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| [color=Blue]Question 1: I decided to NOT attend college because... (Pick up to three.)[/blue] |
   
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2 | 4.88% |
| I couldn't afford it. |
  
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2 | 4.88% |
| I didn't really know enough about it as an option. |
  
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2 | 4.88% |
| I had a good career/job opportunity that was immediate. |
  
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1 | 2.44% |
| School is not a strength of mine. |
  
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1 | 2.44% |
| I was tired of being in classrooms. |
  
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1 | 2.44% |
| I didn't really know how to apply/get a major/etc. |
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0 | 0% |
| No one in my family supported college as a choice. |
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1 | 2.44% |
| I had no role models to guide me. |
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1 | 2.44% |
| I wanted to earn money quickly. |
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2 | 4.88% |
| I think college is a big scam. |
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0 | 0% |
| I wanted to move against the herd of other people going to college. |
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0 | 0% |
| I went straight to the NBA. |
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0 | 0% |
| When your dad's a billionaire, you don't have to go to college. |
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0 | 0% |
| Other (Please specify.) |
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2 | 4.88% |
| [color=Blue]Question 2: I picked my college because... (Pick up to three.)[/blue] |
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11 | 26.83% |
| Tuition was cheap (when combined with any loans). |
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10 | 24.39% |
| I got good scholarships/grants to offset costs. |
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10 | 24.39% |
| It was close to my/my parents' home. |
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8 | 19.51% |
| It was comfortably distant from my/my parents' home. |
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5 | 12.20% |
| I had a sibling/friend/other person who sold me on the school |
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2 | 4.88% |
| It had a great academic reputation for my chosen degree. |
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9 | 21.95% |
| Companies I wanted to work at do a lot of hiring from that school. |
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3 | 7.32% |
| The school had a prestigious name/overall reputation. |
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6 | 14.63% |
| It was the only school that accepted me. |
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0 | 0% |
| The campus was really attractive/inviting. |
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5 | 12.20% |
| It was in a town that I liked. |
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4 | 9.76% |
| There were good housing options. |
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1 | 2.44% |
| It seemed like there were friendly people there. |
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0 | 0% |
| Their brochures/materials/web site gave me a good impression. |
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0 | 0% |
| They had a sports team that I wanted to play on. |
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1 | 2.44% |
| They had a sports team that I wanted to watch. |
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3 | 7.32% |
| The social atmosphere was desirable (i.e., party school, non-party school). |
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10 | 24.39% |
| The campus was about the right size (large, small, etc.) |
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5 | 12.20% |
| The student/instructor ratio and other quality measures were good. |
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5 | 12.20% |
| The school had professors who were prominent in their field. |
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0 | 0% |
| I had friends who were going to go there. |
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6 | 14.63% |
| Someone else made the decision for me (parent, counselor, etc.) |
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4 | 9.76% |
| It was the only school I knew of with the particular degree/classes I wanted. |
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1 | 2.44% |
| ....Other Responses.... |
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2 | 4.88% |
| I'm not old enough yet to make a college decision. |
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1 | 2.44% |
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A Question About Education
I have a bifurcated poll, one question for people who went to college (whether you graduated or not), and one question for people who have not gone to college.
If you went to more than one college, answer only for the first college you attended. The questions, for those of you who can't wait for the poll, are: [People who have attended college] What were the three most important factor in selecting the college you attended? [People who have not attended college] What were the three most important factors in deciding not to attend college? |
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