Post-Secondary Time

Beginning October, a pretty big (but important) assignment was dropped on us. The theme is colleges, degrees, and everything else about what we want to do. So, here are the questions we've been asked to answer:

1. List 3 colleges you would apply for with the degree program you will need to enter the field you are studying in HMP. Please provide the college's name, location, and link to their website.

2. What will be your criteria for a quality program of study?

3. Which universities would have the criteria you came up with?

4. Is there additional entrance requirements for your field of study?

5. What is your criteria for a "quality" ranking and educational program (size, location, sports, diversity, funding)?

6. What is the ranking for this program nation wide and what criteria is used to determine that ranking?

7. What professional and honors associations are related to your field of study?

8. List 3-4 potential scholarships for which you are eligible and can apply for.

Here goes!

1. I would apply to Purdue University, Vanderbilt University, and Georgia Tech for Civil Engineering.

    -Purdue: West Lafayette, IN: http://www.purdue.edu/

    -Vanderbilt: Nashville, TN: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/
    -Georgia Tech: Atlanta, GA: http://www.gatech.edu/
2. As far as the quality of the program of study goes, I want to study at an accredited university with a well-proven success rate (proven by graduates and their accomplishments).
3. All three have the criteria!

4. No additional courses or activities are required to enter the Civil Engineering field of study.

5. A quality educational program is at a large, well-known school, in a well-known area, that is good at sports, has a good mix of diversity, and gets lots of charter funding.

6. I'll get back to you on that...
7. Same as above...

8. Still working through this with my parents. We need scholarships...