Quick Guide to Choosing Your College Major
- Laurence Shatkin
- 2020-04-21
Author: Laurence Shatkin
Publisher: Meyer & Meyer Sport
ISBN: 9781782558620
Category: Education
Page: 280
View: 637
This easy-to-use guide moves from self-assessment to information to decision making. The decision-making process begins with an explanation of what a college major is and what should be considered when making a decision. The next chapters offer three quick exercises to help readers clarify dimensions that are relevant to the choice of a major: their personality type, their strongest skills, and their favorite high school courses. Using the results of these exercises, readers construct a "hot list" of the college majors that seem to suit them the most, plus any others that look interesting. Then they explore their possible choices by reading fact-packed descriptions of 61 popular college majors and the 164 occupations and 95 job specializations linked to these majors. Finally, readers fill out a decision-making checklist, comparing the results of their self-assessment exercises with the facts they have learned about various majors. They weigh the pros and cons to reach a tentative conclusion and receive hints about how to do additional exploration to confirm their decision. With Quick Guide to Choosing Your College Major, the reader will be able to determine their future path fast!The Complete Idiot's Guide to Financial Aid for College, 2nd Edition
- David Rye, M.B.A
- 2008-02-05
Author: David Rye, M.B.A
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN: 9780241883044
Category: Education
Page: 384
View: 131
Most futures depend on it... This comprehensive, fully updated edition shows readers how to get scholarships, find the best financial aid packages for academic or sports skills, improve one's chances of receiving financial aid, take advantage of the new tax laws to build a college savings plan, and much more. Also includes a newly updated yellow-pages directory with names, addresses, and information on where to inquire and how to apply for financial aid. ? A must-have purchase for anyone considering budgeting for or financing a college educationThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Choosing a College Major
- Randall S. Hansen, PhD
- 2007-10-02
Author: Randall S. Hansen, PhD
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN: 9780241882788
Category: Education
Page: 400
View: 517
How to figure out what you want out of college - and life. Choosing a college major is the biggest decision of one's college experience, and there are many factors to consider. Here, you will discover which majors will give the best chances of finding employment, which majors are most likely to lead to the highest-paying jobs, what major best suits each personality, and what skills and background you need to realize your goals.A Freshman Survival Guide for College Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Haley Moss
- 2014-06-21
Author: Haley Moss
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 9780857009227
Category: Family & Relationships
Page: 160
View: 632
How do you know which college is right for you? What happens if you don't get on with your roommate? And what on earth is the Greek system all about? As a university student with High-Functioning Autism, Haley Moss offers essential tips and advice in this insider's guide to surviving the Freshman year of college. Chatty, honest and full of really useful information, Haley's first-hand account of the college experience covers everything students with Autism Spectrum Disorders need to know. She talks through getting ready for college, dorm life and living away from parents, what to expect from classes, professors and exams, and how to cope in new social situations and make friends. This book is a must-read for all students on the autism spectrum who are about to begin their first year of college, parents and teachers who are helping them prepare, and college faculty and staff.Your Guide to College Success
- John W. Santrock
- 1999
Author: John W. Santrock
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
ISBN: PSU:000046134318
Category: College student orientation
Page: 398
View: 793
This book will appeal to coordinators of College Success courses-in particular, those who place equal emphasis on academic skills and personal adjustment. It is innovative and pedagogically sound and addresses course topics from the standpoint of the individual.Practical Guide to College Admission
- Willard Dolman
- 2001-07-01
Author: Willard Dolman
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9780595190393
Category: Education
Page: 157
View: 956
Much material is available on the internet and in print regarding college research, admission, and matriculation. The PRACTICAL GUIDE TO COLLEGE ADMISSION, however, is the sole tool that brings all of the pieces together and arranges them in a step by step process to allow the needs of the students to be equated effectively with the characteristics of over 3000 colleges and universities. This method of research allows the candidate to restrict applications to four or five schools that are the best matches. These realistic applications will result in multiple acceptances. From these the candidate can choose to matriculate at his/her best match. This method was developed and used by the author in one of the best school districts in the United States.The Complete Guide to Writing Effective College Applications & Essays for Admission and Scholarships
- Kathy Lynn Hahn
- 2009-11-10
Author: Kathy Lynn Hahn
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781601382214
Category: Education
Page: 288
View: 430
Book & CD-ROM. Applying to college can be one of the most stressful times in a student's life. Not only are you faced with the task of finding the perfect school for you, but you also have to find scholarships to be able to go to the school you want. These two intertwining obstacles require a lengthy application and a seemingly perfect essay. The essay topic is crucial to demonstrate your values. creativity, and depth of knowledge, and the writing is important because it reflects your power of persuasion, organisational skills and style. This book will teach you how to write effective applications and essays for college admissions and scholarships, helping shoulder some of the weight of applying. This guide provides you with all the tools you need to complete your application and write a winning essay. You will learn how to choose a topic, keep your focus narrow and personal, edit and revise, tweak essays to use them on various applications, choose your tone and structure, avoid the common pitfalls, and how to overcome writer's block. The guide has sample essays and essay questions, and even examples of the essays specific colleges use. You will find those samples on the companion CD-ROM, along with brainstorming exercises and sample applications. Admissions officers have chimed in with their expertise to provide insider information on how to compose impressive applications and essays for admission and scholarships.Internet Guide for College-bound Students
- Kenneth E. Hartman
- 1998
Author: Kenneth E. Hartman
Publisher:
ISBN: 0874476011
Category: Study Aids
Page: 199
View: 328
Recommends ways to search the Internet to find out about and select the right collegeThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Going Back to College
- Dolores A. Mize, Ph.D.
- 2007-01-02
Author: Dolores A. Mize, Ph.D.
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN: 9780241882443
Category: Education
Page: 336
View: 636
The grown-up's guide to higher education. Adults make up 41% of students on campus today, but the truth is many enter college feeling lost, uncomfortable, and "too old" in the traditional class structure. This book provides information that is unique to the adult learning experience, including selecting the right school and courses, online enrollment and advisement, school for the full-time parent, juggling classes and a job, and more. --Author is a higher education leader who received her doctorate as a single parent --Covers every unique challenge for the adult college studentA Starter Guide to College for Clueless Students & Parents
- Jake D. Seeger
- 2019-01-05
Author: Jake D. Seeger
Publisher: Starter Guides LLC
ISBN:
Category: Education
Page: 340
View: 718
For 8th-graders, freshmen and sophomores, here's what to do now. For juniors and seniors, here are details about the tests, the applications, admissions factors, financial aid, essays, interviews and college selection. Checklists are provided for each year of high school. A comprehensive checklist for the application for each college is provided. It is a reference book for these many details for when you need them. Use some chapters now, and come back to other chapters later, even in a year or more. For 8th- and 9th-Graders, get a great start on high school by seeing what to do your freshman and sophomore years, so you're not behind in junior and senior years. Which colleges are realistic? Which are affordable? Do not count any of them out yet. Can you get a great degree without a huge debt? Sure, if you make the right choices. These topics are covered: - How to get college-ready and admissions-ready; - Benefits of community colleges and public - colleges; - Selective admissions factors and expectations; - Activities, internships and sports; - Practice for standardized tests and subject tests; - Application checklists and procedures; - Financial aid and cost comparisons; - Meeting admissions officials; and - Essays and interviews. After knowing more, students and parents can better discuss and think about all these factors to decide if college is indeed the best option, and what type of college is best. The book explains the basics, and moves into detailed information that you may not need right away, but probably will use later. It has handy reference pages containing checklists, testing rules, calendars, admissions statistics, college degree levels, and websites to use, so you don't have to look everything up yourself. You don't have to remember everything now. You can go back to the book again and again when you need the information. For the maze of selective college applications, admissions and choices, the Starter Guide explains the basics, and then provides a detailed analysis of the situation, presents a detailed plan of action and points you to the some of the best sources for even more information to complete a serious run for the Ivies and the other top 50 to top 150 colleges. But the great options of public colleges aren't neglected, as the benefits of community colleges, public honors colleges, tuition discounts in nearby states, affordable regional colleges and flagship universities are explained. Finances and financial aid are covered, with estimates of what to expect from both public and private colleges, with examples for various household income levels. Students and parents will find advice on how to meet admissions staff. Learn how to build an impressive record based on what the colleges are looking for. Students will find practical advice on how to make the best impression with their attire, conversational interactions, paperwork and correspondence. Learn which questions to ask and how to best convey your story, while knowing what things to avoid doing (and there are a few). High school guidance counselors will like the reference information on testing (test by test, 8th grade to 12th grade, in reference summary pages) and admissions statistics. The book covers test schedules, reporting, fees, fee waivers, test cancellation procedures, information websites, admissions events, admissions statistics for 120 colleges in one spot (the publisher looked them up and calculated them so you don't have to). See about fine print admissions details, like the lowest test scores for admissions at a college. The Starter Guide to College for Clueless Students & Parents is a good value. It doesn't have to be read all at once, but can guide a student and the parents as time passes, even loaned to others.The College Writer: A Guide to Thinking, Writing, and Researching
- Randall VanderMey
- 2014-01-01
Author: Randall VanderMey
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781285974439
Category: Education
Page: 752
View: 222
Combining streamlined instruction in the writing process with outstanding accessibility, THE COLLEGE WRITER is a fully updated four-in-one book-with a rhetoric, a reader, a research guide, and a handbook-for users at any skill level. Throughout the book, numerous student and professional writing samples highlight important features of academic writing-from voice to documentation-and offer models for users' own papers. The fifth edition features a greater focus on writing across the curriculum, further supported within the research chapters by additional coverage of report writing, primary research, and avoiding plagiarism. Each student text is packaged with a free Cengage Essential Reference Card to the MLA HANDBOOK, Eighth Edition. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.The High School Athlete's Guide to College Baseball
- Wayne Mazzoni
- 2008-01-01
Author: Wayne Mazzoni
Publisher: Mazz Marketing Inc
ISBN: 9780979289620
Category: Sports & Recreation
Page: 143
View: 901