I seem to be stuck in place here and was hoping someone might could offer some advice. I've never given any thought to college until the past few months and I don't know where to begin. When I was still in highschool I was absolutely certain I wasn't going to college so I never paid any attention when it came to the how's and requirements of finding and getting into a good school. After a couple of years being out of school I miss the whole education process and I've realized I do want to go to college, and I'm kicking myself for not paying attention before. So heres where I'm at now.............nowhere :& From what little I know of the colleges in my state, I think I'm gonna be looking for an out of state college. I know I need to take some sort of tests...SAT and ACT I think, but i'm not sure. After that I'm stumped again. I don't know anything about any colleges. Such as which ones are well known for their courses in certain areas like science or literature as an example. I have no clue how to begin the application process. I don't know what they look for in potential students so I can judge wether or not I could get in. Once more when I find out how to apply I don't know what to look for in a college since I don't know what I want to major in. I'm not really even sure what a major is :tongue: . As you can see I've done an excellent job at avoiding all information pertaining to college. It's overwhelming me to even get started and figure out what I should be searching for on the internet, so I'm hoping someone here can offer some advice. Any good websites or resources you know of that deal with this for someone with no clue at all, or sharing how you went about the process and what you know would make me a very happy man. Help please :tongue:.
you may want to consider an in-state school, because it costs like five times as much to go out of state. most of the information you're looking for should be readily available on the schools' websites, but you do need to somehow come up with a smaller list of schools that you're interested in. for that, i don't know of any specific websites that are good, but i'm sure that if you do a web search you can find something
Whenever I was looking for colleges I used the Princeton review site, review.com, to get an idea about different places.
here's my advice, go to a local community college and talk to a counselor there. since you haven't taken any tests i think that's your best bet. spend a year or two at a community college, get some classes/experience under your belt, then transfer out to the university/college you want. keep in mind this won't be an easy or short process, you are going to have to play catch up a little bit. I highly recommend starting local though. hope it helps.
Thank you all for the responses I didn't realise there was such a cost difference between in state and out of state schools. Money is most definately an option as I'll be pretty much be putting myself through school. That's one thing I need to figure out is possible financial aid. I've been thinking about going to a community college, and that's probably the route I will have to take anyway for both financial and academic reasons. I've heard nothing good about the local Community college though so I was kind of hoping I could avoid it if possible. I'm more interested in the education then simply a piece of paper saying I'm educated. Being realistic however I don't think I have great chances of getting into a good school. By the time I made it to highschool I was extremely bored and pretty much gave up even pretending to try. Skipped most of my classes and slept through the rest until I dropped out my senior year and got a GED. I was always the type of person that could easily get by with little effort, but I got tired of putting in any effort at all. I have a completely different view on education now after having a break from school for a couple of years. There isn't anything I can do about it now though. So I don't know what my GPA was but I imagine it was nothing to brag about.
Then you'll probably be restricted to a community college anyway, considering you aren't old enough to count as a mature student. Write the SAT and ACT first, apply to CC, do at least one year (and do it well) then transfer.
I am sorry that I can not give you any helpful advise - but I would like to congratulate you for deciding to go to college and wish you well. Cheers!
Don't dare you put a smiley next to that. That is nothing to brag about, and you're an idiot for not putting school as a priority. To the OP: Community College. If you need to go to a 5rd university then get your resume together. Get applications, learn to write a cover letter, and start punching out the requires essays. You will also need to obtain a transvrpit from your high school.
