plethora of factors to consider. unfortunately, too many of us base our decisions on the wrong ones. to help us avoid making those mistakes, we re joined by melissa cohen. she s an author and an expert on education. welcome. hi. it s a pleasure to be here. choosing a college seems pretty scary for most of us. of course. it s one of the biggest decisions you ll make as a teenager, but it doesn t have to be the hardest. you have a list of the top five mistakes teens make. so let s start with number five. you say that it s not smart to pick a school simply because someone we know went there. yes. parents, relatives, and friends often encourage us to go to the schools that they went to, cause they had a great time. just because they had a wonderful experience doesn t mean that you will, too. what s a good fit for one person isn t necessarily a good fit for another. doesn t being a legacy help you to get in? no. being a legacy is just a factor on your application. i
if you re planning on going to college, there s a and here s a great s.a.t. word to remember plethora of factors to consider. the most important thing to me, i think, is that it s, like, specific for the major i want to have. the size of the campus and how much money and, like, if i get a scholarship. the location of the school and how big or small it is and kind of, like, the atmosphere and what the campus life is like, and then if they have, like, the major that i m interested in and sports. i guess things like whether it s good for my major. to me, it s very important, one, to have the teachers who are able to teach you. also, the connections that the school is able to give you, like, after the way they help you, like, apply for jobs. like i said, there are a plethora of factors to consider. unfortunately, too many of us base our decisions on the wrong ones. to help us avoid making those mistakes, we re joined by she s an author and an expert on educa
have. the size of the campus and how much money and, like, if i get a scholarship. the location of the school and how big or small it is and kind of, like, the atmosphere and what the campus life is like, and then if they have, like, the major that i m interested in and sports. i guess things like whether it s good for my major. to me, it s very important, one, to have the teachers who are able to teach you. also, the connections that the school is able to give you, like, after the way they help you, like, apply for jobs. like i said, there are a plethora of factors to consider. unfortunately, too many of us base our decisions on the wrong ones. to help us avoid making those mistakes, we re joined by melissa cohen. she s an author and an expert on education. welcome. hi. it s a pleasure to be here. choosing a college seems pretty scary for most of us. of course. it s one of the biggest decisions you ll make as a teenager, but it doesn t have to be the hardes
here s a great s.a.t. word to remember plethora of factors to consider. the most important thing to me, i think, is that it s, like, specific for the major i want to have. the size of the campus and how much money and, like, if i get a scholarship. the location of the school and how big or small it is and kind of, like, the atmosphere and what the campus life is like, and then if they have, like, the major that i m interested in and sports. i guess things like whether it s good for my major. to me, it s very important, one, to have the teachers who are able to teach you. also, the connections that the school is able to give you, like, after the way they help you, like, apply for jobs. like i said, there are a plethora of factors to consider. unfortunately, too many of us base our decisions on the wrong ones. to help us avoid making those mistakes, we re joined by melissa cohen. she s an author and an expert on education. welcome. hi. it s a pleasure to be
mistakes, we re joined by melissa cohen. she s an author and an expert on education. welcome. hi. it s a pleasure to be here. choosing a college seems pretty scary for most of us. of course. it s one of the biggest decisions you ll make as a teenager, but it doesn t have to be the hardest. you have a list of the top five mistakes teens make. so let s start with number five. you say that it s not smart to pick a school simply because someone we know went there. yes. parents, relatives, and friends often encourage us to go to the schools that they went to, cause they had a great time. just because they had a wonderful experience doesn t mean that you will, too. what s a good fit for one person isn t necessarily a good fit for another. doesn t being a legacy help you to get in? no. being a legacy is just a factor on your application. it does not guarantee admission. okay. so, what s the next thing to avoid basing your school decisions on? the social life. part