Choosing a University
Deciding on which university to transfer to can be overwhelming, but choosing the “right fit for you” can make the difference in both your overall experience and your overall success at the four-year campus. It’s important to consider many elements such as size, location, majors offered, culture, and faculty. The link to the handout below will provide you with a step-by-step process for considering all the criteria which are important to you, and will also provide you with resources for finding schools to match your priorities.
- Steps for choosing a university include the following:
- Decide what is important to you when it comes to selecting a university
- Fill out your top criteria for the ideal campus
- Rank the criteria that are most important to you
- Research individual universities that meet your criteria
- List the universities that meet your criteria
- List the top three choices and tour each one
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- Decisions-Decisions: Choosing between the CSU & UC systems