1. And Admission Tests

2. Let’s Dream! Choose your dream vacation location Each group must work together to answer the following questions: What do you need to do ahead of time before you leave for vacation? How are you going to get there? Do you need to bring anything? What other things to do you need to think about or do before you head to paradise? Share with the group

3. Students will learn... The differences between the four main types of colleges and universities The degrees offered at each type of college and university Potential career options that each degree can lead to The differences in the standardized admissions tests required and accepted at each type of college and university

4. In the US these words can be used synonymously The real differences Colleges tend to be smaller Can offer all degrees universities do There is an important distinction when it comes to community colleges that we will get into later Universities may have multiple colleges within them Can offer all degrees from certifications to PhD We will use “college” to describe all education that is after high school

6. Certification Associate Degree Bachelor’s Degree Master’s Degree Professional Certification Doctoral Degree Medical Doctor

7. Length of Time: 8 months to 2 years Type of Learning: Hands-on with some classroom/lecture work Potential Careers: culinary arts, accounting, digital and media arts, early childhood education, hairstylist, medical technicians, IT/Computer technicians, court reporter, etc.

8. Length of Time: 2-3 years Type of Learning: more classroom/lecture with a small amount of hands-on learning Potential Careers: nurse, teacher assistant, dental hygienist, radiation therapist, construction manager, paralegal, etc.

9. Length of Time: 4-6 years Type of Learning: more classroom/lecture with a small amount of hands-on learning Potential Careers: financial analyst, afterschool coordinator, engineer, business managers, art museum curator, web designer, etc.

10.  Master’s Degree (graduate degree)  Professional Certification  Doctoral Degree  Medical Doctor (MD) Length of Time: 1-8+ years Type of Learning: Independent research and hands-on learning with some classroom/lecture Potential Careers: upper management personnel, counselors, college professors, CEO, business executives, principals, doctors, etc.

12.  Public State Universities  Private Colleges and Universities  Public State Community Colleges  Vocational/Technical Colleges

13. California State University Prepares students for the workforce, mixing theory and practical application in the classroom University of California Prepares students for further education and research based careers, focusing on theoretical, philosophical and researched based learning in the classroom

14. Degrees Offered: Bachelor’s, Graduate/Master’s, Professional Certifications College Admissions Tests Accepted: SAT, ACT Examples of Potential Careers: Accounting, Teaching, Nursing, etc.

15. Degrees Offered: Bachelor’s, Graduate/Master’s, Professional Certifications, Doctoral, Medical College Admissions Tests Accepted: SAT, ACT with Writing, SAT Subject Tests Examples of Potential Careers: Research and Discovery Careers (professor, doctor, high level nurse, sociologist, philosopher, etc.)

16. Degrees Offered: Bachelor’s, Graduate/Master’s, Professional Certifications, Doctoral, Medical College Admissions Tests Accepted: SAT, ACT with Writing, SAT Subject Tests Examples of Potential Careers: Depends on focus of each individual college or university

17. Degrees Offered: Certification, Associate Degree College Admissions Tests Accepted: None Needed, but you will need to take a test for placement of classes you will be taking Examples of Potential Careers: Dependent upon certification or degree

18. Degrees Offered: Certification, Associate Degree College Admissions Tests Accepted: None Needed, but some will require a placement test Examples of Potential Careers: accounting, digital and media arts, hair stylist, medical technicians, IT/Computer technicians, court reporter, mechanic, etc.

20. Used to predict how well you will most likely do in college SAT Reasoning Test ACT (with writing) SAT Subject Tests

21. Used to measure how well you reason and think things through Accepted everywhere, but most widely accepted at West Coast colleges and universities Subjects: Reading, Math, Writing

22. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. The dramatist was ------- over his lack of funds and his inability to sell any of his plays, and his letters to his wife reflected his unhappiness. Answer Choices (A) despondent (B) supercilious (C) prudent (D) encouraged (E) fortified

23. Used to measures how much you have already learned Accepted most everywhere, but mostly accepted everywhere but the West Coast Subjects: Reading, Math, Science, English and Writing

24. A car averages 27 miles per gallon. If gas costs $4.04 per gallon, which of the following is closest to how much the gas would cost for this car to travel 2,727 typical miles? (A)$ 44.44 (B)$109.08 (C)$118.80 (D)$408.04 (E)$444.40

25. Used to measure how much a student has already learned in the given subject Required by UCs and some private colleges and universities Subjects Offered: Literature, US history, World history, Mathematics 1, Mathematics 2, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and various languages (reading only or reading and listening)

26. Sign up for practice questions online ACT - http://www.actstudent.org/testprep/http://www.actstudent.org/testprep/ SAT - http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-practice- questionshttp://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-practice- questions Participate in a test preparation course Read the newspaper and trusted news magazines

27. Freshman Year Sign up for SAT and ACT practice questions – answer practice questions daily Read books your teachers mention Sophomore Year Continue with practice questions and reading Take SAT subject tests for subjects you earn A’s and B’s in

28. Junior Year Continue with practice questions and reading Take SAT subject tests for subjects they earn A’s and B’s in Participate in a test prep course for either the SAT or the ACT Take the SAT reasoning test and ACT with writing at least twice each by June Senior Year Take the SAT and ACT again if you are not satisfied with any of your previous scores – Colleges will accept tests taken through December