{"id":2170,"date":"2020-09-30T18:33:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T18:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northcentral.edu\/blog\/?p=2170"},"modified":"2021-12-28T12:40:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T12:40:30","slug":"how-to-confidently-choose-the-perfect-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northcentral.edu\/blog\/how-to-confidently-choose-the-perfect-college\/","title":{"rendered":"How to confidently choose the perfect college"},"content":{"rendered":"

How do you confidently choose the perfect college?<\/strong><\/p>\n

During your junior and senior years of high school, you will likely spend a lot of time researching different colleges. Armed with lists of of criteria and ideals, you will face your options and begin to evaluate. How do they stack up? Does any one college or university check all of the boxes?<\/p>\n

More likely than not, you won’t find a single school that has\u00a0everything<\/em> you’re looking for.<\/p>\n

You can’t expect perfection from any one university. So what now?<\/p>\n

Instead, search for a college that checks most of your boxes, and a community that feels like home<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

So many colleges, so little time<\/h3>\n

There are almost 2,000 private 4-year universities in the United States, and an additional approximately 1,000 public universities. That’s about 3,000 colleges and universities for you to choose from. Where do you even begin to find your perfect college match?<\/p>\n

Here are our top tips for deciding on a college<\/a>, without holding any single school to impossible standards.<\/p>\n

How to find a good college match<\/h2>\n