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?
• 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
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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…
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…
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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…
The most important question I
will consider is…
What kind of person will I
become?
Which University will help you
become that kind of person?
“The unexamined life is not
worth living.”
Socrates
in Plato, Dialogues, Apology Greek philosopher in Athens
(469 BC - 399 BC)