subject: Considerations to be made before choosing a college [print this page] School days are over; it's time to get into new shoes. After all it is the time for college, the life that all school kids yearn for. The life of college students represents freedom, independence, fun and frolic every kind. However, this is possible only when one enrolls into a college of ones choice and preference. Now, that might be a tough task for some. In order to choose a college, it is important to make prior plans. The subject, the faculty, the facilities, the course structure, all need to be taken into consideration in ones college search
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In order to make the work a little easy, every college has a college guide available in the internet that gives a fair idea about the structure and the courses of the college. Apart from that, the reputation of the college, its rank in the national/international level is also mentioned. If you find that the internet college guides are not reliable, then one can make a list of the colleges that one gives top priority and visit them personally to have an understanding of the outline and the facilities provided by it.
One first needs to decide the subject that one wishes to pursue as a major. The college should be such that gives adequate training for that subject. In order to find out, it is required to go through a thorough research of the colleges. Apart from the college and its courses, it is important to know that faculty that is teaching there. One should not always go by the celebrity names displayed on the faculty board. If one takes admission in the college, simply on the basis of a celebrity academician, then there are chances of disappointment. This is because such personalities are rarely seen teaching and giving lectures. Sometimes, it so happens that these teachers retire on the same year as your freshman year. So, it is important to judge the quality of the overall faculty rather than going by one or two big names in the field. There are student videos often posted on the university/college website which might help you in solving your queries on the various subjects hovering in your mind.
Considerations to be made before choosing a college
