{"id":311,"date":"2018-09-12T22:41:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T22:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ec2-50-17-66-55.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/2018\/09\/12\/how-to-pick-the-best-college-for-you\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T01:58:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:58:59","slug":"how-to-pick-the-best-college-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/college-applications-and-admissions\/how-to-pick-the-best-college-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Pick the Best College For You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-2-1024x734.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-2-1024x734.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-2-300x215.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-2-768x550.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-2.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are so many factors that go into finding the right college for you. A few things that you need to consider are the costs, locations, connections, and your goals. A useful way to start this process is to evaluate your preferences in a college first. Before you start looking through brochures, consider what you need in a school. Then, research institutions, and discovering which ones align with your preferences. Here&#8217;s a guide to help you get started on the college search process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"436\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-1-436x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-1-436x1024.png 436w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-1-128x300.png 128w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-1-768x1805.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-1.png 790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are so many factors that go into finding the right college for you. A few things that you need to consider are the costs, locations, connections, and your goals. A useful way to start this process is to evaluate your preferences in a college first. Before you start looking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-applications-and-admissions"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}