From the other side of the desk, let me suggest:

1. Your long term success has less to do with the college/university than it
does with you.

a. Study and get good grades
b. Develop your expertise in:
   Mathematics
   Written and Oral Communications
   Your chosen field of study
   People skills
c. Plan on graduate study at a large college or university (your
   undergraduate work can be very successful at any size college)
d. Get practical experience via internships/co-op or other programs
e. Develop your leadership skills-become involved in an organization
f. Document your activities and start now to prepare a portfolio of
   your work both academic and extracurricular
g. Read publications from your industry and join an international
   organization of your interest (ACM's student membership is as
   low as $18 US)
h. Get to know your professors, as your expertise grows become a
   tutor or lab assistant.  By the time you are a junior you
   should be ready to help freshmen in your field achieve success.

2. Enjoy college and make sure you are enjoying what you are doing.
   Most students today change majors often and are trying to seek
   a job or field for which they are interested as it "pays well".
   The job that pays well is the one you enjoy going to work each
   day.  You will be working till 2045, so you had better enjoy
   the event.  Of course, you most likely will do something else
   in your work years than you studied in your college years.

3. I am not too worried about you as most of your classmates have
   no clue nor insight as your post suggests you already have
   developed.

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Rich Clemens
clemens@wvwc.edu

> Well, in less than 30 class days, I complete my high school career. Meaning
> I have to decide on a university to attend - not that I haven't thought
> about it, and yes, I have already applied to three reputable schools...

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