Current Connection 2:1

                   In an article entitled How to pick the "Right" College posted at US NEWS,  Missy Sanchez,  the director of college counseling at the Woodward Academy in College Park, Ga., claims that high school students need to take two things into consideration before making the final choice for their college.  Those two things are the price of the college and what elements you should not base your decision on.

                  According to Sanchez, researchers have found "that many students seek an education from a school they may not be able to afford."  Thus, students, facing hard decisions, feel as if they are against all odds to get into the college they would like,  a feeling some kids never experience, a feeling so bad it leaves some seniors wondering if college is even for them.  As a high school senior i am experiencing these same problems.  Right when I feel like i have made my decision I think "goodness, I don't want to be in debt when I leave college."  

                  In recent study, Missy Sanchez concluded, "Many kids have two or three colleges that they can afford, and would like to attend.  So, to help these kids on the "fence" decide, we need to establish elements that the kids should not base their decision on."  Students who continue to struggle with choosing a college should think about what is more beneficial to them academically, as high school comes to an end, students start realizing the importance of academic issues, making them more likely to choose the right college.

                  What should students do to help themselves be ready until it is time to pick a college?  Sanchez concludes, that by keeping the academic requirements of the your dream college in mind throughout high school, for, yes, "you will be where you need to be academically when college registration rolls around."  Having your academic goals in mind,  a teenager is more likely to have the academic requirements needed to be accepted into their dream college.  Some students don't realize how big the requirements are to get accepted into college.  Students think that anyone can get accepted into any college, but sometimes students learn the hard way that is not always true.
                
                  I have heard many people say "if only I would have went there".  Nearly every person that has said this imply chose the wrong college to go to.  Choosing the right college paves the way for your future.  Often times, people who say that are not happy with the way their lives are.  I, for one, do want a happy a life, that is why choosing the right college is so vital to a person's life.

                  Good News! Anyone who has ever went to college had to make this big decision at one time or another and they all lived through it, so chances are that you will live through it!