The housing counts as a part of financial aid, or i have to pay that?

It varies from college to college. Most that require students, or at least freshmen, to live on-campus will factor it in to their financial aid calculations. A college that students typically commute to (think big city schools) might not.

What are the benefits of choosing a college that is not far away?

The biggest pro (for public colleges) is that you can get in-state tuition which can be a lot cheaper than out of state (shoutout to California). You'll also have the option of living at home while going to college or being close to home if you get homesick.

At 0:45, she says her mom encourages her to be far away from her family for an extended period of time; wouldn't it be better to be closer to somewhere you know?

It will be kind of safe ti stay close to somewhere we know, but that doesn't bring adventure and thrill to life. If we go out to another part of the world to get the education, we are able to learn new things; new culture, new friends, new ways of life. This brings knowledge.

Can somebody please tell, if the college look for a weighed or unweighed GPA. I always have been wondering if having a straight A's with less challenging courses is a best option or taking challenging courses with some B's is OK?

Colleges look for unweighted GPA because they need to put different applicants from different schools on the same GPA scale so they can compare applicants easily. Taking challenging courses with some B's is better than straight A's with less challenging courses.

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Course: College admissions > Unit 3

Lesson 3: College search: Other important choices

Student story: Prioritizing location in the college search

Name: Student story: Prioritizing location in the college search
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Description: A student shares their experience of attending college far from home. They mention the benefits of gaining independence and focusing on personal growth. However, they also discuss the challenges of missing family and not being able to help during difficult times. The student's mom supports their decision to pursue education away from home.

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A student shares their experience of attending college far from home. They mention the benefits of gaining independence and focusing on personal growth. However, they also discuss the challenges of missing family and not being able to help during difficult times. The student's mom supports their decision to pursue education away from home.

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- Well, I'm a very independent person. My mom raised me that way. It was me, my mom, and my little brother forever, and so I was used to take care of other people, so I wanted to go somewhere where I didn't have to take care of other people or feel obligated to do so, because I'm so far away. So that's a good thing, because I can just worry about myself, and I had so much freedom to work with that it was just amazing, because I was so far away. But I do tend to miss my family, and there was a couple times when my mom had some accidents, so she may have ended up in the hospital, and those things are really hard for me, because I'm so family-orientated. And so not being able to reach out, not being able to help my brother with that math class, it's kind of hard to see, like, my family struggle a little bit without me being there, but I know that, and my mom always encourages me that I'm making the right decision and bettering myself being far away for four years and then deciding what I want to do afterwards. So it's hard, but then again, it's not as hard as I thought it would be initially.