<p>im sooo excited for college. i just want my summer to end so i can go now… i have to wait another long month before college starts for me ._.</p>
<p>Just keep busy with a hobby, work, volunteering, etc, and the next month will fly by, xxmsp. =)</p>
<p>Reading this thread, I can feel the excitement coupled with fear. Wow, and i’m a whole year away plus I have no idea where i’m headed. This whole process, discovering schools, applying, writing essays, sending out apps, anticipating results, getting admission results, choosing where to go and finally going there seems to be one of the most emotionally turmoil … things. All this only in applying to the US, believe me, applying to other countries in not nearly as exiciting/scary.</p>
<p>It is really not such a difficult process, I would advise this methodology:</p>
<p>Pick a major that pays very well, I recommend one from the first site that pops up in this google search:
“most lucrative college degrees” site:money.cnn.com </p>
<p>It is important to pick the major before going into the school, and stick with it, otherwise the college will take more of your money; those academicians already have enough.
Then, pick a state school (to pay in-state tuition) which has a reasonably good programme for the selected major.</p>
<p>Those are the only two things to worry about; the rest is a rounding error in the scheme of things.</p>
<p>Linking to news articles is most certainly permitted. Linking to blogs, ads or competing sites is not. </p>
<p>This article is a year old and not totally accurate, but an interesting read.</p>
<p>[Most</a> lucrative college majors - highest starting salaries - Jul. 24, 2009](<a href=“http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/24/news/economy/highest_starting_salaries/index.htm?postversion=2009072404]Most”>http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/24/news/economy/highest_starting_salaries/index.htm?postversion=2009072404)</p>
<p>@Vanagandr: Taking all the difficulty makes it kinda pointless. Also, EVERYTHING of what you said sorta goes against what I believe. I do not want a pre-professional degree. I want to learn for leaning’s sake, and not to earn (yet) - surprising isnt it ? I do not live in US so the state school point is moot. I want to try and get in to the colleges that would be a good fit for me, I want to aim high. Lastly, most state schools are exactly opposite of fit for me.</p>
<p>haha, like my username says … i am so nervous, except i wasn’t referring to being nervous of adjusting when i signed up for this site.</p>
<p>anyway, yeah, i’m really scared. i’m going to college in california, where i’m originally from. but due to my dad’s job, my family moves around the world way too much 
and i’ll be 8782 miles away from them once i begin uni. it scares me so much, i’m so attached to my family. i mean, i can be independent, but AHHHHHH. i can bet i’ll be depressed once i say goodbye to them :l and on top of that, i won’t see my family until NEXT summer. i can’t go home during the weekends, i can’t be with them during christmas :[ i need to keep myself busy. </p>
<p>yet this was my choice to go to a university so far away, and a part of me really wants this. so at the same time, i’m really excited to go back to the states. i’m excited to meet new people, eat at dining halls :0, take interesting classes, live in a dorm room, explore, etc. etc. etc. i’m just not prepared to not have my family around, you know - MOOOOOOM. who am i gonna fight with now? lol jk.</p>
<p>it pretty much amazes me how others are so calm about it. i know, FOR SURE, i’ll be tearing up hardcore when i say goodbye. i feel like i’m the only incoming freshman who would -_-</p>
<p>goodwood - hardly surprising, I’ve seen them all; enjoy being poor.</p>
<p>vanagandr-
you might want to work on that attitude of yours-- or enjoy being lonely</p>
<p>I agree with Vanagandr more than with Goodwood. While college should not be entirely geared toward getting a degree in that big-bucks-making career, it’s place where you find a field that interests you AND is able to provide you with a promising career. As for learning for learning’s sakes, you can do that on your own time. Don’t waste 50k a year at a top liberal arts college, or top liberal artsy university to do it. In addition to diverse reading, schools such as UC Berkeley, Stanford, and MIT offer wonderful open course material including lectures, assignments, reading list, etc. online. Build the skills necessary for a career that is both intersting and economically worthwhile in college!</p>
<p>I don’t understand why everyone thinks that everyone pays the full 50,000 for college. I’m going to the 5th most expensive college in the country, and got enough grant money so that I only have to take out minimal loans.</p>
<p>^ The point still stands…</p>
<p>And I am going to my state flagship, after attending community college for two years, and am still graduating with really high debt. It never fails to amaze me how blindly people respond to college students financial woes with, “well, you can always go to community college,” or “you can always go to your local in-state public,” as if that solves the problem.</p>
<p>join the Army, no debt ;)</p>
<p>the point doesn’t really still stand if you’re not paying a lot for school. even if someone does wanna pay that much money to learn, then to each his own. not everyone cares about a high paying job. money causes more problems than it solves.</p>
<p>i don’t get what the big deal is… i’m lonely and i’m happy</p>
<p>I tried to join the army, they wouldn’t take me. 
Yay asthma.</p>
<p>Yes it is normal to feel scared. I was that way last year. (My 2nd year now) Just relax. You will live. I promise you that. You will meet tons of new people in college. Just enjoy the ride.</p>
<p>I’d say join campus clubs— its probably the easiest way to make friends because you’d be with peple of common interest. Keep yourself busy.</p>
<p>“money causes more problems than it solves”–What?
Money isn’t important. Only the lack of it.</p>