I AM A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL IN QUEENS NEW YORK AND MY MAJOR IS UNDECIDED. I AM JUST HAVING A HARD TIME PICKING A MOJOR. I DON'T KNOW WHAT COLLEGE TO APPLY TO. IF I DIDN'T PICK MY MAJOR YET, CAN I APPLY TO ANY COLLEGES I WANT TO? HOW DOES IT ALL WORK? HOW DO I PICK MY CLASSES HOW DOES ALL THIS WORK? PLEASE IF YOU CAN TELL ME ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE IN YOUR LIFE IN COLLEGE AND WANT YOU WENT THROUGH. HOW DO I GET FINANCIAL AID AND WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AID . WHEN DOES COLLEGE USUALLY START IN FALL OR WINTER. what type of classes do you have to take the first 2 years of college is it just general education and do you have to take classes that pertain to your major??
The first two years consist of general requirements to fulfill graduation requirements and classes for the major you are considering. some people already know what field/major they are pursuing so they take requirements to get into that department. But students often change their minds during the first two years and will eventually find something they want to study.,
WHAT IS LIBERAL ARTS AND CORE CLASSES IN COLLEGE, LETS SAY I GO FOR MEDICAL FIELD, WHAT ARE THE STEPS IN BEGINNING OF FRESHMAN COLLEGE? WHEN SHOULD I APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AID? WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO APPLY FOR COLLEGES? WHAT DO YOU THINK IS A GOOD MAJOR MAJOR? IS THE SAT EXAM NEED FOR COLLEGE ADMISSIONS? PLEASE HELP ME, IT WILL MEAN A LOT TO ME!
PLEASE STOP YELLING. IT HURTS MY EYES.
Thank you. The best time to apply for colleges is the fall semester of your senior year in high school. You should fill out the FAFSA (free application for federal student aid) as soon as you can after the new year.. you'll need your parent's tax information. Send the code to the schools you are considering going to. In the meantime, apply for scholarships. You will need to take either the SAT or the ACT.
You can enter college as an undecided major. As someone in NYC, you have a variety of choices for college... SUNY, CUNY, NYU, Columbia, etc... all have a different cost, a different atmosphere... go to some colleges you're considering and tour the campus. See if it feels right to you. Consider where you want to live... at home, or in the dorms? Off campus? Do you want to stay in NYC?
What do you want to do? Teach? Go into medicine? Become a lawyer? Each is going to be a different track in college. But find something that sounds interesting and take some classes in that. Liberal arts is the most popular choice for colleges now... it means you have a diverse background in classes, ranging from the social sciences to the hard sciences to classes like English and history. Other types of colleges include engineering colleges, nursing schools, and business schools.
As I said, take some classes that seem interesting. If you take anthropology and love it, major in it and take some advanced courses. If you plan to go to graduate school for something, look into some of the basic requirements (medical school, for instance, requires a year of biology, chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics).
~C
Check out the latest entry in the Between The Lines column!
Want the highest rated list to change? RATE those blogs, then!
I'm sure you have a community college (also called a junior college,) somewhere close to you...my suggestion would be to go there first. If you aren't sure what you want to study, you can take your general ed requirements at community college and save yourself hefty amounts of money; then later, once you've clarified what you want to study, you can transfer those credits to a four-year school.
In my experience, community college has just as high quality classes as four-year schools do (I went to a four-yr university first, dropped out, went back to community college, then went on to a trade school,) and is considerably cheaper. Still, take advantage of all the financial aid you can while in community college, 'cuze despite being cheaper, even community college can cost quite a bit.
Also, I found working a wide variety of jobs helped me to clarify what I wanted to study and do; I volunteered at a hospital, did Americorps for a while, joined the Peace Corps, worked for all sorts of craftspeople, from glass artists to leatherworkers, nannied, did office work for a doctor...all of these odd jobs helped me see that I want to work somewhere in the medical field...probably as a midwife someday.
Love ya and good luck,
Carrot
My gosh, lady, I couldn't read any of that ALL-CAPS conundrum, but I get the jist anyway.
Simple answer? Go see your school counselor. They have information for you, and are generally pretty smart on all things relating to college.
If all else fails, do some searches online. I'm sure you'll figure out something.