Today I took a college visit to Findlay and I loved it. The small campus style environment is me. I liked that fact the student to teacher ratio in classes is 16 to 1. It also has one of the best occupational therapy programs around here. I actually had the opportunity to have a graduate of the occupational therapy program take me around. She was very energetic about the program. The thing that worries me about this program is that not many get in to the program. So I do not want to waste a lot of money because this school is private which makes it expensive not to get in the program. It is really hard to decide because I am not sure if I should stay at Rhodes and get my assistants. Rhodes also has a small student to teacher ratio. The hard thing is not knowing if I want to get my full occupational therapy or assistants then go on after a year of work. Another go thing about Rhodes is it is so much cheaper than most colleges. I want the college experience, but I do not want to have to pay so much and be in a lot of debt. I really enjoyed the overall experience though. I just need to apply to a lot of scholarships to help with this if I want to go there. It looks like I have a major choice. I just do not want to regret it and waste all the money and have to be in so much debt. Hopefully I can decide this really soon, and know what I want.
My aunt and uncle live up around Findlay so I have gone there before for a college visit. I liked it as well but the academic majors are not my cup of tea. I want to go into agriculture so there are only a select few colleges/universities that would work for me. Granted that I am down to a select few, I am also very picky so the three colleges that I have picked out are South Dakota State University, University of Wyoming, and Missouri University. Everyone always ask, "why do you want to go so far away?" Well my answer to that is that I just like the Universities better than around here. I have been on a total of five college visits. Findlay, Rio Grande, and the other three that I mentioned. After all of these, I am sick and tired of college visits. They are so boring and there is way too much walking that is envolved. I visited Rio Grande on the aspect of playing soccer b ut I am not willing to put the rest of my career in jeopardy for four more years of a sport. Instead, I would rather go to a college like South Dakota State and try field goal kicking for the football team.
ReplyDeleteWell howdy! In terms of the process of choosing colleges to attend, I can relate with you 100 percent. I also looked at the University of Findlay and I agree that it is a very nice campus. Not only is it pretty, but I heard that the staff up yonder is extremely attentive to a person’s personal growth. I really like that in a school honestly. That being said though, I am probably going to stray away from this particular school for various reasons. One reason that I am not attending the college is because of the fact that it does not have a great biochemistry program. Although I believe it does indeed contain said program, it is not very well known or respected in the science community. A second reason why I am not going to the said school is because of the fact that it is really really freaking really expensive. I am not going to lie; I am looking at virtually no money for financial aid in the future, and in terms of scholarships, I am not quite sure where I stand. This is why I am going to Bowling Green State University. They have a very well respected science and biology program, and I am receiving a lot of scholarship money for academic reasons. Not only that, but it is far away enough so that I can earn responsibility for being on my own, yet I am close enough to home if I would have any sort of issue. Honestly, as long as I get my degree, and experience the college life a little, I am happy with my choices!
ReplyDeleteHey! I just want to let you know that is such a hard decision. I want to go to be a Physical Therapist and Findlay has a great program for it too. So I was really stuck between going to Findlay and getting my doctorate right away or going to Rhodes and getting my assistants and work and then go to Findlay for their weekend program. I have decided to just get my assistance fist because I am not real sure if I want to get my doctorate because as an assistant you basically do and learn everything a PT or an OT does besides doing evaluations and coming up with exercises. Rhodes is so much cheaper and I will have it in two years and will go find a job somewhere, really even if I go back to get my doctorate of PT I am still going to be okay because I will have experience that will help me in grad school and not to mention, money. Also the good thing about doing that is that wherever I am working, they might pay for me to go back to school which would be so nice. The thing about it that kind of sucks is that if you go to Rhodes and then go to Findlay for grad school, to be accepted into the program you have to get your bachelor’s degree in something. So really in the end you might be saving to do it all together but you would not have the experience that an assistant does. So, I hope this helps you a little, if not I am sorry. This what I am basing what I want to do on because it really is a big step. Whatever you choose will work out and good luck with it all!
ReplyDeleteWell, I teach at Findlay, and it is a pretty awesome place! I enjoy working with this English Department very much. Before you make ANY decision, please make sure that it is the right FIT for you. Make sure you like the program because it will be a factor in the rest of your future decisions. Best of luck! Also, I am in love with this background!
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