What's Your College Personality?

1. Learning Experience: do you prefer small classes in which you get to know your professor and other students, or is a large lecture hall more your style?

2. Academic Temperature: do you work well independently and enjoy the most challenging classes or will you need some support from peer tutors or teachers?

3. Community: is your preference for a small tight-knit community or do you see yourself enjoying the mix of thousands of other students?

4. Climate: what do you want weekends to look like--hitting the slopes or beaches? Leaving the down coat at home or kissing the shorts goodbye?

5. Location: do you see yourself in a big city, with plenty of cultural offerings and nightlife; in a small town that revolves around the school, or somewhere in between?

6. Personal Style: do you like getting up early to do hair and makeup? Do you wear whatever‘s clean or take time to put an outfit together?

7. Politics and Religion: would you mind being surrounded by a majority of students whose views and beliefs don’t match yours? Are you interested in a primarily right- or left-leaning student body? Does the school atmosphere work with your faith (kosher food, a n emphasis on abstinence, opportunities to practice on campus)?

Take the time to determine your college personality, and use what you’ve learned to begin checking out schools--you’ll know which stats to zero in on and come up with a list of places where you’ll get the academic and social experience you’re looking for.