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A little more about Payton…<\/p>\n
College visits are imperative to the decision-making process. Over spring break,\u00a0I visited Harvard. My first tour guide was a senior from South Africa, and he\u00a0shared the amazing things he planned to do after graduation. He was a mechanical\u00a0engineering major, and I admired his enthusiasm about the school. The problem\u00a0was, I couldn’t relate to any of his experiences. He spoke about the engineering\u00a0clubs and such, and although his stories were fascinating, I found that none of\u00a0his interests coincided with mine, so I struggled to see myself attending the\u00a0university.
\nThe next tour was a general tour of the campus. The guide was a small-town girl\u00a0who lived in the northeast and was a neuroscience major. I had the opportunity\u00a0to chat with her along the tour about why she picked Harvard. She sounded so\u00a0much like me and we had so much in common, and I suddenly started falling in\u00a0love with the school because I saw how my interests fit. After meeting someone\u00a0who experienced how my passions integrated within the school, I got a feel for\u00a0the environment that I myself would experience if I attended.<\/p>\n
My recommendation for visiting colleges you\u2019re interested in is to find students\u00a0who are majoring in or involved in an activity you enjoy. Visit a class that you\u00a0think you might like and strike up a conversation with someone after, or even\u00a0have a meal in the dining hall and approach a table of students. It might be\u00a0scary, but they wouldn’t be there if they weren’t in love with the school, so\u00a0they will be happy sharing their experience with you and it will give you a feel\u00a0for how you\u2019d fit in! That\u2019s what you\u2019re going to college for; to follow and\u00a0pursue your interest!<\/p>\n
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