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Quick Poll - College
According to the results of our College Quick Poll the overwhelming majority of you plan on attending
college. Based on your responses, SmartGirl learned that many factors will influence your decision about
where to attend college. Here's what you said:
SmartGirl asked:
Are you planning on going to college or are you in college right now?
Yes 96%
- No 3%
- No answer 1%
SmartGirl asked:
If nothing was a factor what, what would be your #1 choice of college?
The answers to this question were varied, with many of you opting to go to your home state colleges
or places with good reputations such as UCLA, University of Michigan and NYU. Many of you aspire to attend
an Ivy League school such as Harvard, Yale, Brown and Princeton. Some girls chose some less conventional
schools with one respondent saying,
"My dream would be to study abroad, all over Europe. That would be the single greatest thing that would
ever happen to me, if I could study all over Europe." -girl, 15, USA
Another wrote,
"I would choose clown college. There is really one of those, you know. I think it is in Utah." -girl,
USA
A third expressed her opinion about a college's reputation and the type of student who attends it
when she wrote,
"I would choose any type of college that is good and has a clean environment and no 'preppy' type of people
going there." -girl, 15, USA
SmartGirl asked:
Please check off all of the following factors you would consider (or have considered) while applying to
college.
Here is the percentage of people who checked off each factor.
- Majors offered 84%
- Region (location) 83%
- Campus life (activities) 78%
- Housing situation 65%
- Size of school (number of students) 56%
- Private vs. public 44%
- Where my friends are going 41%
- Campus layout (buildings spread out vs. all nearby) 37%
- Sports offered 28%
- No answer 1%
There were a variety of write-in answers in the "other" category for this question. Many people wrote
that the diversity of the student body, scholarship availability, dorms, school reputation and where their
boyfriend is going are important factors in choosing a college.
Here are some other factors that are important to you:
"Quarter vs. semester calendar is important as is the ability to take classes at other universities and
flexibility in course selection." -girl, 17, USA
"I want to go to a college with a good fine arts department." -girl, 13, USA
"Just the over all feel of the school in general is important." -girl, 17, USA
"An important factor is if any cute guys are going there." -girl, 14, USA
SmartGirl asked:
Do you prefer to go to college close to home or away from home (at least 3 hours drive away)?
- Away from home 55%
- Close to home 38%
- No answer 7%
SmartGirl asked:
Do you prefer to live at home (with your parents of guardian) or live on campus while in school?
- Live on campus 79%
- Live at home 17%
- No answer 4%
SmartGirl asked:
Are you planning on working during college (or are you working right now)?
- Yes 79%
- No 17%
- No answer 4%
Thanks for all of your responses!
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