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College & Career
Quest Exercise |
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INTRODUCTION
This WebQuest will take you through a process of exploring careers and colleges using the Web. It is designed to develop skills required in researching potential majors and colleges. This is only the beginning of your exploration. You will need to do much more extensive investigation before you are ready to make decisions.
TASK
You are to complete the following worksheet after visiting the linked resources and finding the required information.
PROCESS AND RESOURCES
Print this page and use it to record your College Quest experience. To print, right click on the mouse and scroll down to "Print" or hold the "Ctrl" button and the letter "p" down at the same time.
1. Take two interest inventories
at any of these sites:
Princeton
Review's Career Quiz
Schools
in the USA CareerKey
College Major Interest Inventory
List three potential careers:
__________________________________________________
_________________________
2. Go to the Occupational Outlook Handbook
and the College Board Career Browser or the Princeton Review Career Search and
explore these potential careers:
Occupational Outlook
Handbook
College
Board Career Browser
Princeton
Review Career Search
List two that interest you:
_________________________
_________________________
3. Go to "What can I do with a major
in …?" and explore related careers:
What
Can I Do With A Major In....?
a. List two related careers:
_________________________
_________________________
b. List the Web site of a related professional organization:
_________________________
4. Go to two college search engines and
search for colleges that offer majors related to these careers:
College
Board's College Search
Counselor-O-Matic
Peterson's
CollegeQuest
List six colleges that offer majors that interest you:
_________________________ _________________________
_________________________ _________________________
_________________________ _________________________
5. Go to the the College Board College
Side-by-Side Comparison Work Sheet and compare four of the colleges you have
listed:
College
Side-by-Side Comparison Work Sheet
What is the percentage accepted by each school?
_________________________ _________________________ _________________________
What is the undergraduate enrollment?
_________________________ _________________________ _________________________
6. Go to the US News Personality
Quizto evaluate the type of schools that might interest you most:
US
News Personality Quiz
What is your:
Learning style? _______________________ College orientation? _______________________
Academic/social balance? _______________________ Independence? _______________________
Click on "More detailed profile" for information in greater depth.
7. Go to the National College Fair
site and find a fair near you:
NACAC College
Fair Listing
Name two colleges that will attend?
_________________________
_________________________
When is the date and site of the next National College Fair near your location?
Date:_________________________ Location:_________________________
8. Go to one of the listed colleges homepages
and thoroughly explore their Web sites.
College
Guide Wizard
a. Read their student newspaper.
i. What is the name of the paper? 1. _______________________
ii. Name one article that interested you. 1. ____________________________________
b. Go to the catalog of one school and find one of the majors.
i. Name a few related courses they offer.
_________________________
_________________________
ii. Are their and specific requirements for the major?
_________________________________________________
c. Find the name of a professor that teaches a course in your potential major and email him or her asking a pertinent question.
i. Question? _________________________
ii. Response ? __________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
d. Go to the "Prospective Student" page and review their admission requirements:
Requirements? _________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
e. Print a copy of their application.
i. What is the submission deadline? _________________________
ii. What is one essay question?
___________________________________________________________________________
f. Take a virtual tour of their campus.
What interested you the most?
___________________________________________________________________________g 1. Go to the athletic page and read about a sport that interests you (or go on to "g 2" if not interested in an athletic team).
i. Who is the coach? _________________________
ii. Do they have an overview of the team? _________________________
iii. What was their record? _________________________
iv. Name two high schools that members of their team attended. _________________________
or
g 2. Go to an extracurricular activity (club, intramural, etc.) listed on their site and give a one paragraph synopsis or overview.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
9. Review campus security at one of the
schools your researched:
OPE Campus Security
Statistics
Chronicle
of Higher Education's Crime on College Campuses
Security On Campus, Inc.
What were a few of the problems on the campus:
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
10. Go to a discussion group and ask a
question about a college:
Princeton
Review College Admission Group (must register)
US
News College Forum (must register to post questions)
a. What was the question you asked?
__________________________________________________
b. What was one answer or response you received?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
11. Download the Common Application and
review the procedures for completing a typical college application:
The
2005-2006 Common Application
a. List one of the essay topics listed
__________________________________________________
EVALUATION
Review the questions and your answers. Determine if there are other careers and colleges you should explore. Did you visit all the linked sites? Do you need more information that should be researched before making decisions?
CONCLUSION
When you are satisfied with this aspect of your research, continue your non-Web phase by reading guidebooks, college brochures and viewbooks, going to college fairs, talking to others and visiting the schools. Ask questions and become informed about all aspects of the colleges you are considering.