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| and cannot be done properly without a lot of | | | | dominate the towns in which they reside, |
| consideration. The choices you make will | | | | while others are just a tiny part of the |
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| million different paths. First you have to | | | | be part of a school with a large student |
| decide what you want to study. You don't need | | | | population, or rather a smaller core? This |
| to select a major immediately; you just need | | | | decision is more about how you prefer your |
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| what you definitely don't want to study. 2. | | | | can be a great environment for people who |
| Second, factor in how you like to learn. | | | | want to be around people like themselves. |
| Every school and its instructors teach in a | | | | Other schools offer a huge amount of |
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| subject is taught a little differently. | | | | expensive than others. In general, public or |
| Sciences, for example, require a lot of | | | | state-owned schools are cheaper than private |
| memorizing and tests. Try to imagine yourself | | | | schools (tax payers foot a lot of the bill), |
| in a classroom learning the way you like to | | | | but not always. Private schools may be able |
| learn. Which subject, then, will meet that | | | | to provide you greater scholarships, making |
| need? Once you have pondered these things, | | | | it more affordable to go there. Almost any |
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| you can move on to actually selecting the | | | | until you've seen what they can offer |
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