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 |