{"id":517,"date":"2015-09-24T23:57:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T23:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev8.fyclabs.com\/web-upwardpath-wordpress\/?p=517"},"modified":"2023-02-09T23:58:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T23:58:49","slug":"good-fit-college-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev8.fyclabs.com\/web-upwardpath-wordpress\/good-fit-college-application\/","title":{"rendered":"What does a “Good Fit” College Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a \u201cGood Fit\u201d college means to you<\/h2>\n

What does it really mean to have a college be a \u201cGood Fit\u201d for you? Good fit is highly subjective. That means you have to do some investigating on what you actually want and are looking for from a university.<\/p>\n

Before I knew what a \u201cGood Fit\u201d school was for me, I had my ideas of what I wanted from a college. Since my list was short, I chose to visit each school and had my parents come along to provide a different perspective.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Hint to parents: don\u2019t be too pushy on convincing your kids of a \u201cGood Fit\u201d. If they invite you along for the visit, try to allow them to find out if a school would be a good match\u2026on their own<\/p>\n

\u2022 Hint to seniors: your parents know you really well\u2026even if you won\u2019t admit that. Ask them what they think about a school and if they see it as a \u201cGood Fit\u201d for you<\/p>\n

I thought \u201cGood Fit\u201d for me meant a posh school with cool kids and proximity to the beach. When I went to that \u201cdream school\u201d, I hated it. The posh school felt weird and I couldn\u2019t see myself blending in well with the really cool kids.<\/p>\n

The truth is, I wanted to be cool but I was a bit corky (still am) and I needed a student body that would allow me to flourish academically and socially.<\/p>\n

What turned out to be my \u201cGood Fit\u201d school was one that focused on relationships and collaboration with students and faculty. My university believed that the most important thing was not what happened inside of a classroom during lecture time but the learning that occurred outside of the classroom.<\/p>\n

My campus was right in the middle of\u00a0LA<\/a>\u00a0and the community surrounding my school was very needy. All students were placed in positions around the community that encouraged helping others and working collaboratively with students and other members in our city.<\/p>\n

When I stepped on that campus for the first time, I felt that. I felt the desire to improve the community radiating from the students. The professors talked about that in class and service was at the core of education.<\/p>\n

It was a few miles away from the beach, the other students seemed like they could be my life time friends and I knew I would thrive there for four years\u2026that was the definition of a \u201cGood Fit\u201d college\u2026for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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