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Thank you We sneak College one oh one technical school

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what Our technical schools so a lot of colleges have

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really defined focus They might be just offering majors in

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the stem fields for example harvey mudd college for example

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you could be an engineer there You can major in

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math in some kind of computer science but you're not

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going to go there to be an english major there

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Colleges like emerson that have an excellent film studies programs

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but they're not going to be a place to go

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for religious days So a lot of colleges have a

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pretty defined focus but they're not really a broad liberal

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arts education If you really know what you want to

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do with your life and what you want your career

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to be you might know technical school absolutely great and

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if you don't know what you want your career to

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be can you still go to a technical school If

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you really i would say don't know what your career

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is going to be i would actually have a way

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of school it's too focused because you're going to find

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the your options are kind of limited You might actually

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major in something that they have but i would say

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that would be more luck than anything So i think

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if you don't really know what you want to do

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go to a college that has a lot of options

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Technical schools focus on one or a few areas of

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study Technical schools don't offer a broad liberal arts education

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If you know what you want to study technical schools

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can be a good choice If you're unsure of your

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major avoid technical schools they don't have many options to 00:01:30.108 --> [endTime] explore No underwater basket weaving college Check it out

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