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  1. Vale SpaMarch 29, 2011 at 2:12 AM

    Picking Colleges the Wrong Way
    Unfortunately, many families select schools without much thought. I find this strange since parents and their children have essentially spent 18 years getting ready for college and yet when they have to finally make important decisions they punt.

    Children add dream schools to their list because they’d look good on a sweatshirt, but in reality they know very little about these schools, which the vast majority of them aren’t going to get into anyway. Instead these teens take the path of least resistance. Most end up going to schools 50 to 100 miles away without exploring other options.

    It’s a shame that parents and teens don’t put more effort into developing a college list since there are so many wonderful colleges scattered across the country with excellent programs that people don’t even know exist.

    Attending a College Fair
    I attended San Diego’s biggest annual college fair yesterday and I spent most of my time talking to representatives of schools that aren’t on people’s dream list and that most people haven’t heard of. I avoided the crowds that were clustered around schools like University of Southern California, University of Michigan and University of California campuses.

    Here are a few things that I learned: I found out, for instance, that Webster University in St. Louis, which is known for its theater arts, places a 100% of its graduates in technical theater design program. I discovered that Bryant University in Rhode Island is so proud of its campus that it will pay half of the airfare for students from other parts of the country to visit.

    I learned that Weber State University in Ogden, UT, welcomes students with mediocre grades, who might otherwise be limited to community colleges, and provides lots of remedial support to these kids. I learned that University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA, has accelerated dental and pharmacy programs for undergrads that can cut the cost of these professional programs.

    You too can learn a lot and discover many wonderful academic choices if you stop dreaming and start asking your own questions.

    Lynn O’Shaughnessy is author of The College Solution, an Amazon bestseller, and she also writes her own college blog at The College Solution.

    Dream colleges image by Harshil.Shah. CC 2.0.

    More on CBS MoneyWatch:
    The Best Colleges You’ve Never Heard Of

    Winning College Fair Etiquette


    http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/college-solution/whats-wrong-with-americas-dream-colleges/4882/

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