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Choosing
a College or University
 Getting
information about colleges and universities: Here are some Web sites that can help in your search for the
right college or university for you:
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The
Princeton Review lets you search on the
following criteria: school type, location, cost &
aid, majors, admission standards, student body, and
activities, by using their Advanced School Search.
Or, you can use the Quick
School Search: enter a keyword to get a list of
schools with that keyword in the name. Then, from
that list, proceed to the next page to get some basic facts about a specific
school.
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CollegeBoard's
College Search offers several levels of
search. Use their advanced search feature
to search for schools matching certain criteria selected
by you from their list of criteria, which includes type
of school (public, private, coed or male/female only,
size), admissions profile, location, sports, majors,
Advanced Placement policy, CLEP (College Level
Examination Program), and financial aid. Or, use
their college quickfinder
to quickly jump to a
college's profile. And, if you want to visit their
home page and see the full range of services, go to www.collegeboard.com.
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CollegeNet
provides a nice online search service.
From their starting page for Custom Search,
select from one of eight categories: 1) 4-Year
or More; 2) 2-Year Community/Junior
College; 3) Voc/Tech or Business - 2 Yrs; 4)
Upper Level Undergraduate; 5) 2-Year Campus of
4-Year Coll/Univ.; 6) 2-Year Voc/Tech College;
7) Hospital/School of Nursing; and 8)
Professional and Others. You can specify
such criteria as size of the school, tuition
range, public or private, major academic
programs, intercollegiate sports offered, and
geographic region, in conducting your search.
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U.S.
News & World Report's ranking of more
than 1,400 schools is online. This Web site can
help you obtain information about all schools
covered by the rankings. You can search by
geographic location, cost, degrees offered, size
of school, and more. You'll also find
information on financial aid and applying
online. If you would like to get a copy of
their 2003
College Guide titled America's
Best Colleges, you can purchase
it online.
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GoCollege.com
also provides a college search capability.
Search just by geographic location or keyword
(for example: Lutheran or biology), or do an
Advanced Search using additional criteria such
as desired major, SAT/ACT scores, private vs.
public, class rank, and tuition cost. And,
if you're thinking of study abroad, they have a
search capability for that, too. You'll
also find a free online SAT/ACT practice test,
and a scholarship search service.
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Nursing
& Healthcare Colleges Online: This
site is designed for nursing students and health
professionals that are pursuing education and
careers in nursing, medical assisting, dental
assisting or healthcare management. Online
nursing schools are also featured on this site.
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The National Center
for Education Statistics (NCES) has a College
Search service.
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PrviateColleges.com
specializes in helping prospective students
search for private colleges and
universities. They provide a special focus
on Science & Engineering, Health &
Medicine, Multicultural Students, Women's
Colleges, Catholic Colleges, Christian Colleges,
and Art Colleges.
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Visit UCAS.com
(Universities & Colleges
Admissions Service) if you want information on schools
in the UK.
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Are you looking for a college or university that
has made computer technology on campus a high
priority? Take a look at
America's 100 Most Wired
Colleges.
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Graduate school
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All
Business Schools, as their names
implies, focuses on business schools.
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GraduateGuide
features a Graduate School Search.
Search by school name or keyword, by
major, by state, or by a combination of
these criteria.
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GradSchools.com
is a site you must see if you plan on
going to graduate school and are still
searching for a school.
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College
and University Web Sites: If you want
to go directly to Web sites of colleges and
universities, you can follow one of the links from
our page for college/university
web sites.
Campus
Visits: Visit our page on Campus
Visits for additional information about visiting
a campus or campuses.
Virtual
Campus Tours: Ideally, you will visit
the campus of any schools you are seriously
interested in attending. And there's truly no
substitute for an actual visit to a campus.
However, if that is not feasible, or you want to
gather more information about a school before making
a real visit, then take a "virtual", i.e.,
online, tour. What does this mean? Well, some
school Web sites, and some of the collegiate Web
sites we have identified for you, such as the ones
cited above, can help you acquire some familiarity
with the campus by showing maps and diagrams of the
campus. CampusTours.com,
as the name implies, is a Web site focused on this
concept. They strive to give you information via
webcams, interactive campus maps, videos and
picture. And, again, some of this graphical
information is available directly from the school
Web sites; if you need help getting their Web
address, go to our page on college/university
web sites.
Beyond
the Virtual Tour: In addition to
taking a virtual tour, there are other ways to
become more acquainted with a college, and
specifically with the department which is your
primary interest, without an actual visit to the
campus. By visiting a school's main Web site, you
may be able to follow a link to a Web site for a
particular department. From there, look for
e-mail addresses or phone numbers of faculty members
and/or department heads. Seek an opportunity
to speak to, or contact by e-mail, someone in the
department and ask questions. Current students
at the school are another source of
information. And, of course, reading
descriptions of school facilities found college
catalogs/bulletins should give you an image of the
school.
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