> i, on the other hand, am not sure what i want to do with my life, and i figure, why do i have >to know? i'm only going to be a junior in high school this year, it's not that important yet.


Right! Remember, "Undecided" is the most popular major for entering students at every liberal arts school in America.

>i AM interested in drama, have been for as long as i remember, and international relations, ever >since a model UN conference this year, but i don't know that either of those are things i'll >end up in. i just want to go to a college where there are strong theater and international affair >programs, but where i can dabble around in different stuff for my first year or so, just to >get a taste for what really does interest me. (well, and a rural college, but that's another >story)


Well, let me take a moment to recommend my alma mater, the College of William and Mary -- we've got a strong drama department and a great IR department (our Model United Nations team has been first or second in the world in competition three years running now, and the IR major here is extremely flexible and popular.) And the system of General Education Requirements does a great job of insuring well-rounded students without requiring everyone to take the same classes. And while Williamsburg isn't exactly rural, it certainly is a small town. I could just go on and on (can you tell I'm a campus tour guide for prospective students?)


College in general, by the way, I've found to be an extremely worthwhile endeavour. I've become a much stronger writer and debater than I was in high school, and I think I've matured intellectually and emotionally much faster than I would have had I decided not to attend college. Unlike one of the earlier posters, I think students who commute miss out on a lot; freshmen at W&M are required to live on campus because the dorm experience has such a big impact on people. In a lot of ways, I think that college at selective schools is really about collecting a bunch of relatively intelligent and passionate people, putting them together in a small space, and watching what happens.