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2007-2008 High School Planning Calendar

Planning Your Future
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Choosing a College

Choosing a college can be an exciting opportunity to make one of your first BIG decisions. Of course, your friends, family and guidance counselor will all have their opinions, but this worksheet will help YOU collect information and make decisions. OR, just print out this list, decide which categories are important to you and collect information on the schools that interest you.

You can also open an Education and Career Opportunity Systems (ECOS) account at any Milwaukee Public Library for FREE. Then you can search for colleges and store information into your "virtual locker"- all on the web!

For each school, keep track of these factors:

School Name:
Academics
Majors offered that match my interests
Special requirements
Accredited program?
Student-faculty ratio
Typical class size
Campus Info
Number of students
Size/area of a campus
Location: near or far from home?
2 yr or 4 yr school?
Urban or rural?
Public or private?
Religious affiliation?
Admission Requirements
Deadlines
Test scores, ACT or SAT
GPA, rank in class
Application fees
College Costs
Tuition
Room & board (dorm & food plan)
Housing
Residence hall or off-campus options
Residence hall requirement
Food plan
Activities
Academic and social clubs
Student governance
Athletics, intramurals
Facilities
Lecture halls, discussion rooms, labs
Libraries, computer/technology centers
Recreation areas, gyms
Health center
Campus Visit
By appointment
Special opportunities/ preview week
This page was last updated March 9, 2006.
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