A visit I paid to friends this spring has helped me make up my mind about the college I will attend next fall. My choice was between two schools a few hundred miles from home, each of which have an excellent reputation. Because I want to keep my grades high, I will be spending a great deal of time studying in my room or in the library. Therefore, the kind of social life offered by these campuses weren't important, but I was eager to learn about each college's academic environment and about its typical student. In general, was he studious and willing to learn, or was he merely a "party animal," interested only in having a good time?.
Neither of the two colleges I was considering was on break during the weekend I was able to borrow Dad's car, so I was in luck. However, I didn't have time to visit both, so I decided to go to the one north of my home, where my cousin and best friend, Bill, are attending. Another good friend, Mark, as well as a fellow I knew in the army are also enrolled there. "Any one of him are able to show me around, "I thought," and he will give me an accurate picture of life on campus.".
When I arrived, however, none of my friends are available to help. In fact, pledging a fraternity, making arrangements for a weekend ski trip, or trying to find a date for the next social seemed to have kept everyone so busy that he had little time for me.
Actually their inability to help me were a blessing. I got to explore the campus and the town in which it is located, and I found that it was not for me. In fact, what I learned helped me decide that very weekend to attend the other college I was considering. For example, I learned that, whether male or female, the typical student at my friends" school is more interested in having fun than in learning. For him, any occasion--passing a math quiz, a chance to do laundry, or watching the rain fall-are good reasons to party!.
Visiting the library and poring over his books is an activity foreign to the majority of students on this campus.
