How to Choose a College

The #1 most emailed article on NYtimes.com today is titled “How to Choose a College.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/opinion/sunday/bruni-how-to-choose-a-college.html?src=rechp

The article covers a lot of interesting factors such as the brand power of a college.

My view is pretty simple. Always ask a college for three numbers:

1) What will be my total cost of attendances?

2) What is the average starting salary of students at your college? Get it by major if you can.

3) What is the six-year graduation rate at your college?

If a college cannot give you these three numbers, run for the hills.  College is simply too expensive a decision to be made on the basis of things such as “emotional fit.”