Letter to parents

You

Miriam Gonzalez

9/16/10

            7/8 period

Dear Parents,

After all the complaining that I had done about the college research, you will know be relieved because I had finally chose a school. My options came down to three schools, North Central College, Chicago State University and College of Dupage. In order to chose the school I chose I needed to talk with my high school counselor, visit the school personally, talk with previous students from the college and even get my friend’s opinions based on the research I found. The process was complicated because I had to know exactly which school offered the best things for me. I was trying to skip the researching process because I thought it was going to be hard and useless, but I am glad I did not. Researching helped me get the right idea of colleges, and finally helped me narrow my options to the best ones.

After all my research I have concluded that the best school for me is College of Dupage. I chose this school, because the other two had things that I did not really like. For example, North Central just seemed to be too far for me to go to. I would rather stay close to home so I can have the opportunity to visit you two at any time. If I leave to a further place it is going to be more likely that I will not be around all the family. Chicago State University class room sizes were somewhat too big. I dislike this because I tend to get more distracted with more people, and I feel that if they are too big I would not get as much help as I need. I know that if I do not understand something very well I am going to want to ask my teacher, and having less people in my classes will make this happen. College of Dupage just seemed to benefit me in many ways.

To begin with, College of Dupage offers basic classes like math and English, and that is good because I could take these classes first, while I figure out what I actually want to dedicate my studies in. Another thing is that their class room sizes are small, just the way I like them to be so I could get better help with my studies. Besides this school not being far away from home, it is also in a nice calm neighborhood. One thing that is really helpful is that they do offer scholarships, which are definitely going to come in handy.  

Love,

   Miriam Gonzalez