Choosing A College

Before you even worry about how to pay for college, you have to think about where you want to go. Here are some questions that I have received about choosing a college and major.

1.) How can I find a good college for studying business?

There are lots of colleges that offer business programs. But there are many things that factor into what the best school is for you, besides just the major. For example, the cost of tuition, how close you want to stay to home, and so forth. Try going to Peterson's College Search. Click on "Start Search" and it will guide you in finding colleges that meet the criteria that are important to you.

2.) How do you know what to major in, and whether you're making the right choice?

There is no "right" thing to major in. I started off college "undecided", and then joined the teaching program, and then changed my mind and studied Communications (TV, Film, Radio). What I learned along the way is that college is about learning how to think more than it is about what you are studying. Actually, most college graduates end up doing something entirely unrelated to what they studied. The people hiring you are also not usually very particular about what you majored in. The most important thing really is that you are studying what you are interested in right now, because then you will be more motivated and enjoy getting your degree.

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How to Pay for College

As I share my story with students around the country, there is one question that always comes up. How exactly did I pay for college? So many students I have talked to are thinking of giving up their dreams of going to college because of how expensive it is. Thus, by popular demand, I am going to do a blog series on How to Pay for College.

To give you a little preview... In this series, I am going to show you how you can can pay for college even if you aren't at the top of your class, a star athlete, or particularly strong in the area of community service. I'm going to share some advice on what to do when all the scholarship applications you diligently sent out are answered with letters that begin with, "Unfortunately, you were not selected as a recepient..." and usually include something along the lines of "We had an overwhelming number of qualified applicants.", or worse - remain entirely unanswered!

In this series, I am going to take you beyond the advice you're used to hearing to the real-life, down and dirty, detailed, step-by-baby-step things that I actually did to pay through four years of $30,000+/year NYU tuition, room & board, books, food and so forth, entirely on my own. And trust me, these are things that ANYBODY can do. Stay tuned...

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