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Where Should I go to University?. Where Should I go to University?. That depends on your answers to some questions. You must first answer this question:. You must first answer this question:. Why should I go to University?. Why should I go to University?.
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Where Should I go to University? That depends on your answers to some questions
You must first answer this question: Why should I go to University?
Why should I go to University? • Primary Reasons (the reasons that matter most)
Why should I go to University? • Primary Reasons (the reasons that matter most) • Secondary Reasons (the reasons most people think are primary)
Secondary Reasons • Which has my major?
Secondary Reasons • Which has my major? • Which will best prepare me for graduate school?
Secondary Reasons • Which has my major? • Which will best prepare me for graduate school? • Which school will help me get the best career?
Secondary Reasons • Which has my major? • Which will best prepare me for graduate school? • Which school will help me get the best career? • Which school can I afford? Will I get scholarships, etc.
Secondary Reasons • Which has my major? • Which will best prepare me for graduate school? • Which school will help me get the best career? • Which school can I afford? • Which Location will I like to live in?
Secondary Reasons • Which has my major? • Which will best prepare me for graduate school? • Which school will help me get the best career? • Which school can I afford? • Which Location will I like to live in? • What is the best climate for me?
Secondary Reasons • Which has my major? • Which will best prepare me for graduate school? • Which school will help me get the best career? • Which school can I afford? • Which Location will I like to live in? • What is the best climate for me? • Where can I make the best friends and contacts and networks?
Secondary Reasons • Which has my major? • Which will best prepare me for graduate school? • Which school will help me get the best career? • Which school can I afford? • Which Location will I like to live in? • What is the best climate for me? • Where can I make the best friends and contacts and networks? • Where can I get the best grades?
Secondary Reasons • Which has my major? • Which will best prepare me for graduate school? • Which school will help me get the best career? • Which school can I afford? • Which Location will I like to live in? • What is the best climate for me? • Where can I make the best friends and contacts and networks? • Where can I get the best grades? • Which school is the right size for me?
Secondary Reasons • Which has my major? • Which will best prepare me for graduate school? • Which school will help me get the best career? • Which school can I afford? • Which Location will I like to live in? • What is the best climate for me? • Where can I make the best friends and contacts and networks? • Where can I get the best grades? • Which school is the right size for me? • Which school has the best social life?
Secondary Reasons • Which has my major? • Which will best prepare me for graduate school? • Which school will help me get the best career? • Which school can I afford? • Which Location will I like to live in? • What is the best climate for me? • Where can I make the best friends and contacts and networks? • Where can I get the best grades? • Which school is the right size for me? • Which school has the best social life? • Where will I be most fulfilled?
Secondary Reasons • Which has my major? • Which will best prepare me for graduate school? • Which school will help me get the best career? • Which school can I afford? • Which Location will I like to live in? • What is the best climate for me? • Where can I make the best friends and contacts and networks? • Where can I get the best grades? • Which school is the right size for me? • Which school has the best social life? • Where will I be most fulfilled? • What school has the best learning environment for me?
These questions are all important But… They are not the most important questions…
There are 4 questions every school and every student must answer…
There are 4 questions every school and every student must answer… • What is reality, what is real?
There are 4 questions every school and every student must answer… • What is reality, what is real? • What is the good life?
There are 4 questions every school and every student must answer… • What is reality, what is real? • What is the good life? • Who is a really good person?
There are 4 questions every school and every student must answer… • What is reality, what is real? • What is the good life? • Who is a really good person? • How can I become a really good person?
Every school, every professor, every student will answer those 4 questions.
Every school, every professor, every student will answer those 4 questions. Even if in very subtle ways!
The most important question I will consider is… What kind of person will I become?
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” Socrates in Plato, Dialogues, Apology Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC - 399 BC)