{"id":92,"date":"2018-06-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northcentral.edu\/blog\/will-you-ever-find-your-perfect-college-match-probably-not\/"},"modified":"2020-11-19T00:26:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T00:26:54","slug":"will-you-ever-find-your-perfect-college-match-probably-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northcentral.edu\/blog\/will-you-ever-find-your-perfect-college-match-probably-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Will you ever find your perfect college match? Probably not."},"content":{"rendered":"

You may never find your perfect college match.<\/strong><\/p>\n

During your junior and senior years of high school, you will likely spend quite a bit of time vetting your college options. Armed with lists of of criteria and\u00a0 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

The lesson we can learn here? Don’t expect perfection from any one university.<\/p>\n

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

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

There are more than 1,800 private 4-year universities in the United States, and an additional approximately 1,000 public universities. That’s nearly 3,000 colleges and universities for you to choose from. How would you even begin to find your perfect college match?<\/p>\n

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

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