college 100 College fair assignment

The purpose of this worksheet/assignment is to assist in making your day at the National College Fair as productive as possible. Your journey of exploring post-secondary educational programs and career options will be a life-long one, but it is critically important at this time. Please complete each section below. Your responses are to be submitted to Terry by Oct. 9th.We suggest that you use the following questions as an interview guide, but certainly ask whatever questions you like: What is the average class size for freshman classes, as well as upper division? How would they describe the relationship between students and instructors at their college? Does their university place a greater emphasis on research or on teaching? What are their policies and procedures relative to financial aide, Scholarships, work-study, etc.? What internship, cooperative-education, and foreign study opportunities are available to undergraduate students? What major is their college best known for? What are the transfer policies and admissions standards for their college, including college testing such as SAT and/or ACT? How would they describe student life on their campus and in the local community? 1) To gain a broad perspective relative to the different types of colleges, campuses, and programs, provide the name and a brief description of the following: (Do not hesitate to explore colleges outside the Northwest states, do not use the same college twice, and do not simply list information available on their website.) A public college: University of WashingtonUniversity of Washington has multiple internships available for undergraduate and graduate students, has a beautiful campus. Rooming and board are available, but should not be necessary for me.

A private college: Concordia University
Located in Portland, Oregon. The University promotes an interdisciplinary approach to learning in which I won't just learn the facts and figures – I’ll learn how to think. Upon graduation ill be equipped with a broad education, a keen intellect, and needed experience.
A rural college: Evergreen
Evergreen is appearing The college ranks highly among national and West Coast schools in, “America’s Best Colleges 2009” by US News and World Report. Evergreen ranked highly overall and because of the A+ Schools for B Students, a grouping for colleges that look beyond grades to other indicators of student success, also described as schools with “first rate programs and strong reputations.” Plus it has a highly recommended A&P license training course.

A traditional large university: University of Phoenix
They offer Bachelor’s, master's or doctoral degree, that can help me reach my goal while I work. University of Phoenix offers degree programs in a variety of fields which are designed to provide up to date skills and knowledge. Program availability varies by location and learning format.

A small alternative college: Everett CC
AT Everett CC ill find small classes, great teacher-student relationship, and one of the best A&P license programs.


2) Select a college major that you might be interested in pursuing. (A&P license/ aviation mechanic) Find three colleges that are known to offer quality programs in that major. You may choose only one of the three colleges from within the state of Washington. Briefly describe what impressed you about each of these colleges. Then finally, describe how your overall educational experience might differ if you were to choose one college over the others. In making your comparisons, be sure to consider some the issues raised in the “suggested questions” above. (You probably should do some research on this before attending the Fair)
Everett CC
What impressed me about Everett CC is the small classes, great teacher-student relationship, and one of the best A&P license programs.

Evergreen
What impressed me about Evergreen is that it ranks highly among national and West Coast schools in, “America’s Best Colleges 2009” by US News and World Report. Evergreen ranked highly overall and because of the A+ Schools for B Students, the grouping for colleges that look beyond grades to other indicators of student success, also described as schools with “first rate programs and strong reputations.” Plus it has a highly recommended A&P license training course.
South Seattle: I wasn’t really impressed about this CC because they didn’t know what they were talking about and failed to answer my questions without looking into the brochure for like 5 min.

3) Attend at least one of the workshops during your time at the Fair. Briefly describe the content of the workshop and evaluate the information received. I went to two workshops, one was about financial aid, and the other was what the colleges are looking for in future students. The financial aid work shop was absolutely boring and almost useless, the only reason I when to it is because I got the work shops mixed up. The other workshop was the admissions, it was a lengthy boring speech about how you need to write the admission essay with information that a database or a file could tell them. Also to tell them about your troubles and how you over came life, and the life changing moments that made you a better person.4) Write a personal evaluation of your experience of attending the National College Fair. Share whatever thoughts you have, but be sure to include a discussion of the following:All of my questions were answered and now I will move on to the SATs and impressing the schools I want to attend. Now I have to get good grades and focus on my college studies. All in all the college fair gave me a good idea about what schools are best for me and what I need to do to get there and achieve greatness in life.