How to Choose a School | How to College | Crash Course

In this episode of Crash Course: How to College, Erica helps us think about how to best choose the right school for us. There's a lot to think about, like: what kind of learner you are, what kind of environment you like, how to know if your school is looking out for your success, what kinds of support do different schools offer, and of course what do you want to study?

Crash Course: How to College is part of Study Hall, a partnership between ASU and Crash Course. Head over to our new Study Hall channel to check out our Fast Guide series which break down different college majors.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
1:00 - How to find the right fit
4:10 - Types of colleges to choose from
5:57 - How to choose
6:21 - Modalities
7:09 - Conclusion
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Dave Freeman, Hasan Jamal, DL Singfield, Lisa Owen, Jeremy Mysliwiec, Amelia Ryczek, Ken Davidian, Stephen Akuffo, Toni Miles, Erin Switzer, Steve Segreto, Michael M. Varughese, Kyle & Katherine Callahan, Laurel Stevens, Vincent, Michael Wang, Stacey Gillespie (Stacey J), Alexis B, Burt Humburg, Aziz Y, Shanta, DAVID MORTON HUDSON, Perry Joyce, Scott Harrison, Mark & Susan Billian, Junrong Eric Zhu, Rachel Creager, Breanna Bosso, Matt Curls, Tim Kwist, Jonathan Zbikowski, Jennifer Killen, Sarah & Nathan Catchings, team dorsey, Trevin Beattie, Divonne Holmes à Court, Eric Koslow, Jennifer, Dineen, Indika Siriwardena, Khaled El Shalakany, Jason Rostoker, Shawn Arnold, Siobhán, Ken Penttinen, Nathan Taylor, Les Aker, ClareG, Rizwan Kassim, Alex Hackman, Jirat, Katie Dean, Avi Yashchin, NileMatotle, Wai Jack Sin, Ian Dundore, Justin, Mark, Caleb Weeks
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[studyhall]

For those of you who've gone through the school picking process, what advice do you have for others?

[hepsimuamma]

yea im 4 years late for watching this vid

[paulaOyeah]

If this had been around 25 years ago, I wouldn’t be a 44 year old college freshman.
Good work, Crash Course! 🎉😁💜

[daniellem]

I'm a high school senior, so I think I'll be keeping up with this series... I hope most of it is released before next fall! 😭

[doomi_no.]

So glad I looked this up I don't understand how people expect people to just be able to figure out what college you want to go to 💀

[culwin]

I went to a big school, and I would recommend it to most people who are going to choose a 4-year degree. It is so nice having some choice in your classes and teachers (although that's not always possible). I was also able to have a good choice in classes over Summer. Our math classes were offered year-round, so I could take one even on Summer break. Also a big school offers so many more resources, in general. Of course there were some class sizes that were huge (especially for freshmen), but most were not that big. The more specialized classes tend to be pretty small. A big school is probably not for everybody, but I liked it a lot.

[abrodsky]

Also as a PSA if you know you do better in smaller classes, community colleges tend to have smaller classes than the typical 4-year schools.

[bluejedi]

remember- every fricking major out there requires English 101, Psych 100, algebra 101 ect. Knocks those off at community college for uber cheap.

[cucktonames]

asu! I went there last year. A little too big for me. Now at southern Oregon university. Crash course is literally one of my favorite YouTube channels, and it’s good to see they are still coming out with stuff. I straight up used to watch the history and literature vids for fun. Seriously one of the most good spirited channels out there. I know it can’t be easy doing this in YouTube’s current climate, so it’s hella impressive to see you keep going. It’s clearly out of a love for education, and I hope kids keep getting the great experience from these vids.

[eliontheinternet]

I think it's super important to evaluate how easy resources are to find, even if you don't think you'll need them! Everyone will need help during college at some point, whether it's tutoring, career services, or even just administrative stuff like advising. How easy to find and accessible these resources are has an enormous impact on how successful you are as a student. It doesn't matter if you can pass your classes if you can't get your adviser's email to figure out what to take.

[tylera]

Im a junior in hs who wants to go into animation and i feel like this is taking a lot of anxiety off of something that's already kinda hard to get into :)

[michaelwozniak]

I am definitely not watching this as a 6th grader. I swear I over prepare...☺️

[annabelleyee]

Will there be any episodes on international study? I don’t live in the US and would love to learn more about how the college process would look for an international student!

Love the series!😊

[EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

I got very lucky - as a professor's son, I was able to get into the local university in my hometown, and finished with no debt when I graduated (not to rub it in for anybody).

[Arianna-T]

so far this series is already really helpful !!

[somepotato]

Things get tricky if you change your major like I did! The nursing school here is one of the best in the country and I already lived in the same town anyways (i also get half-off tuition since i have a parent who works at my collage). Now I'm a psychology major and the school of liberal arts isn't as well-known, but that doesn't mean it's not a good program. But this means I can't stop at the undergrad level

[briego]

REQUEST AND SUGGESTION: Could you please talk about going to college as an American student, outside of the USA? I've been thinking about leaving the country for college and am wondering what the pros and cons are, but very few people around me have any experience on the subject.

[WlfbaneShikaiscl]

And that's presuming they'll accept your application... the rest of us end up just picking the best acceptance rate with the highest probability of landing a job afterward depending on major. Once upon a time I had my sights on doing a masters - looking at today's climate I'm not so sure anymore, if I get a first in my degree I'm sure I'd get a lot of people barking at me to program their robot anyway - if I had any suggestion for today's computer science student: choose a focus and avoid general cs - no one wants a generalist, they want a specialist.

[Videokid]

I’m 24 and planing on going next year to college my 1st time I can’t wait

[rezadteimouri]

I went overseas, from US to UK. I’m currently overseas. Im not sure how this’ll pan out. I had to learn about that myself, cause no one in high school told me I could do that.