College Comparison Assignment
In order for students to make the absolute best choice of higher institutions of learning, students
will do extensive research about three different academic or vocational institutions during this
part of the portfolio assignment.
First, students will complete the College Comparison Worksheet which will enable them to find
out anything and everything about their potential colleges. Students may choose their colleges
based on what they already know, but even if they have already decided to attend a certain
institution, students must complete this worksheet for three different colleges. No one has signed
on the dotted line yet, so this comparison still has the potential to benefit everyone.
After students have completed their College Comparison Worksheet, students will take the most
important or helpful information to them and transcribe it into well-written paragraphs. Students
will have a total of three paragraphs- one for each college- that explain in detail (using the
information from the College Comparison Worksheet) why the student is either still considering
a college or has decided against going to a college.
Each paragraph must incorporate at least one piece of information from each of the sections on
the College Comparison Worksheet. As such, each paragraph will have at least 10 sentences
(one for each section and one explaining whether or not the student is still considering the
college). Each paragraph may have more sentences/explanations if desired by the student.
Students will have time on Tuesday, November 3; Wednesday, November 4; and Friday,
November 6 to work on this assignment. Thursday will be a senior book work day, but if
students finish their senior book essays early, they may use that lab time to work on their College
comparisons.
This assignment will be due on Monday, November 9 at the beginning of the period.