When you are touring these schools, it's important to take advantage of the opportunity in front of you, speaking with an actual student. This is someone who takes classes you might take one day, sleeps in the dorm you might sleep in, etc.
And these questions are just the beginning of the things you can ask them...
1. Why did you choose this school?
GiphyTour guides usually are tour guides for a reason, and they might have a really insightful story about how they decided to choose their university. And that story may help you see if this is the school for you or not.
2. What are the best places to eat on campus?
GiphyEvery college campus has its own culture, including dining hall habits. Some schools may only have one dinning hall while others may have a variety of places for you to choose from. When looking at colleges, it's important to remember that this is going to be your lifestyle for the next four years and food is a pretty important aspect of that.
3. Do most students live on campus?
Pivot Moving GIF - Find & Share on GIPHYGiphyIf you're looking at a school across the country from your hometown, it might be comforting to know the housing options available. Some schools only guarantee housing for freshman students, while others have to look for housing elsewhere. Other schools may have a majority of the students living on campus. Are you someone who wants to eat, sleep and breathe your college experience or does that sound like a nightmare?
4. How hard is it to change your major?
GiphySome schools do not allow students to be undeclared or will only recommend a student to change their major their freshman year. If you're a one-tracked mind then this shouldn't be a problem, but if you're still juggling between being a teacher and being a nurse, then that might not be the program for you.
5. What do students typically do on the weekends?
GiphyStudents will usually be pretty honest if their school is a party school or not.
6. Which sports are the biggest on campus?
GiphyI personally went to a school where basketball was the sport that everybody went to. If you're a die-hard football fan, you're going to want to attend a school that agrees with those priorities.
7. Do your teachers know your name?
GiphySome professors walk in the first day and say "I will not learn your name, there are 500 of you." And they don't really care if you come to class or not. Other professors ask you if you watched the latest episode of Stranger Things. What kind of professor do you want?
8. What are the most popular student organizations on campus?
GiphyIs there something for everyone or are there a few groups who rule the school?
10. How hard was it to get the classes you wanted?
GiphyAre you going to be able to take the classes you want or hope for the best that you graduate on time?
11. What kind of career opportunities are support are offered to students?
GiphyWill you be interview ready post-graduation? How many students work on campus?
12. How much academic support is available outside of the classroom?
GiphyDo professors have office hours? Are there academic support lounges?
13. What's the best thing to do off campus?
GiphyIs your college in a college town or a big city? Or is civilization a few miles away?
14. What is one thing you wish you could change about your school?
GiphyNobody is perfect, but what kind of imperfect are we working with?
4 Overused Twitter Memes That Need To End Before 2019 Begins
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Memes can make or break the internet. They have the ability to keep us entertained for a long time, annoy us to no end, or even both at the same time. Even though many do deserve the attention they receive, a lot of them are highly overrated. Following is a list of memes that need to be retired when the ball drops on January 1st at 12:00 a.m.
1. Don't say it / Don't say it / Don't say it / Don't say it / Don't say it / Don't say it / Don't say it / Don't say it / Don't say it / Don't say it / Don't say it
We get it, you're in a lot of situations where you don't exactly want to say something but end up blurting it out anyway. I appreciate you sharing these moments with us, but perhaps there are far too many of them. If you thought the responses were unwanted at the moment, know that they're just as unwanted on Twitter.
2. One taught me love, one taught me patience, one taught me pain
There is no denial that Ariana Grande's "Thank u, next" is practically the anthem of 2018. However, if I want to come across this line over and over again, I'll stick to listening to the song instead of reading it every time I scroll through Twitter. Ariana has gone through too much to be known for a meme this year.
3. RT for *insert here* fav for *insert here*
Even though this may be an effective way to gather people's opinions on one thing over another, these Tweets do nothing more than clutter up everyone's timelines. The problem is, these Tweets are created with the goal to go viral instead of actually gather other user's preferences. Twitter polls were invented for a reason and a good one at that.
4. Any and all Vine threads
Vine died for a reason! While most people still reference Vines all the time and put off writing a paper to watch Vine compilations on Youtube, Twitter should not serve as their new home. As someone who usually checks Twitter in public to pass time, I am never enticed to utilize my time by rummaging through a vine thread. Although Vine is gone, these short videos can still be watched on demand somewhere else within the interwebs.