National College Fair Worksheet

A PUBLIC COLLEGE:

University of Washington,
-easier to get into than a private college
-takes early college credits

A PRIVATE COLLEGE:

Stanford University,
-very prestigious
-high standards
-best over all sports program for the past 14 years
-being taught by the best
-come out knowing alot

A RURAL COLLEGE:

Usually near wilderness areas, have educational opportunities related to science & nature

A TRADITIONAL LARGE UNIVERSITY:

University of Central Florida
-34,000 students

A SMALL ALTERNATIVE COLLEGE:

Evergreen, not as many choices for major

Select a college major that you might be interested in pursuing.........- Surgery- (no specified field yet)

Find 3 colleges that are known to offer quality programs in that major. Briefly described 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.

#1-STANFORD

-Ranked 6th best University in the United States.
-Ranked 8th best medical school in the United States
-Best over all sports program for the last 14 years.

If I were to attend Stanford, my education would be much higher. It is a tremendously prestigious university, well respected and known in America.
When i graduate from Stanford University School of Surgery, I hope that my patients would see me as a trustworthy, dependable doctor. I would hope that graduating from such a well honorable school would give my patients reassuring.
With Stanford being my favorite college, and my heart set on going to there, my hopes of graduating from there is not my only goal with Stanford. I see Stanford University as an opportunity to learn, make new discoveries, and share knowledge. Once I have completed my dreams of being a surgeon, I would hope to come back to Stanford to teach the new generation of medical discoverers.

#2-University of Washington

-Well respected Medical school
-23rd best college in United States

The benefits to going to University of Washington is that it not only being a well respected medical school but also would take my early college credits. It would be closer to home and save me money from it being in state, and being a public university.

#3-University of California Los Angeles

-Ranked 15th best college in the United States
-Ranked 9th best Medical School in the United States
-Pac 10 champions in men's basketball 2007-2008

I like that the UCLA would take some of my early college credits. (correct me if I'm wrong) With the UCLA being as popular as it is, and having a prestigious medical school, it would help my patients trust me more as a doctor.

Briefly describe the content of the workshop and evaluate the information received.

I will admit that I was late for my workshop, because i honestly completely forgot about it! :) I was probably to busy talking with my boys from Stanford. :) Anyhow, I did manage to attend the last 10 minutes or so of the workshop discussing college essays. In that last ten minutes, this lady was PREACHING the importance of proof reading and not relying on spell check. Her closing statement in that workshop was the cheer, "PROOF READ! PROOF READ! PROOF READ!"

At the National College Fair the most useful information was wether my credits from early college would be accepted.
My main question that would remain unanswered would be, how much do my previous grades in high school weigh in when it's compared to my current GPA? In other words, how much does it matter if i didn't do as well in my last two years as I'm doing now?
My next phase of my educational and career planning process is getting organized with my materials needed to apply to colleges, such as studying for the SAT and ACT, figuring out what my essay is going to be about, what am i gonna do if i have to move out of state for school? how will I pay for school, food & board, if I'm not able to have enough time to work?