Hopkin's second point tells us that we should "make an extended list of pros and cons" and "several aspects of college... numerically [ranked] by importance to you." The thought behind this is brilliant! What better way, being weighted by these steps, to start a search for a college than to be looking by importance of the aspects that college you dream of going to has? This should be required before students even begin looking at colleges!Then students, daunted by the vast number of colleges out there sending them admission letters and scholarship applications, can narrow down what they want out of their college tremendously.
Another step in Hopkin's article is to focus on our endgame. Hopkin pulls in a family's mother to bring out this point, "my husband, the logical one, would say 'Think about why you're going, and make the best decision for where you want to be four years from now.'" This is very important to making a decision on college, for it is the reason we go to college in the first place. Our future, leaning on this very part of our life, depends on what you can grab while you are in college. With the future in mind, this should narrow your decision down even more!
Lastly, Hopkin's last step tells us to not procrastinate! She uses another speaker, Coplon, InsideTrack's reporter, to give insight on this point; "What you see is: 'It's a difficult decision, so I'm going to put it off.'" Very important also when deciding on a college. If you do not give yourself the appropriate time, you will most definitely be stressed and give yourself many unnecessary headaches. So start early!
Many students today struggle with making college decisions, including people even I know. These steps are all very important because they will contribute to a huge decision and carve the rest of the path of your future. If all students were to follow Hopkin's ten-step article, then college decision making would be so much less of an gravel path and much more of a paved road.
Will this decision ever be easy for us? Probably not, even after following the steps, but can we make it easier on ourselves? That we can and very well should, for who does not love to make the easy decisions in life?
Work Cited
Hopkins, Katy. "10 Steps to Picking the Right College." US News. N.p., 04 Apr
2011. Web. 12 Nov 2013.
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