) I worked managing a deli for some time, saved my money and then put myself through a vocational college out in Ohio for Audio Engineering/ Video Production. It was a short program, where I learned skills to work in an area that I've always been interested in, entertainment. So, I found a job back home and for the past 2 years I've been struggling to work my way up in the entertainment industry. </p>
<p>Now, it wasn't until last summer that I had decided I really wanted to go back to school. You see, for a long time I had a lot of mixed feelings about College, and the factor that I hated and still hate most is how the U.S turns College into a business first and foremost. College is absurdly expensive and they force you to have to look at college as solely an occupational advancing tool. Where College should be a place to go and learn whatever you are interested in and better yourself, but because of the expense people are forced to decide before they even attend of "which kind of job can their studies get them". ( I don't want to start a huge argument and I feel I am digressing from my point, so I will rap this rant up) But this makes people focus on strictly the practical focus of education rather than the focus of going to actually learn and grow.</p>
<p>So, after reading that last paragraph you may ask why I decided to go back. Well their are a lot of reasons. One of the biggest, was realizing that I am still young and I need to be enjoying my youth to the fullest, Im to young to be working a full time job. Another reason,is that My Father has been unemployed the past 2 years which means were broke, AKA, I get to go to school for free. Financial aid actually pays for me to g to school, which takes a huge weight off my conscious and allows me to focus on strictly whatever I want to learn and find interesting. There are quite a few other reasons, though I don't need to post them, Ultimately when I weighed my options there were more reasons to attend than not to, So here I am, In College and loving it.</p>
<p>What Am I into: Well I am currently taking general studies, getting my math and science courses out of the way. I am currently taking, Astronomy, Intermediate Algebra, U.S History II, and my 2 favorites English Lit and Comp., and Philosophy. Unlike my efforts in H.S, I actually care to be here and I apply myself, I have more or less straight A's. I made the Deans list last semester. Out of everything I've taken my main interests and what I excel and love to learn most are English and Philosophy. This is what I will probably be looking to major and minor in at a 4-year college. My school is holding a transfer fair next week, yet they are all in state schools. My main interests in really only 1 or 2, being SCSU(southern C.T state UNiversity) and WCSU(western C.T). </p>
<p>So my main question is what colleges out of state, and if anyone has useful info, on in state would benefit me best for attending a 4-year college mostly focused in English and Philosophy. Huge factors for me are financial aid, and hopefully a hefty amount of scholarship friendly schools. I am poor and the cheaper the more attractive, I know it is more expensive to go out of state. But you only live once and I would love to be able to spend some time somewhere else in the country again. This is all I can really write for now, but hopefully everyone can give me some useful info. Feel free to ask any questions if I left some stuff out, I know I kind of wrote a lot, maybe more than necessary but I just wanted you to know the most about where I am coming from, so you can give the best advice. thanks for reading, and responding.</p>
<p>-Christopher</p>