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: ____ 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. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 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