tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683035672152916229.post4570477708709143001..comments2024-03-28T19:36:48.170-04:00Comments on CJ & Ink: College SearchCJ Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931779747826558608noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683035672152916229.post-85559507493100323092009-10-13T21:48:43.506-04:002009-10-13T21:48:43.506-04:00Dorm life is for everyone. It builds character, b...Dorm life is for everyone. It builds character, but at 12K, I can see missing it. Course, how much will insurance and car cost? You won't really be driving her back and forth to college daily, will you? Are there car pools?<br><br>College visits... I remember mine. Dad wanted me to go to X. He had such a good feel about it. I hated his choice. Mine had perfection. It was such a good feel. I dreamed of going to "Y". Yes, it was the lovely, private, expensive school. It looked good, they wined and dined... (good Catholic school!) I got accepted. I got housing. I got scholarships for brains and music.<br><br>Why didn't I go? At the last minute, they changed my financial aide packet. FOR ME, knowing I wanted nothing less than to teach, knowing without a doubt that's what I would do, there was no sense in the fancy smancy private school education that would leave me in debt my whole life. The name was never going to get me anywhere. <br><br>The school I attended actually had an incredibly well rated international program and that's what I needed, state school or not. I went with my second choice, the state school...<br><br>Course, schools in the midwest are best! ;) Hands down. :) Look at their feeder schools. :) :) :)<br><br>And remember, my dad believes the education means more if you pay yourself, so we all paid our own college educations. (He would have cosigned my loans at the big dollar school.)<br><br>TO this day, I'm SO GLAD I got that letter changing my aide. It wasn't the right fit, although at the time, I thought it was. <br><br>Here's the thing I KNOW as a teacher. It isn't so much about the school. It's more what the student BRINGS to the table. Colleges and employers are now looking for well rounded, balanced people. 4.0 is meaningless if there is nothing else, no clubs, no sports, no service, "easy" classes. Can they work with others, solve problems, think outside the box? Think for themselves? Self motivate? That's what the world wants. WPI seems to see that.<br><br>Now, if only the people in DC would figure out this stuff is NOT measurable on a standardized test.Nutteronenoreply@blogger.com