A few tips for college?

[funmonkey54]

1) For an undergraduate degree, do not be afraid to follow the money. If you get exceptionally high scholarship to a reasonable institution, it can open you up to more education down the line that you might not otherwise have been able to afford.

2) Opportunities do not make themselves. Get close to professors. Literally. Hold them. Caress them. Do whatever it takes to find unique opportunities that develop a portfolio or that propel you into other paths down the road.

3) Figure out your crap fast. Changing majors is expensive. If you need to take a year before entering college to help sort things out, do it. It's a massive waste to spend money on college for a career you aren't going to pursue and it will put you on a strict timeline for the next 5-7 semesters that doesn't allow you to take extra classes that you want to take.