College Considerations

I'm trying to make that difficult decision about which school to go to. The final decision has to be made by May 15th and in theory this a decision that's going to influence my entire life. So, it's not one that can be made lightly.

Now, there's the added bonus that everyone in my life has an opinion about it. Not in a bad way, but my friends and my family, they all have suggestions and such, which makes sense since they do care about me. Part of me just wishes that this was a subject no one else cared about.

I've narrowed my decision down from five schools to three. It's down to Mohawk, Sir Sanford Fleming and Senecca. However, that's where it gets difficult, all the schools have their pros and cons.

So, I've thought I'd go through the factors, one by one, maybe see if I can come up with a good basis for a decision.

Location: Each as their own advantage when it comes to location. Senecca's in Toronto, near all my friends. Fleming is close to home. Mohawk is near my cousin. Personal preference is with Toronto, but there are other factors to consider.

Cost: The tuition price is the same pretty much, but living costs would obviously be highest in Toronto. Also, there's the factor that in Toronto, I'd be in a more uncertain situation about finding an apartment/roomate.

Curriculum: The big factor and the one that it'll probably come down to, in all honesty. After all, what I study is pretty important.

Mohawk:
Semester One:
Success Strategies
Grammar & Communications
Society, Technology & Social Issues
Psychology
Sociology
Anthropology
Semester Two:
Literature
Issues In Health And Healing
Race & Ethnic Dynamics
Canadian Politics
Sociology 2
Developmental Psychology

A few interesting courses: Race & Ethic Dynamic, Canadien Politcs, and Literature, all sound interesting, but otherwise there's too many 'ologies', too much science-y stuff, things that have zero interest to me at all and thus I'm going to have a harder time caring about and a harder time passing. So, I'll compare the first year of each program.

Fleming:
Semester One:
Classic and Early Modern Philosophy
Critical Approaches to Literature in English I
Critically Aware Thinking
Introduction to Psychology: Principle of Behavior
Language Composition
Sociology I: An Introduction
Semester Two:
Advanced Composition
Applied Research and Portfolio Development
Critical Approaches to Literature in English II
Introduction to Psychology: Dynamics of Behavior
Modern Philosophy
Sociology II: Mass Media

Again with the 'ologies', though at least the Sociology course looks interesting. The problem is, I hated both psychology and sociology when I took them at Loyalist. That said, I was in a mindset to dislike any course I took at the time, I was not in a proper place for studying. Philosphy looks good and the Literature courses probably won't bore me.

Senecca:
Semester One:
College English
Humanities: The Development of Western Thought I
Introuction to Computers and Applications
Learning, Thinking and Problem Solving
Critical Thinking I
Math Course (one of 3 choices)
Semester Two:
Acedemic Research and Writing
Basic Conversational French or Conversational Spanish for Beginners
Humanities: The Development of Western Thought II
Introduction to Social Sciences
Critical Thinking II
General Education Option (Literature)

Not crazy about having to take a language course--if you saw my high school French marks, you'd understand. It's also the only program where I have to take Math, also not high on my list. But I like the Humanties courses.

On pure curiculum, first year alone, I think I like Fleming best, followed by Seneca and then Mohawk a distant third.

All in all, I think I still have a lot to consider before I make my decision, even if time is quickly running out. Less than a month to go. Eek.