Bradley J Steiner
Years ago in Iron Man magazine (the old Peary Rader one, not the soft pron thing it became) and latterly in McRobert’s Hardgainer there was a great writer called Bradley J Steiner. He focussed on simple straightforward routines. No fluff, jsut progression the basics.
I recently found out that he is still writing, now on the web and lots of the material is also about reality based self defence.
It is good stuff. Check out Seattle Combatives
April 16th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
How do you know which college is right for you?
I’m going to start off by saying that I’m paying for college completely on my own with zero help from my parents. On top of that I want to be a sports reporter which is super competitive and attending anything less than a creditable and notable university will get me nowhere. I had everything planned and I was going to attend Bradley University. It’s a private school with the only Sports Communications major in the country. Notable alumni include Jack Brickhouse, Andy Masur, Charley Steiner and more. Incase you don’t know, these are all big names in the sportscasting world. I got in and before I sent in my enrollment fee’s I went to visit. I ended up hating it. I mean, it’s a really nice place and all but the dorms were incredibly small and for a place where I will be spending most of my time, I just wouldn’t feel comfortable in them, or anywhere else in the university for that matter. Bradley is also about 4 hours from home and there is some stuff going on with my family to the point where I would feel much safer being at home or closer to home for my mom. The other colleges I was looking at were NIU and Columbia (Art college). NIU is about an hour away but I feel like I’ve worked too hard to just go to a state school that almost anyone could get into (no offense to anyone). The other option is Columbia which also is extremely easy to get into. I’ve heard that they don’t help you get a job when you are ready to graduate and the internships are crap. None the less, I would only be a half hour from home (on a good traffic day), be able to get my bachelors in broadcast communications (emphasis in sports reporting) and they have really nice dorms (which are actually apartments, even for freshman) so I would have room and it would feel a lot more like home. My only concern here is that it’s still a lot of money to just be wasting if they really don’t help you at all with internships or anything. Internships are a must for my career. My very last option would be community college for a year or 2 just to save up money and get my gen eds done. However, this would put me back 2 years and everyone going there already knows eachother. It would be just like high school again and there would already be cliques. All my friends are going atleast 2 hours away so I would pretty much be alone. But it is cheap and close to home.
So tell me, if you were in my shoes, what would you do? Also, if you attended college, how did you know it was the right one for you?
If you actually read all of that and/or bothered to respond thank you sooo much. You have no idea how much it means to me.
April 17th, 2010 at 12:04 am
Ahhh, I know the feeling of being so confused and uninspired by the variety of choices that you have. In my 100% honest opinion, Bradley sounds like your best option. If you have a place where you can get into the field that you want and that can open doors for you as the only major in the states, then go for it! Why would you ever look down at that? Because the dorms suck?! Not good enough. Fail. lol.
Even if you have to live on campus the first year (if it’s required, check that out) then suck it up for a year and move off campus the next year. It’s actually cheaper to live off campus in most instances and you won’t have to worry about the mandatory cafeteria meal plans. Loans are plentiful and so are scholarships. Check FastWeb.com and google scholarships for your hometown. I’m sure there are plenty that you could apply for. Remember if no one else applies then you win by default. That happened a lot when I applied to go to college.
Ultimately, you have to do what you think feels right. Being close to your mom is admirable, but she will be okay. You’ll see her often as four hours is not that far away and you’ll get breaks to spend time with her. Going to a school specialized for your career path should take front seat above any other factor. Not liking dorms is not even worthy of being in the same car lol.
Good luck!
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