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What is Your Ideal Demographic?
Part of discovering your best-fit colleges involves paying close attention to your comfort level when placed in surroundings that are either new or familiar to you. There's only one person who can determine that, and that's YOU! Maybe you long to ditch your small town for the big city, but have you visited a college in an urban setting? Maybe you're tired of the concrete jungle you grew up in and dream of a more serene, slow-paced environment, but have you ever ventured out to the country? Do the work it takes to distinguish between fantasy and reality. You know what I'm going to say...it starts with a COLLEGE VISIT!
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City or Urban?
Yes, there is a distinction, and you need to understand the difference. To that sense, do you desire to have all that college offers within the confines of the college’s property? Do you want a wide, spread-out campus to be under the guise of the college? A city setting would place you in the middle of individuals not related to the college. People like city dwellers, workers, and tourists would intermingle with college students on the streets of city-occupied schools. Can you embrace this mix on your college campus? Or do you prefer to be surrounded by those associated with the university, for the most part? That type of inclusivity helps you to feel more embodied by the college, and those living in it. In addition, would you feel more safe and comfortable walking on a college campus that is for students and faculty, as opposed to an entire city population? Have you had enough city experiences to really make the determination that you have the street smarts to feel comfortable and safe in a city or urban setting, and are able to avoid distraction against all the activity and entertainment a big city has to offer. An urban setting will be slightly outside of the downtown area, provide more of a campus-bubble setting for its students and faculty.
Rural or Suburban?
These are a bit easier to understand. A rural setting provides much less distraction when it comes to off-campus activities. The entertainment is usually on campus because there is typically nothing else going on around the university. In fact, the town probably goes real quiet when school is not in session. If you love nature, developing close relationships into lifelong friends, and want to be part of a tight-knit community, a rural school is most apt to deliver. But, what if you miss shopping at Target, getting Starbucks, or getting your weekly fast food treat, then suburbia could be your demographic. There are subdivision neighborhoods surrounding the campus, along with conveniences such as big-box stores and chain restaurants. You'll never want for anything, and it'll be easily drivable to get to.
