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Students weigh several factors in college choice

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By Kayla Wilfong

Valley Voices Staff Writer

Teenagers may do a lot of things impulsively, but selecting a college isn’t one of them.

Local students said they put a lot of thought put into where they want to attend, weighing factors like cost and location against the quality of a school’s programs.

Kristian Canler, who is graduating from McCallie School this year, said he is going to Berry College, a small, private school in Georgia. Kristian said the decision was primarily financially motivated, but he said “intellectual nourishment” is also important to him.