Directions: Use the presentation design of your choice to showcase your assigned college. The
guidelines below will help you to design your presentation as well as write your speech.
Outline of Speech:
1. Introduce yourself and your college
a. Name of college/university
b. Location
2. Body of Information (Share the researched information)
i. Enrollment Information
1. State whether your school is Public or Private
2. School Mascot
3. School Colors
4. School Motto
5. Enrollment (undergraduate/graduate)
ii. Financial Information
1. Tuition (in-state/out-of-state)
2. Room & board cost
3. GPA needed to apply
4. Test scores (SAT & ACT)
iii. Student Appeal
1. Most Popular Majors
2. List of Activities and Sports that appeal to you
3. Share the items in your presentation that represent the three interesting “did you know?” facts
about your college.
4. Closing
i. Share your presentation design (poster, Prezi, Powerpoint, etc.)
1. School Name
2. School Mascot
3. Three words that describe your college
4. Complete the sentence: “You should consider attending this college if
you…”
ii. Answer the following questions in your conclusion:
1. What did you learn?
2. Will you add this college to your “Most Desirable College List?”
Name:_________________________ Date:____________ Period:
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Purpose of Project: To research various colleges, gain exposure to the college entrance requirements, and learn
about the basic college information.
Directions: Find the following information on bigfuture.collegeboard.org or your assigned college’s website.
College Information
Record Information
Name of University/College
Location: city, state
Public or Private
College Motto
School Colors
School Mascot
Enrollment Size
Undergraduate:
Graduate:
Average GPA to Apply
Reading:
Average SAT scores
Math:
Writing:
Average ACT Score
Tuition
Resident of the State:
Non-Resident of the State:
Room & Board
Popular Majors
Sports:
Sports & Activities
(List three of each that appeal to you)
Three Interesting Facts
about your college
Activities:
Paying for College
What you do in middle school affects your future so learning about ways to pay
for college now is a good idea. The government and other organizations offer
help. There are grants, usually for students who need money the most; workstudy programs which allow students to earn money; and scholarships,
awarded to students based on achievement.
Work with a partner to research online and complete the following table.
How to pay for college
What is it?
How can I qualify?
Grants
Savings
Scholarship
Loans
Work-study
Reflect: Which methods would you choose to pay for college? Explain why you
would choose those methods.
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1. Sam Houston State University
2. University of Texas – Austin (UT Austin)
3. University of Houston (UH)
4. University of Illinois – Chicago (UIC)
5. Santa Monica College (SMC)
6. University of Iowa (UI)
7. University of Texas – Arlington (UTA)
8. George Washington University (GWA)
9. University of Delaware (UD)
10.
Syracuse University (SU)
11.
University of California – San Diego (UCSD)
12.
Rutgers – New Brunswick
13.
University of Arizona (U of A)
14.
Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
15.
North Caroline State University (NCSU)
16.
Iowa State University (ISU)
17.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
18.
University of Maryland – College Park (UMCP)
19.
Stanford University
20.
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
21.
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech, GT)
22.
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
23.
Cornell University
24.
Academy of Art University
25.
Harvard University
26.
Texas A&M University (TAMU)
27.
University of Texas – Dallas (UTD)
28.
University of Wisconsin – Madison (UW-Madison)
29.
Houston Community College (HCC)
30.
University of California – Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
31.
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
32.
SUNY University at Buffalo (UB)
33.
Univerisity of Florida (UF)
34.
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities (U of M)
35.
Ohio State University – Main Campus (OSU)
36.
University of Washington (UW)
37.
Indiana University – Bloomington (IU Bloomington)
38.
Boston University (BU)
39.
Arizona State University (ASU)
40.
Penn State University – University Park
41.
Michigan State University (MSU)
42.
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor (UM, UMich)
43.
Northeastern University (NU)
44.
University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA)
45.
Columbia University
46.
New York University (NYU)
47.
Purdue University – Main Campus
48.
University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
49.
University of Southern California (USC)
50.
Princeton University
51.
Swarthmore College
52.
The College of William and Mary
53.
Yale University
54.
Duke University
55.
Washington and Lee University
56.
Rice University
57.
Louisiana State University (LSU)
58.
Colorado State University
59.
Air Force Academy
60.
Tulane University
61.
Youngstown State
62.
Baylor University
63.
University of Texas – San Antonio
64.
University of North Texas
65.
Austin Community College
66.
Lamar University
67.
Texas State University
68.
Stephen F. Austin State University
69.
Texas Southern University
70.
Clemson University