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College admission is the single most important landmark in a student’s educational career. This is in fact the point of entry for a student into a professional education. After 12 years of education in a school, learning the basics of Science, Arts or Commerce, a stint in college makes a student expert in a particular discipline. Hence in most of the developed and developing countries the central government takes up steps to educate students so that they can choose the right college, which would help them become a professional of their interest. Many private counselling centres and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) also set up offices and counselling centres to counsel the young minds for selecting the best college of their interest.

How to Choose the Best College for Admission
The following are some important points a student should consider while going for college admission.

Career Interest
Career interest is the single most important thing while choosing a college for admission. One can put in maximum energy and effort in a constructive way to research in an area, he is most interested into. This question answers the stream into which the student is interested in pursuing education. Broad streams of college education could be Engineering, Medical, Pharmacy, Finance, Accounting, Geography, History, Political Science etc. An example of a more detailed stream could be Computer Science, Electronics, Aeronautics, Mechanical, metallurgy, or Civil in an Engineering discipline.

Availability of College in Locality
People never mind to go to a distant place for higher studies, however college education is usually pursued locally. (Higher study in this parlance would mean studies at post graduate level or higher) So, the college should be chosen depending upon the career interest and the availability of colleges in the locality.

Choosing a better college out of two or more in same discipline
While choosing a college out of two or more for study in a particular discipline, factors like reputation of the college, campus environment, hostel accommodation facility, availability of better teaching faculty members, post examination placement assistance are some of the important factors to consider about. Also factors like extra curricular activities, university exchange programs, industry interaction programs are some of the important factors while choosing a college out of two or more in the same discipline. Financials are also an important thing which is discussed in the succeeding section.

Financial Implications
Financials are one of the important things to consider about, while going for a college study. With the frequent changing global economy, the cost of a college education is getting more and more expensive year after year. Also there are expenses involved in the application forms, entrance test or qualifier tests. Most of the expenses are incurred in the payment of tuition fees, library fee, accommodation fees, laboratory fees, mess fees apart from other auxiliary fees. So, while evaluating financial implications, a student having inadequate financial strength should consider availability of scholarships and study loans in order to have a hassle free college study.