~Attending a College Fair~ April 14, 2008

I went to a college fair just yesterday and there were so many people who looked lost among the crowd. Maybe i was one of them but i learned a lot based on my experience.

My first tip for going to a college fair is GET THERE EARLY.I went to the National college fair in NY, it was from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. I figured well, since it will be till 4 i guess ill get there about 1:30….Big mistake. GET THERE EARLY! If the time for your college fair is 12 get there at 11. Its not something people think about often but if you stop and think about all the millions of kids who are planning on attending college, then you can understand why i am saying get there early . on the website for the national college fair it said estimated attendees 9,000. Well there had to be at least 15,000. It was so many people that the line went way around the convention center into the streets! Now i am not saying all college fairs are like this, but in a major cities like NY or Chicago or LA, expect alot of people.

My next tip is to BE PREPARED.

 When i say be prepared i mean know these 3 major things. What colleges your interested in, what location you want your college to be in and  what majors you want to take. These things will help you navigate through the crowds. There is nothing wrong with wandering around and checking out different colleges just for the sake of it, but if you know those 3 things it will definitely keep you sane. Like i said earlier college fairs are crowded so if you know what your looking for, you wont get caught up.

College Fair Tip #3 : HAVE A LIST OF QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO ASK

This is something that i should have done because you find that you know what your going to say until you get amidst the chaos and everyone is on top of everyone trying to talk at the same time…you get lost within the crowds. So have a list ready. When you get to booth don’t be afraid to ask as many questions as you want because it is very likely that the people standing at the booth with you want to ask the same thing.

Tip #4: HAVE LABELS READY

I found this out yesterday also. With the large amount of kids wanting to request info from the colleges, most of the time the reps will run out of cards. But usually if you carry labels they will accept them. There were about 2 colleges that i was unable to obtain info from because they ran out of cards. So  have a label ready with you name, address, phone number, email, high school name, high school grade and the majors your interested in.

Lastly DON’T GET LOST AMONGST THE CHAOS!

Most people get frustrated because of the amount of people and the lack of manners at a college fair, but it is what it is. Take a deep breath and realize that these people are here to do the same thing as you. If you find yourself at a booth that is popular and it is a crowded, don’t bombard everyone to get to the front, just wait your turn. If you cant find your school of choice, use a map. Most college fairs will give you a map of the fair itself, which believe me it does help you navigate around the masses.

These tips are definetly helpful for anyone who is looking forward to attending a college fair. I hope it helps

Hillary lies about her trip to Bosnia…no surprise there! March 27, 2008

 If you have been following the road to the white house Hillary Clinton has recently been criticized about her comment regarding her trip to Bosnia in March 1996. Hillary claims that while she was on the plane they were entering evasively and there were gun shots and she said and i quote ” We were basically told to run to our  cars!”. Now i don’t know why she would make up something like that knowing that people have footage of her in Bosnia, getting off the plane and being greeted friendly  by a masses of people and media and they even have footage of her smiling and talking to a little Bosnian girl. So where is she getting this story from? I recently saw a story on the news where a woman reporter who happen to be with Hillary on the same trip said that Hillary must have been on a different trip because their stay at Bosnia was nothing at all like the way she explained. Now in my opinion for her to make up such an elaborate and detailed story about her trip sounds to me like she is a habitual liar. She doesn’t think about why she says things, she says it because she thinks that people will be receptive to it.

Now about her daughter, Chelsea. I don’t blame her for not disagreeing with her mother. She just agreed with Hillary in everything she said about Bosnia. But if you think about it, why wouldn’t she? She isn’t going to ruin her mothers chance at becoming president. God forbid if she did say, well maybe my mom has some facts off. If she ever dared to say that then the news headlines would be HILLARY CLINTON, CAUGHT IN A LIE BY HER DAUGHTER! Which wouldn’t be good on her part. That is why i feel when i heard Chelsea was not going to answer media questions, i applauded her. When you expose yourself to the media they are technically allowed to ask any question they want regardless of the morality of the question. So i feel that Chelsea should just stay home and do whatever she does because her, and Bill aren’t helping Hillary They are hurting her. Hillary needs to stop Lying, and bullying Obama if she even wants a smidgen of a vote she needs to stop. Many of the  people  who were planning on Voting for Hillary are now deciding not too, because if Hillary lies about something that is obviously false, what else does she lie about? Everything that she is promising the country now is in question. What if we elect her thinking she will do so much and its nothing but broken promises.

I figured this would be the case with Hillary since day one. She likes to play dirty politics and now it is backfiring. The more she talks and  insults and lies the less votes she gets. She is already behind in the delegates and in the popular. With her  acting like this i don’t know what she has in her play book to win. Plus her criticizing Obama about his crazy pastor. That same pastor that she is saying Obama should have turned his back on, was the one who Her Husband called to the white-house when  he was having the Monica Lewinsky scandal, so she needs to stop criticizing, lying and being a dirty politician.

but based on everything Clinton has done i doubt she wont stop her dirty politician tactics

GO OBAMA!!!!!