10/25/2023 0 Comments Week 5: Community CollegeThis week I plan on completing a slideshow and sheets document to list the top fifteen community colleges in North Carolina. This includes areas near me and some far away. What they specialize has not been taken into account, but their ratings of how the college is set up and teaches is. Throughout this the location, average tuition, and a few other things will be mentioned. The plan is to finish everything by next week for this part of the assignment. Military is still a consideration depending on the time that I have left. This project is taking a little longer than expected...
What have I done? So far I have completed a segment on four year universities in North Carolina. Due to there being so many across the United States, I stuck with North Carolina. This allows for in-state tuition to be considered instead of out-of-state tuition that varies. My findings with four year universities are that they are extremely expensive, considering they are public colleges. They are also more accepting of scholarships and financial aid. While some schools may not offer as much, a lot of the universities offer academic, athletic, and more in the scholarship columns. Students have the ability, if they work hard enough, to gain a college education at an expensive university for the price of two years at a community college. This is crucial to anyone that wants a larger degree compared to an associates degree. However, Community colleges offer financial aid AFTER their reduced prices that make their college even cheaper. For example, as I attended school through Davie County I can go to Davidson-Davie community college and get two free years of schooling. If I did not get any finacial aid from a four year, the best idea is to take the two years as transfer credits. This would make my degree of whatever I get say the four year university while I only paid for half. To do list so far: -create and finish slide show for community college -add elements that "spice" up slideshow -make sure to complete everything for this weeks Genius hour. -Find credible sources -CIte sources
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10/18/2023 0 Comments Week 4: Quarter of the way done!Introduction:
YAY! I am a quarter of the way done. I have finally completed the four year university section of my project. After spending the Wednesday class period working on the slideshow and completing everything that needed to be done, I can finally say that the four year university slideshow and spreadsheet are finished! If anyone reading this has any suggestions or colleges that they would like to see, leave it in the suggestion form on my page! Goals: By next week I am hopeful to complete all of the collegiate sections along with a few documents about scholarships in Davie County. If I do this I might remove the military section because that is just something that I am not interested in. But I am still undecided. Having multiple projects this week all due on the same day is becoming difficult to manage my time. This project is allowing me to find structure and to have fun while researching. With the motivation that I can surface from myself, I think that I can finish this project a little early and leave time to add appealing looks to the rest of the article. I might add a section for myself about college sports as well but this project is still a work in progress... Suggestions: (Repeating this over and over again) I love hearing about what I can do to improve other people's learning of what they want to do after college. So if anyone would like to take advantage of the suggestions page and send me an email, I will gladly take their input to consideration. The plan for next week. -Set up research for community colleges -Create slideshows and a Google sheet for any important information. -Allow for time to put creative effects to said slideshows. -Cite sources and create a page for that. 10/15/2023 2 Comments Week 3: keeping it movingIntroduction:
This week has not been completely productive with this project. Though I have been keeping track and not procrastinating, I haven't reached the goal that I set for myself. I plan to publish all of the websites and links at the very end, so I understand that results take time. Another "excuse" is just how busy life has been. But a lot has been accomplished. Setting high goals for myself and not reaching them is expected, it's when they are reached that they become exciting. I have thought about limiting myself and getting rid of some extravagant ideas, but I will push through. This is why I named this week's blog post "Keep is moving" to show that I will not stop! However, the goal is to finish this project early and dedicate time to focusing on the website's "curb appeal" to anyone who might be interested. What have I done so far? So far I have completed a slideshow and a sheet document to lay out all of the public colleges in NC. This will make it easier for me to complete the end results that I want to achieve. Extra effort and sources are also included. I tried to make the slideshows appealing, hopefully adding to the interest of others reading. The difficulty of finding reliable resources that are not extremely wordy and have interesting information has been a challenge to include, but manageable. Conclusion: Next week the hope is to have another slideshow and a sheet document completed for the military. I am not interested in this career path at the moment, but who knows? Maybe I will be interested in it after completing my full research! I will repeat myself as it was said in the last blog post, but please leave any suggestions in the suggestions page on my website! Everything mentioned is considered! 10/5/2023 1 Comment Week 2: the Start!This week I have dedicated time aside to setting up and starting the basis of all of my slideshows and sheets for my project about North Carolina Public Universities. A few examples included in this are tuition, average acceptance rate, and a comparison of which might fit your needs! The plan is to link and site resources and websites for others to get more than just the basics of the particular college. A suggestion page has also been added! This is for myself and for anyone else who may be interested in my project.
The concern when going to college is always, "Can I get in?" and "Can I afford it?" Other issues may appear later on, but your initial thought is always that. Most people do not have the benefit of having lots of money and a superior record to allow them into the top universities. So this page might be able to eliminate and isolate options for myself and others. Though these are just statistics and based on pure numbers, the likelihood of you getting into college is low but possible. Just because one school has a higher acceptance rate than another, does not mean that one is "easier" to get into. And that just because you get into the low acceptance rate school does not mean that you will get into the high acceptance rate school. The suggestion page is linked to my personal email and will take in any opinions and/or ideas that anyone has. I did this to allow anyone to have a say in my project. This will benefit my collaboration skills and possibly give me some insight into what my peers may be interested in. Ideas are always welcome, as they provide a sense of creativity when I am at a blank! This entire project is a learning process, not a right or wrong answer. This is a huge challenge for me and I am hoping to have a positive impact and for the project to be beneficial. |
AuthorMy name is Abigail Lankford and I am trying to figure out my future! I understand that it's a little early to start finalizing ideas but I plan on using this project to fully grasp all of my options. I hope that anyone viewing this might find it beneficial! Archives |