<p>If anything, avoid for-profit schools: very few students graduate, they incur crushing debt and don’t get a degree that’s widely recognized. As Mom2kids said: rip-off.</p>
<p>Did you take the ACT? The SAT? What’s your GPA? Have you taken APs? How many Honors classes do you have per year, or how many “academic” classes did you take? (5 would be a good answer 
but if it’s less it also helps us give you suggestions.) </p>
<p>Do you want to go to a close-knit school where professors know you? Would you rather be invisible in a big lecture hall and cheer football/basketball/hockey teams on weekends?</p>
<p>Are you an under-represented minority? Are your parents immigrants, do you speak English at home? Will you be part of the first generation to go to college? Do you play a sport at the varsity level?</p>