While looking at the different aspects of choosing a college, it occurred to me that perhaps here at Mayo we are one of the best kept secrets around. Too many times students do not consider the college in their back yard because it has been there forever and is just part of the town landscape. I want to tell you what you are missing. Allow me to give you some facts. Students who go away from home to college confront several major adjustments all at once.
College is a very different arena of study than high school.
For the first time in their lives, students are mostly on their own. If they have moved to campus they are also living on their own for the first time. With no one to make and enforce rules, peer groups often become the decision makers for them instead of parents. Very few Freshmen have strongly developed senses of direction and determination. That comes with the maturing process.