College Spotlight Poster
Poster Example
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College
Spotlight Poster (Poster via Google Slides) Student
Directions: 1. Choose a career and find the
answers to the following questions listed below under Career research. Do your
research using CCGI. CalforniaColleges.edu 2. Sign-in to your account and
then go to menu and choose career first. When done researching a career go back
to menu and research a college. 3. If you are unable to sign
into your CCGI account don’t
worry, you can get the information anywhere using Google search engine. 4. Then, choose a college that
can help you get to the career you chose; use the questions listed below under
College research as your guide. Make sure you write the information in your own
words, as well as provide the link to your research in the template provided. 5. Once you have finished your
research go to your Google Classroom for English. Your
English teacher should have posted the assignment in Classroom for you. As soon
as you click open it will automatically make a copy for you. 6. Now you are ready to start
plugging your research into the template. 7. You may change font, color,
backgrounds, etc...as long as you have all information
presented on the slide. 8. When finished you will turn
in your assignment, whether finished or not into Google Classroom.
Career
Research: 1. What they do: In your own words, write a
general description for what a person who has this career does. 2.
What to learn: What high school courses should you take if you are interested
in this career? How much post-secondary education is recommended for this
career? 3.
Money and Outlook: Discuss the earning potential, entry wage, average wage and
experienced wage (if given) and the employment outlook and growth rate. 4.
Employment: What industries employ people in this career field? 5.
Connections: List associations or internet sites that would be of interest to a
person in this career field. College
Research: 1.
Vital information: Name and address of the school, phone number and
website. 2.
Statistics: Include the population of the city where the school is located. 3.
Tuition Expenses: Include tuition costs for both state residents versus
non-residents. 4.
Other Expenses: Cost for room and board; estimated costs for textbooks, food
not covered by the meal plan (pizza, McDonalds, etc)
and spending money (gas for car, movie nights, football games, a date, that
awesome sweatshirt, etc) 5.
Estimated Total Costs: add together items #4 and #5 to arrive at the total cost
for completing one year of college. Do
this for both resident and nonresident. Multiply this by four to estimate
completion of four years of college. 6.
Admission Requirements: Include GPA,
High School courses required or recommended, and minimum scores for ACT or SAT.
Required admission procedures and costs like application fee,
student essay, letters of recommendation, deadline dates, etc. 7.
Student Demographics: Average freshman
GPA, Graduation rate, Include student profile data and population, male/female
ratio, resident/non-resident ratio, undergrad/graduate ratio, student/faculty
ratio. 8. Campus life:
Include student activities, sororities/fraternities, clubs, sports, etc. |