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- domtak
Thanks for clicking.
OK just need a bit of help from you. What were the main factors in your choice when picking a college / uni to study at?
Could you rate the following (1 - low / 5 - high)
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- Suitable course
(How important was the course itself - was a fine course detail important?)- Facilities
(How important were the facilities of the college?)- Tutors
(How important was the quality of the tutors in your choice?)- Location
(How important was the place / life you were moving?)- Reputation
(How important was the college reputation? Past work?)- Friends
(How important was your friends decision in your choice?)-------------------
If you could reply to these simple Q's that would be really useful. Many many thanks!
Dom
- Jaline0
there are 6 options here. do you mean rate from 1-5 on a scale for each question?
- k0na_an0k0
- Suitable course
(How important was the course itself - was a fine course detail important?)4
- Facilities
(How important were the facilities of the college?)3
- Tutors
(How important was the quality of the tutors in your choice?)1
- Location
(How important was the place / life you were moving?)4
- Reputation
(How important was the college reputation? Past work?)4
- Friends
(How important was your friends decision in your choice?)1
To be honest with you... every person who comes out of High School has these wonderful thoughts that they are going to stay friends with your high school pals for your whole life... that most likely will not happen. Sorry to tell you that.
I came from a very small town that everyone who wanted to go to college wanted to go away to school to get as far away from that town as possible. Few looked back.
I only keep in touch with less than a handful of guys from high school, and this is 14 years later.
You'll make shitloads of new friends in college, you'll try your best to stay in touch with the old guys but it's not easy.
A couple buddies made a stupid choice and followed their friends to a college only to find out that school wasn't for them. Don't make the same mistake. Do what you want and what will make you happy.
Good luck.
- Jaline0
- Suitable course - 5
(to be honest though, I've learned so much over the past few years and I probably only gave this around a 4 when I first came here)- Facilities - 4
- Tutors - 2
- Location - 4
(lots of greenery, fairly close to downtown)- Reputation - 3
(my university is nicknamed "Last Chance U", but that's actually how it was years ago. It has since changed into a somewhat reputable place.- Friends - 2
(my best friends do go to the same university as I do though)
- Jaline0
To be honest with you... every person who comes out of High School has these wonderful thoughts that they are going to stay friends with your high school pals for your whole life... that most likely will not happen. Sorry to tell you that.
I only keep in touch with less than a handful of guys from high school, and this is 14 years later.
You'll make shitloads of new friends in college, you'll try your best to stay in touch with the old guys but it's not easy.
A couple buddies made a stupid choice and followed their friends to a college only to find out that school wasn't for them. Don't make the same mistake. Do what you want and what will make you happy.
Good luck.
k0na_an0k
(Apr 10 07, 06:36)I completely agree.
You have to be a leader, not a follower, when it comes to choosing a college. I remember when we had seminars to introduce people into the college before 1st year started, and I saw all these people who were best friends and all in the same program. I felt quite lonely since my friends were in different programs, and kind of envied these girls.
Sounds juvenile, but it's true.
Now that I look back, most of them only joined the same program (not just the same college...the same courses....everything) as their friends did and were in for a big disappointment as time went on. I'm glad I didn't make the same decision they did.
I did have my best friends in the same university, but it's still hard to keep up with everything. k0na is right in that you will make lots of friends, but only a few will actually end up sticking around. This is true of both post-high school and when you're into university.
Most of the people you know from high school won't talk to you much after you go to college, and you won't be talking to may of them yourself.
If you're an introverted person especially, make sure to make use of any time you have to converse with other people who have similar interests or courses as you do. It helps.
- JackRyan0
- Suitable course
4- Facilities
3- Tutors
3- Location
3- Reputation
4- Friends
0- Hot Ass Runnin' Around
5
- oldelpaso0
In my case theres the choice I made, and the "looking-back-now-i-should've".. type of choice
x =actual
[x] = "should've been"Suitable course
(How important was the course itself - was a fine course detail important?)
2 [4]- Facilities
(How important were the facilities of the college?)
2 [5]- Tutors
(How important was the quality of the tutors in your choice?)
3 [4]- Location
(How important was the place / life you were moving?)
5 [3]- Reputation
(How important was the college reputation? Past work?)
4/5 [2]- Friends
(How important was your friends decision in your choice?)
0 [0]I think reputation&location are so overrated and i fell in that trap. The new students coming out of Bath + Brighton look like they are really onto something as opposed to the droves of CSM & LCP we come to expect
- oldelpaso0
Everyone in my college recommended this Uni (having been past graduates) it was only in the 2nd year that i figured the course is intended to produce Creative Directos and Executives more than actual fully involved graphic designers - so theres not that much focus on craftbased work (ie photography, printing, software) - its much more about indepth branding & typography.
I think the main thing is figure out where u want to goand pick a course that works in that direction.
my observations..
CSM = graphic arts
LCC = information design
Falmouth = ethical branding + ad consultancies
Brighton = graphic arts+craft
Bournemouth = artworking
- k0na_an0k0
I completely agree Jaline.
- Jaline0
ugh, I hate it when you join a college and then have realizations about how maybe it's not right for you, or completely different from what you expected...and it's mainly because all this information is too difficult to find when you're in high school, or you can only know the info by actually attending the university.
Your "actual" and "should've been" ratings reminded me of that, oldelpaso.
I think that happens to nearly everyone.
- JackRyan0
Now I feel bad...you guys gave such sincere responses. I do agree with the friends thing though. I didn't have any friends that were into art/design in high school. I felt completely alone for the first semester...especially when the dorms filled up and I had to get my own apartment. But then I got into spinning records and I would DJ all of the house parties, and I met new people and pissed off a lot of chicks. I eventually grew unhappy with my education and decided to transfer to Art Center, I regret that decision to this day. I chose that school based on word of mouth and reputation. Don't get me wrong, it was a great education and the level of work there is amazing, but I will be paying off student loans until I'm 60.
- Dancer0
Bournemouth = artworking
oldelpaso
(Apr 10 07, 06:54)hehehe
- Jaline0
Since I live at home, my student loans are quite low. If I keep the same job I have now after I graduate, I can have the loans paid off within a few years.
- Jaline0
I still pay for nearly everything that has to do with me, except for living expenses and food (which my parents gladly provide).
While it's not as independent as I'd like to be, it really helps to cut down the costs of school. Also, I have 4 siblings so the house is lively all the time - for better or for worse.
- oldelpaso0
yeah its a loada cock.. i was close to changning course and upping to London - but a lot of it is what u make of it..
if u really want something to happen - you'll make it happen
- JackRyan0
Do you guys have an extra room?
- oldelpaso0
While it's not as independent as I'd like to be, it really helps to cut down the costs of school. Also, I have 4 siblings so the house is lively all the time - for better or for worse.
Jaline
(Apr 10 07, 07:03)I used to live near Brighton and I was thinking of goign to the uni there as its got a pretty solid rep. but I would have to live at home - and the dubious lifestyle I lead might not impress my parents ;)
- Jaline0
Yeah, once I leave the house I'll be FREEEEEEEEEEEEE...
- Jaline0
Do you guys have an extra room?
JackRyan
(Apr 10 07, 07:04)Who, me?
We just put two more rooms in the basement (remember that summer project I had last year with hot construction guys? probably not...) so now our house has 6 rooms.
One for my parents, and each of us (5 children) have a room to ourselves.
Quite nice, actually.
- oldelpaso0
Yeah, once I leave the house I'll be FREEEEEEEEEEEEE...
Jaline
(Apr 10 07, 07:08)
lolalthough its always good to learn how to :
- manage bills
- cook
- clean
- wake up on time
- find ur own way home rather when ur sloshed
- dividing salary into "bills/food/party/Wii" divisionsbefore u leave college for the real world..
with 6 weeks till graduation
so far ive learnt how to cook:)
- k0na_an0k0
This got me to thinking...
My second year of college I thought it would be cool to live in a 4bd room apt with 4 of my new college buddies. One of the dudes was sleeping on the couch. Bad f*cking move. Every night one of the 4 guys was throwing a party and something was always getting smashed/broken. At least we had a pool table in the place though.
Never again.