Monday, April 11, 2011
Seasonal and Regional Adjustments
This category really has two different areas. The first for out of town colleges, is to get a good sense of how the weather will be during the school months. For example, will I need to get an entire new winter wardrobe, or do I need to buy more beachwear? Related to that, if I plan to stay at that college during breaks, will there be jobs to help sustain me? What about housing, are the dorms closed during breaks? Sometimes colleges close dorms during major breaks. I need to know this in order to better evaluate different out of town colleges. Those that make it easier for me to stay, will take preference to those that make it hard to make seasonal adjustments. Even for colleges near home, but this will apply for both, what about internships, and year-abroad possibilities? Those that facilitate these between breaks, educational opportunities will go to the head of the list because they will allow me to either explore my major more fully through the internship especially, or to perhaps make a change in my study plans through my exposure in a college experience abroad. In the case of the latter, this could include a language immersion that would support my major. These seasonal and regional adjustments are too often overlooked, usually overlooked to one's chagrin.
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I already know that I want to go to college in Florida. I would come during breaks and whatnot and since it's pretty self explanatory what I'll need since I live here and my brother goes to college in North Florida I am already prepared. It's good that I already thought that out. It would probably take me ages to figure out what to wear if it were out of Florida, and jobs and other things. This is such tough work.
ReplyDeleteThis is good out look on how you need to adjust your schedule around college.I think that all this is too demanding, and i wish it were easier to deal with. Like Nicole, i am mostly focusing on Florida colleges, but if something better comes on then i think i will take that one, regardless of what my parents say.
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