How to select the best place for studying?

Many students dream of studying in the best university in the world such as MIT or TAMU. It's great to enrolled in the top ranking university. But, did you ask yourself what does the university ranking main? Definitely, I know a lot of students do not know what different factor are included in the university evaluation. They think the ranking just depends on educational quality. That's wrong! There many aspects included in the ranking such as the campus area and facilities, the ratio of faculty members to students, the female and male ratio, graduation rate, and the acceptance rate. For that reason, you should not look at a ranking list alone. From my experience, there are three main factors you must consider before you decide what is the best university. In the following paragraph I will give some reasons that support my opinion.

First of all, the main factor each person must consider before moving to another country or another city for a job or study is the crime rate. The crime rate varies from one place to another. There are many sources and websites that show the crime rate per cent. Personally, before I decided to come to the English Language Institute at TAMU, I considered this as a main factor to select the best ELI in the U.S. behind another factor which I will discuss later. As a result, I visited many different websites, and I found TAMU campus and College Station to be a very safe place for living.

A second important factor to move to a new place or to select the one of the top schools, especially for student is the life expenses. As students, we must be careful about this factor. We have a lot of things to think about; we have a lot of assignments to do, reports, projects, and so on. Also, we have to pay the university tuition, so we do not need to waste our attention worrying about having enough money to pay the apartment rent that is very costly. For that, you do not need to work for six hours after your classes. For instance, I looked into this aspect before I came to College Station. As a result, I found, for example the average monthly apartment rent is approximately from $400 to $500, which is good for me. If you visit another city you will notice the cost of living clearly.

Finally, the last factor for selecting your future destination is the weather conditions. This factor depends on each person’s feeling. Some people like to live in a cold area while other people prefer the heat or the beach. So, you must think about it before you make any decision. For example, the climate in most countries in the Middle East is very hot and very humid. Therefore, I cannot live in cold locations in the north of the USA, as a result, I am here in Texas.

In conclusion, there are three main factors from my experience that each high school student or postgraduate student must consider before they move into a new place for their educational purpose which are the crime rate, the cost of living, and finally the climatic condition. So you should not select your school depending only on the top ranking list!!