<p>Academic study is the reason for attending college for most college students (who attend community colleges or local state universities). Granted, there may be some who see college as a four or five year party, but a college that does not offer suitable academics for the student’s interests is not a good fit for the student.</p>
<p>Finding a college is harder for an undecided student, since the college must have suitable academics for any of the many things that s/he may choose to study.</p>
<p>Reality is that most students go to college to study something specific (often a pre-professional subject relevant to their intended career; even liberal arts majors often choose their majors for pre-professional reasons), as opposed to living in the college environment without being very particular about what they want to study.</p>
<p>Remember that about two thirds of bachelor’s degrees in the US are in explicitly pre-professional majors, and most college students commute to the local community college or state university, as opposed to living in a residential college environment.</p>