10 Important Questions to Ask When Picking a College

Ask Your Teenager

Since it will be your teenager that is attending college, the first ten important questions to ask will be to him. Keep this question and answer session conversational and light, but let him know that the answers are important and he has time to think about it. Actually, the best time to have this conversation is when your teenager is just starting high school, so that he can have years to form his answers.

1. Why do you want to go to college?
2. Do you want to go to school for two years or four years?
3. What do you want to be? What job do you want to have?
4. What majors are you considering? How will this major get you to what you want to be?
5. Are there other careers you have considered?
6. What high school grades will you need to get into college? Do you have a plan on how to obtain those grades?
7. What high school classes will you need to go to college? Does your high school have those?
8. Have you considered the cost of college? Have you considered how we are going to pay for it?
9. Do you want to live at school or do you want to live at home?
10. What do you want the school to offer besides your major? What extracurricular activities are you interested in?

• To Ask the High School Guidance Counselor
  
• To Ask the College Admissions Office
  
• To Ask the College Financial Aid Office
  
• To Ask Students Who Attend the College
  

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