How to Choose a School | How to College | Crash Course

[@studyhall]

For those of you who've gone through the school picking process, what advice do you have for others?

[@idgaf5656]

definitely make sure your expectations are realistic! don’t plan for everything in great detail and expect it to go exactly as planned. most of the process is a mix of adjusting and compromising, but it’ll make sense in the end!

[@JV3Player]

I believe vocational school, community college or university should be a return on investment. The biggest factor that most students obviate from is how cost effective is the location and program.

[@assassinblackop]

Visit your school on a weekend, I always visited my school during the middle of the week and failed to realize that 95% of students left by Thursday night to go back home. I ended up spending a lot of money my first semester just to be in a ghost town.

[@MrMtanz]

Cost! Some of the best advice I've heard about it is: don't think of your loans as the total sum of your tuition costs, think of it as how much per month you're going to be paying for at least 10 years after graduating.

[@nicolebacon2747]

Talk to people! In the field, program, or school you're considering. Listen to their advice. Take a tour of the school. Ask lots of questions. Do some research about the services offered by different schools, tuition, etc. Be realistic with your plans. Don't choose something just because you feel pressured to choose it. Start exploring your interests and possible career paths early. Don't leave all the decision making until the last minute.

[@paulaOyeah]

If this had been around 25 years ago, I wouldn’t be a 44 year old college freshman. Good work, Crash Course! 🎉😁💜

[@crashcourse]

But, you're here now and that's what matters :) Also, hello to the 44 year old club! - Nick J.

[@davidroberts6909]

Okay, I personally (early 40s) want to hear about what made you decide now to get into college; how you picked one; how you plan to balance study, work and home. I'm just now considering it and really thinking about that part to make it all worthwhile.

[@paulaOyeah]

@@crashcourse Yay! Hello, 44 Club! 👋😁 I’m in Honors and rockin’ a 4.0! I’m *so* here. Aiming for a PhD in psych. (Also, I homeschooled my kids, and CC was a HUGE part of it. Thank you for freeing education! 💜)

[@hepsimuamma495]

yea im 4 years late for watching this vid

[@carlolomas6198]

its never too late

[@daniellem9122]

I'm a high school senior, so I think I'll be keeping up with this series... I hope most of it is released before next fall! 😭

[@good1742]

Better choose a school bro we got 39 days before we graduate 😭

[@doomi_no.17]

So glad I looked this up I don't understand how people expect people to just be able to figure out what college you want to go to 💀

[@abrodsky]

Also as a PSA if you know you do better in smaller classes, community colleges tend to have smaller classes than the typical 4-year schools.

[@culwin]

I went to a big school, and I would recommend it to most people who are going to choose a 4-year degree. It is so nice having some choice in your classes and teachers (although that's not always possible). I was also able to have a good choice in classes over Summer. Our math classes were offered year-round, so I could take one even on Summer break. Also a big school offers so many more resources, in general. Of course there were some class sizes that were huge (especially for freshmen), but most were not that big. The more specialized classes tend to be pretty small. A big school is probably not for everybody, but I liked it a lot.

[@bluejedi723]

remember- every fricking major out there requires English 101, Psych 100, algebra 101 ect. Knocks those off at community college for uber cheap.

[@eliontheinternet3298]

I think it's super important to evaluate how easy resources are to find, even if you don't think you'll need them! Everyone will need help during college at some point, whether it's tutoring, career services, or even just administrative stuff like advising. How easy to find and accessible these resources are has an enormous impact on how successful you are as a student. It doesn't matter if you can pass your classes if you can't get your adviser's email to figure out what to take.

[@tylera5598]

Im a junior in hs who wants to go into animation and i feel like this is taking a lot of anxiety off of something that's already kinda hard to get into :)

[@annabelleyee9411]

Will there be any episodes on international study? I don’t live in the US and would love to learn more about how the college process would look for an international student! Love the series!😊

[@Arianna-T]

so far this series is already really helpful !!

[@crashcourse]

Thanks so much. We worked REALLY hard on it :)

[@EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

I got very lucky - as a professor's son, I was able to get into the local university in my hometown, and finished with no debt when I graduated (not to rub it in for anybody).

[@somepotato9900]

Things get tricky if you change your major like I did! The nursing school here is one of the best in the country and I already lived in the same town anyways (i also get half-off tuition since i have a parent who works at my collage). Now I'm a psychology major and the school of liberal arts isn't as well-known, but that doesn't mean it's not a good program. But this means I can't stop at the undergrad level

[@briego6497]

REQUEST AND SUGGESTION: Could you please talk about going to college as an American student, outside of the USA? I've been thinking about leaving the country for college and am wondering what the pros and cons are, but very few people around me have any experience on the subject.

[@pressftopayrespects6325]

Loving this series so far.

[@Videokid703]

I’m 24 and planing on going next year to college my 1st time I can’t wait

[@W0lfbaneShikaisc00l]

And that's presuming they'll accept your application... the rest of us end up just picking the best acceptance rate with the highest probability of landing a job afterward depending on major. Once upon a time I had my sights on doing a masters - looking at today's climate I'm not so sure anymore, if I get a first in my degree I'm sure I'd get a lot of people barking at me to program their robot anyway - if I had any suggestion for today's computer science student: choose a focus and avoid general cs - no one wants a generalist, they want a specialist.

[@crashcourse]

This is kind of the opposite that happened with film/video production. Once a lot of the tools became democratized in the early 2000s, people wanted one person to do everything. Some of this is starting to swing back to having specialists, but it makes it challenging to think about education (both organized like college and on your own).

[@JV3Player]

The funny thing is...You can sort of specialise in college with "emphasis" but getting a bachelor's is supposedly educating you on the essential skills needed for the occupation, which is most of the time generals. Once you step into the workforce, there's a huge bridge you have to jump across, because businesses will have specific goals and plans in mind, you might not even touch all of the skills you learned in college after being in the workforce for 10 years, you will become so specialized at one specific area, then completely transition to another job...

[@michaelwozniak7765]

I am definitely not watching this as a 6th grader. I swear I over prepare...☺️

[@helenp703]

looking forward to more of these!!

[@stellacarrier8341]

This How To Choose A School How To Choose College via the Crash Course (and Arizona State University) contains some helpful ideas. It is my intent to eventually study online by around autumn 2023 andor sooner at the latest and some of the references discussed on where to study more info on the colleges also gives more essential information to keep in mind for both present and future reference.

[@rezadteimouri]

I went overseas, from US to UK. I’m currently overseas. Im not sure how this’ll pan out. I had to learn about that myself, cause no one in high school told me I could do that.

[@thecatch6299]

6:49 dont think i didn't see all the parks and rec characters

[@paillette42]

As a mom of kid starting this process, I like this series a lot. It is unfortunate, though, that the sites mentioned in this video are not linked to in the description.

[@blank15053]

yay i really needed this in a junior in high school

[@babipunkstar]

i wanna smack my high school self over the head because i never believed college was for me so i didn’t care about my grades and barely passed high school

[@nehakumaran6000]

I'm a junior so this is great!!!

[@danb9460]

I honestly wish you released this last week because I submitted my application for universities on Monday.

[@waterlily-crystalpearl51213]

Just in time! 😄 Going to enter junior year in the second half of the year.

[@nou-kc1ws]

I love this video💞💞

[@Xtremecherry95YT]

this was uploaded at the right time i'm 18 and struggling to find a good college.

[@meejinhuang]

You have to visit and ask random students about the school. You will know after visiting your choices.

[@jjunbeatable9522]

This is very helpful, thanks!

[@MLG35U5]

Came just in time 😎

[@dot6614]

This is so helpful. Thanks

[@Ic-gv2eo]

how do you narrow the list of ~4000 schools that are in the US? is there some sort of list that you can gradually narrow down? is that what everyone does to get their finals lists?

[@annaskerrett1472]

I know some websites like niche and cappex allow you to filter through colleges based on gpa, test scores, campus, etc.

[@HI-iw5fj]

I WANT MORE!!!!!!

[@FormulaMeme]

THANK YOU!

[@ItsFalynsWrld]

Popped up when I needed it. How convenient. I can’t figure out what to do

[@Mia-ex6wc]

I love this channel so much

[@ajrocks44]

Why did I watch this? I graduated college 20 years ago next year.

[@chloekathleenlukito1367]

This video is really usefull

[@josiah3718]

Forks up!! 🔱

[@sunlighticegirl]

I never thought I’d watch a crash course about this… but here I am. Not complaint at all hahaha

[@jesusalejandrorodriguezgar2735]

It would have been great if this vídeo came out 1 year algo before I entered college

[@ovletoak]

will there be a "how to do Graduate school"?

[@moxie9695]

I literally graduate in 3-2 ish months and I’m watching this video lmao

[@Dr.Menace]

Next step: How to Choose a Grad School??

[@gabriellameattray9778]

Call admissions counselors

[@sophiamazo5863]

I know. College 🎓🏫. That i would be applying for college so its the only way to apply

[@rodainasherif2618]

Bruh i am watching this and i am still going through the last year of middle school

[@Jaybiiird]

heckin arizona...

[@abdulcosmic_oracle3393]

College is not Wisdom. For Many just more Knowledge to increase their Ego. Too feel and look smart or intelligent.

[@unathi2012]

Y'all are 2 years late 😭

[@carlolomas6198]

its never too late

[@henryschwarz4187]

You couldn’t have made this series a year ago...

[@chrismirell2822]

skool is fer feewls

[@Davlavi]

interesting

[@gillianwarner106]

💜

[@quesn4776]

Hello one year late club!

[@BigUnicorn7]

Why is the in person instructor looking like he on his last leg 🤭🤭