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Personal Statement: The Right College
The Right College In the United States, there are more than 2,000 four-year colleges and universities. Many of these colleges offer excellent education opportunities and many do admit a large number of the students that apply. Every college is different, and they offer different courses to interest a variety of students. I am interested in nursing, so I am looking for a college that offers this program. So when I began my search for a college, I began to look at several different factors, size of the school and size of each class, the quality of the professors, good student involvement, the graduation rate, distance from home, and the cost. I want a college that offers most or all of these factors because college is expensive and I want to

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