{"id":5588,"date":"2019-03-20T14:50:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T19:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=5588"},"modified":"2019-03-20T14:50:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T19:50:05","slug":"college-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2019\/03\/20\/college-search\/","title":{"rendered":"College Search"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know, I know. It’s the dreaded topic: college. If y’all know me or interacted with me enough, you’ll know that I love doing research on colleges. So I started another search for colleges in the south since I won’t be able to go to college in Boston like I really want to. College Board<\/a> is my go-to when it comes to a college search, and I love the site because it also doubles as a bit of a study tool for AP, ACT, SAT, and other big tests out there. For this blog, I’m going to feature a list of some of my top colleges.<\/span><\/p>\n

For my search, I narrowed it down to a college that would have a large amount of students, has a major in English and\/or journalism, has a rich student life, and would offer study abroad options. When I say student life, I mean that the college would have traditions for the students. Mississippi State has the kettle bell that they ring for every game day, for example. I just like thinking about sharing something with a large group of people. When I first started my search, I wanted to go to a college that had a football team, so I could go to games because I love the energy of others at huge sporting events. It’s infectious, I’ve noticed. However, that’s not relevant.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. University of Houston<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I really only started to look at University of Houston Monday night, but I’ve already fallen in love with the school. To be honest, this school really does tick off all of the boxes on my checklist. A large student body? Check. Majors in English and journalism? Check. Study abroad options? Check. Student life\/traditions? Check! And as an added bonus, a football team! There was also a law passed in Texas where any state-funded school has to admit anyone who applies there as long as they reach certain requirements. At the moment, I reach one of the requirement options, so I just have to focus on boosting my ACT score to get a scholarship there.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Northeastern University<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Northeastern was my true #1 option, but my parents have already decided that there is no way in Hades I’m going to go to college in Boston. This university met all of my requirements, except the football one, which was fine. They have a hockey team instead. I’m contemplating still applying there, but it is probably best to not bother with wasting the money. I still love Northeastern though.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3. University of Mississippi<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Ole Miss is another college that meets all of my requirements, along with my football one. They also have a good baseball team. I remember going on a field trip there for a conference and seeing a game there. That’s when I realized how much I love the energy from crowds and the pride students have in their school. Ole Miss is actually the only college I’ve been at – I’ve only seen the others through videos and digital tours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Millsaps College<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The funny thing about Millsaps is that my journalism teacher went there for college, and she kind of acts as their recruitment officer at school. She would tell me that I should go to Millsaps because they had a great writing program, but that was really it. She also managed to get two other kids to actually go to the college, so if I decide to go there and get admitted, we’d be reunited. She would say it so often during class that the upperclassmen in the class with me would also tell me to go to Millsaps – the two I mentioned included. The college meets all of my requirements technically, but I’m not exactly interested in their football team for whatever reason.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I know, I know. It’s the dreaded topic: college. If y’all know me or interacted with me enough, you’ll know that I love doing research on colleges. So I started another search for colleges in the south since I won’t be able to go to college in Boston like I really want to. College Board … Continue reading “College Search”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5588"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5638,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5588\/revisions\/5638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}