Answer the following questions in your Career Cruising journal.

• Add a new entry for each question.
• Type the subject in the subject line and complete the prompt in the section for your thoughts.  High-quality responses will be complete sentences, have lots of details, and explain your opinions. (Hint:  you can copy and paste to save yourself time!)

Subject #4: Population

Prompt #4: The school I chose with the largest population is ________.  Some advantages of going to a big school are ______.  Some disadvantages of going to a big school are ________.

Subject #5: School setting

Prompt #5: The settings for the schools I chose are _________.  It would be cool to go to an urban (city) school because __________.  A good thing about going to college in a small town is ________.

Subject #6: Student-Faculty Ratio

Prompt #6: Out of my choices, the school with the smallest student-faculty ratio is _______.  *Why do you think schools try so hard to get a small student-faculty ratio?

Subject #7: Entrance Difficulty

Prompt #7: Out of my choices, the school that would be the most difficult to get into is _________.  *What can you predict about the classes and the students who go there?

Subject #8: Cost

Prompt #8:  The school that costs the least is ________.  It would cost $_________.  (Be sure to include tuition, fees, books, and room/board.)  The school that would cost the most is _____________.  *Explain how the cost of a college will affect your decision about which school to attend.

Subject #9: Campus Services

Prompt #9:  Some campus services I think are important are _________  because __________.

Subject #10:  Athletic Scholarships

Prompt #10:  How many athletic scholarships are available at each college you chose?   Are you interested in trying to get an athletic scholarhip?  If so, for what sport?  If not, what kind of a scholarship would you like to get?  (academic, music, theater, other)

Subect #11:  Undergraduate majors

Prompt #11:  The school that offers the most undergraduate majors is ________.   The school that offers the fewest undergraduate majors is ________.  *What predictions can you make about the students at the school based on the number of undergraduate majors?

Subject #12: Top choice

Prompt #12:  After comparing schools, ________ is my top choice because ___________.

Make sure  you completed:

• Step 1: Journal Entries
• Interview
• Step 2: Choose Colleges
• Step 3: College Comparison Chart
• Step 4: Analyzing College Characteristics

Great work!  Finish the project by taking the Post-Survey.