Friday, May 31, 2013
Monday, May 27, 2013
Growing up online
*15 things that did not surprise you:
-Some people spend more than 6 hours online each day.
-Schools need to update their technology constantly because then students will not learn as much.
-Many students dont't even read anymore they just read summaries online.
-In some ways Bullying is more common online because it's not face to face.
-There are "predators" on the internet.
-Many kids kill themselfvs because of cyberbullying.
-There is a program called turnitin that avoids plagerism.
-People have different identities online.
-Some people are more comfortable online than in real life.
-A lot of people post sexual pictures online.
-A lot of schools have computers as a class.
-Most students know more about technology than teachers.
-Most of the sexual socializations are small.
-Teens hide their online life from their parents.
-Now most medias are aware of predators.
*15 things that surprised you and why?
- Some parties in the us are just going online and hanging out, it aurprised me because ive never been to one of thoea or heard of them.
-Some people only have froends online. This surprised me because it's a really sad thing that people can only be who they are online.
-I didn't realize that we are the first generation to grow up online.
-I didn't know that many people are "inspired" to go into eating disorders.
-There is a website where it tells you what is the best way to kill yourself and how to do it. This was really shocking.
-1 out of 7 teens have been requested sexually on the internet. This os a really large amount of teens.
-People get suspended for fighting online. I didn't know this was such a big deal.
-Some people are doing things to avoid using technology. I really admire this people.
-Now a days more teens have problem with attention because of the internet.
-Adults think that they can only talk to teens through the internet.
-As off 2003 there was cyberbullying. Wow rhis is really early.
-Some people have more that 2000 friends online.
-There are more than 10 million face facebook profiles on the internet.
-Many people are killed because of giving information online.
-Facebook get thousands of new users each day that are naive to its content.
*12 or more things that have changes about tech since the video was made:
-The computers are now much more modern.
-Myspace is mot used so much as it was in 2008.
-Cyberbullying has reduced a lot since 2008.
-Now a days people are more aware of cynerbullying.
-Teachers can now handle sparknotes issues more easily. -Websites like youtube and facebook layout has changed.
-Phones are not as old.
-Classes now have even more technology.
-Now even more people use Facebook.
-We are now taught not to give away our passwords.
-Teachers now encourage technology use.
-Cyberbullying is now a new weapon online.
-1 out of 3 children on the internet are bullied.
-Most of suicides of today are because of bullying online.
-Twitter is now more common than Myspace
-What topic in the video was more UNLIKE your own experiences online and why?
The topic that was the most unlike for me where all the people that were talking about suicide because of things that were saying online to them. This was very un-familiar to me because I have never felt the feeling to end my life because of something someone else has said. I guess I am lucky I am strong enough to deal with those negative comments and I surround myself with people who would never say hurtful things like that to me. It is important to know what people you want to interact online so that this way you can avoid bad things being said to you.
-What advice do you have to parents about kids and being online (should they have your password, be your friends on facebook, monitor your texts? why)
I think parents need to really be careful now a days with all of the things that are happening online. They should be your friends on social media. It's safer that way and they can look at what you are doing and with who you are talking. I think that they should not have their password to kids accounts. Those accounts are personal and I don't think I would be confortable with my parents being on them. Monitoring texts for me is a little weird. I guess I don't want my parents knowing ALL about my life. Parents should ask kids and talk to them, not spy on them.
-What are the biggest benefits of being online,for you, personally?
For me the biggest thing the internet does is connect me with my friends all over the world. Last year I lived in France and i wouldn't be able to talk to them or my brother in London or my cousin in Mexico or my Camp Friends in Los Angeles. The internet helps us keep up with the world that is constantly changing around us. It keeps us neer the people that are so far away and it helps us live a more interactive live full of resources and possibilities. We need to use the internet now a days, but we need to do it wisely.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Swiss School
Notes on 4 videos:
Sustainability Management School:
Sustainability Management School:
- Also know as SUMAS
- The SUMAS is a business school based totally on sustainability
- Its the first in Europe
- Located in Switzerland in the town of Gland between Geneva en Lozan.
- Its the divide between business management and scientific knowledge for sustainability.
- SUMAS is a "green" building.
- You can go into marketing and finances.
- Its the only school in Europe that offers both a bachelor's and master is business administration in sustainability management.
- Its safe and in the middle of Europe.
- "At SUMAS sustainability is your future''
- Global warming deforestation etc deteriorates out planet condition.
- Transports, building, food and drinks= 80% of pollution in out world.
- The ecological footprints measures the surface area needed to produce the resources we produce daily.
- By 2050 we will need twice the the surface area of the world if we make no changes to out way of producing.
- Industries have to manufacture products that have minimal environmental impact
- Today we can find in the market products that are better for the environment but they make no change because of the rebound effect. ( consumption increases)
- Eco-label provides a guarantee of sustainability for the environment.
- Citizens have to be responsible with their consumption.
- 10 hottest years ever measured are the days of today.
- Hottest year ever 2005.
- We are causing global warming.
- Within the decade it is predicted to be no more snow in mt Kilimanjaro.
- It's not political but moral.
- Global warming causes bigger storms.
- The arctic is annulling and if it melts the oceans wold go up 20 ft.
- Florida, Shanghai would disappear.
- There would be 100 thousand refuges.
- Fight moffet to Phoenix:
- They are going to fly a solar powered plane.
- They have to be very precise.
- There is no fuel on board so by theory the plane can fly forever.
- There is only 1 passenger.
- The companies that made this plane are not of airplanes but of land.
- Using solar power can reduce co2 by half.
- They're going to fly across america with this plane.
- The two pilots are from Switzerland.
- They are professional helicopter and plane pilots.
- They aim to fly a plane around the world in 2015.
- They started the project 10 years ago and they had a lot of obstacles.
- "Difficulties are opportunities."
- You need to think and act out of the box.
- "The world need pioneers."
Activity:
Company: Starbucks
What does it do for sustainability?
Starbucks took into account that 2012 was the hottest year ever recorded. The made more energy efficient stores. The conserve energy and water and they buy renewable energy credits. They company's goal is to reduce the amount of energy they use by 25% by 2015. I din't know that Starbucks was so eco friendly. They are reducing their water consumption little by little everyday. By 2015 they are hopping to reduce it by 25%!
Apart from energy and water, Starbucks also has tried to reduce wastes, cups and other materials.They are doing this by making personal cups. They cost one dollar and you can use it as many times as you want, therefore reducing the amount of plastic cups that are used. I think that like Starbucks is such a big and important company they will inspire other smaller stores and companies to do what they are doing and taking care of the environment. We can all contribute to having a better planet.
Information gotten from: http://www.starbucks.com
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
GAFE
Google Drive:
What is Google drive?
Google drive is a "file storage ans synchronization service" that was created by the company Google and presented to the public on April 24, 2012. In Google Drive you can store documents, pictures, files, presentations, videos and all of your media in the cloud. The company got the idea of making this tool in 2006 but it was only available for use 6 years later.
How do you save all of your information?
All of your documents are saved in the cloud. You don't have to worry about USBs or CDs full of information. Google Drive offers 5GB of information free for your use in the cloud, but if you want more space you can pay $2.50 and you can get 20+ GB to fill with information.
Where can you use it?
Google Drive is a program that works online through a website so that you can ensure all of your information is saved in the cloud, but you can also download in and work on it from third party applications that can be downloaded through various different application stores.
Owner?
The company Google is the owner of this tool.
What can you do on Google Drive?
-You can make:
-documents
-presentations
-draw pictures
-edit images
-make charts, graphs etc
-many different people can access the drive through their computers and they all edit them at the same time so you can watch the other people chat etc.
You can go to THIS website to learn many details about Google drive and watch a video that will explain the information thoroughly.
What are some special features of Google Drive:
*As you can see in this picture to the left, with Google Drive you can make documents, presentations, spreadsheet, forms, drawing, adding folders making templates etc.
*There are no files that are "too big" for Google Drive. You can upload any file, no matter the size.
*People that you give access to, can leave comments and view your files.
*In your phone, you can add a feature that of you take a picture, it will automatically be sent to you Google Drive to a special file.
*You can view slide shows in full screen.
* You can now watch what is inside a folder without to having to actually open it, this way you can view previous and not waste your time opening all the folders in a drive.
*You can look at old versions of your file
*You can look at all the revisions that you've made to your documents in the past 30 days
*You can save a document format, it won't change, even if the software is updated.
Another cool thing I discovered is that Google Drive is integrated with an app called "hello fax" and you can fax documents through your computer or even phone. And now you can do it through Google drive too.
This is what hello fax looks like, this way you can send faxes from anywhere you are!
*All you need to do to save a file to your Google Drive is to drag and drop it in a file and then you will be able to access it through any computer/device.
*You can access your Drive through an app or a website.
THIS video was really helpful and explained some features that the drive has compared to other online information saving programs.
Something that I didn't know about Google Drive is that you can add a setting so that all Word documents that you upload will be changed into a Drive format, so then you will have no problems with the document.
You can do advanced searches in Google Drive! You can find documents by just using one word that you mentioned in the document/presentation.
I think I will be definitely be using Google Drive it is free, useful and very modern. We can use it to store homework to make class discussions since everyone can write and edit at the same time. Teaches can also make calendars and post new assignments and students will be able to comment and even post their assignments on the blog therefore all of the students and the teacher can see them. We should definately use this and make like class drives so that everyone can access them, it can save paper so that we can post instead of print
What is Google drive?
Google drive is a "file storage ans synchronization service" that was created by the company Google and presented to the public on April 24, 2012. In Google Drive you can store documents, pictures, files, presentations, videos and all of your media in the cloud. The company got the idea of making this tool in 2006 but it was only available for use 6 years later.
How do you save all of your information?
All of your documents are saved in the cloud. You don't have to worry about USBs or CDs full of information. Google Drive offers 5GB of information free for your use in the cloud, but if you want more space you can pay $2.50 and you can get 20+ GB to fill with information.
Where can you use it?
Google Drive is a program that works online through a website so that you can ensure all of your information is saved in the cloud, but you can also download in and work on it from third party applications that can be downloaded through various different application stores.
Owner?
The company Google is the owner of this tool.
What can you do on Google Drive?
-You can make:
-documents
-presentations
-draw pictures
-edit images
-make charts, graphs etc
-many different people can access the drive through their computers and they all edit them at the same time so you can watch the other people chat etc.
You can go to THIS website to learn many details about Google drive and watch a video that will explain the information thoroughly.
What are some special features of Google Drive:
*There are no files that are "too big" for Google Drive. You can upload any file, no matter the size.
*People that you give access to, can leave comments and view your files.
*In your phone, you can add a feature that of you take a picture, it will automatically be sent to you Google Drive to a special file.
*You can view slide shows in full screen.
* You can now watch what is inside a folder without to having to actually open it, this way you can view previous and not waste your time opening all the folders in a drive.
*You can look at old versions of your file
*You can look at all the revisions that you've made to your documents in the past 30 days
*You can save a document format, it won't change, even if the software is updated.
Another cool thing I discovered is that Google Drive is integrated with an app called "hello fax" and you can fax documents through your computer or even phone. And now you can do it through Google drive too.
This is what hello fax looks like, this way you can send faxes from anywhere you are!
*All you need to do to save a file to your Google Drive is to drag and drop it in a file and then you will be able to access it through any computer/device.
*You can access your Drive through an app or a website.
THIS video was really helpful and explained some features that the drive has compared to other online information saving programs.
Something that I didn't know about Google Drive is that you can add a setting so that all Word documents that you upload will be changed into a Drive format, so then you will have no problems with the document.
You can do advanced searches in Google Drive! You can find documents by just using one word that you mentioned in the document/presentation.
I think I will be definitely be using Google Drive it is free, useful and very modern. We can use it to store homework to make class discussions since everyone can write and edit at the same time. Teaches can also make calendars and post new assignments and students will be able to comment and even post their assignments on the blog therefore all of the students and the teacher can see them. We should definately use this and make like class drives so that everyone can access them, it can save paper so that we can post instead of print
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Google Day #3/ Presentation
*3 goals for the day:
-Find really fun facts about the University
-Find what makes that place worth going
-Finish what I started last class and didn't finish
-Start making the outline for my presentation
Goals 1-3:
Last Class I started fun facts about each university. This is what I did:
*Evidence of what you learned or learned to do and a description of your new knowledge or skills
Fun Facts about:
BROWN:-Brown was established in 1764- The first name it had was College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations-In 1804 the tuition was 5 dollars
GEORGETOWN: -Founded in 1789-Jack the Bulldog is the mascot
Today:
GEORGETOWN (continued):
-The movie "Exorcist" was written by a student of Georgetown, it was later filmed on campus.
-Bill Clinton went to the University and didn't win the election for class president
-54 buildings make up the university!
GEORGE WASHINGTON:
-Founded in 1821
-It's 4 blocks away from the White House
-2,000,000+ volumes in the library
-Over 100 residential and academic buildings
-1,174 teachers in the University, that is really impressive
BOSTON UNIVERSITY:
-The Boston University Bridge is the only spot in America where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane. I thought this was a really fun and weird fact haha
-There is an observatory in the top of one of the buildings
-Has its own mini water park
-Founded in 1839
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., earned a Ph. D. in systemic theology from BU in 1955
-2 Nobel prize winners are part of the faculty
-2,628 teachers
All of these facts helped me realize some unique things about the University and some of the things that makes it interesting and a place that makes me want to go there.
*Links with description of why they are useful to your goals:
Some links for the facts were:
Here Here Here Here Here Here
These 6 websites were really helpful for me to find some academic and fun facts about all of The universities. Some of theme were articles and even websites of facts of the world. Most of the links I used were facts from the official page of the University. That way I can verify that they are actually true.
Unique things I noticed about Brown:
One thing that I have seen that is unique about Brown is that it has an open curriculum that allows students to choose every single class they want to take. Like no class is mandatory students have more freedom in doing what they want to do. Not many schools offer this and I find this a great opportunity.
*One thing that you want to learn next Google day:
I don't know if there will be another Google day... But for homework I want to continue researching what makes each university special, I didn't have enough time to finish in class.
PRESENTATION:
Okay so my presentation will have many different things included in it.
I am going to make a "movie" using the program Final Cut. This program is great and has many features that are different from any other movie-making program.
1.I will first make a creative title that pops out when you open the link.
2. After that I will write my over all goal and explain why I chose the universities that I did, and some facts about how to/how not to choose a college.
3. I will give a little history about both of the universities
4. I interviewed a GW student so I will edit that and put it in the presentation
5. Then, I will put some pictures of each University going by really quickly so the presentation is not boring.
6. After that I will go into some detail about each of the 4 university's it can't be into too much information because the presentation need to be 2:30min or less so that is a great challenge.
7. Then I will put some of the fun facts that I listed above.
8. In the end I will use many videos that I find of each university and make like a 10 second long mini movies of buildings and the campus.
9. At the end I will put the links I used to make the video. Or maybe I will put them in the description box (in you tube) so people can access them more easily and it doesn't take time off my video.
10. THE END. WOHO.
-Find really fun facts about the University
-Find what makes that place worth going
-Finish what I started last class and didn't finish
-Start making the outline for my presentation
Goals 1-3:
Last Class I started fun facts about each university. This is what I did:
*Evidence of what you learned or learned to do and a description of your new knowledge or skills
Fun Facts about:
BROWN:-Brown was established in 1764- The first name it had was College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations-In 1804 the tuition was 5 dollars
GEORGETOWN: -Founded in 1789-Jack the Bulldog is the mascot
Today:
GEORGETOWN (continued):
-The movie "Exorcist" was written by a student of Georgetown, it was later filmed on campus.
-Bill Clinton went to the University and didn't win the election for class president
-54 buildings make up the university!
GEORGE WASHINGTON:
-Founded in 1821
-It's 4 blocks away from the White House
-2,000,000+ volumes in the library
-Over 100 residential and academic buildings
-1,174 teachers in the University, that is really impressive
BOSTON UNIVERSITY:
-The Boston University Bridge is the only spot in America where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane. I thought this was a really fun and weird fact haha
-There is an observatory in the top of one of the buildings
-Has its own mini water park
-Founded in 1839
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., earned a Ph. D. in systemic theology from BU in 1955
-2 Nobel prize winners are part of the faculty
-2,628 teachers
All of these facts helped me realize some unique things about the University and some of the things that makes it interesting and a place that makes me want to go there.
*Links with description of why they are useful to your goals:
Some links for the facts were:
Here Here Here Here Here Here
These 6 websites were really helpful for me to find some academic and fun facts about all of The universities. Some of theme were articles and even websites of facts of the world. Most of the links I used were facts from the official page of the University. That way I can verify that they are actually true.
Unique things I noticed about Brown:
One thing that I have seen that is unique about Brown is that it has an open curriculum that allows students to choose every single class they want to take. Like no class is mandatory students have more freedom in doing what they want to do. Not many schools offer this and I find this a great opportunity.
*One thing that you want to learn next Google day:
I don't know if there will be another Google day... But for homework I want to continue researching what makes each university special, I didn't have enough time to finish in class.
PRESENTATION:
Okay so my presentation will have many different things included in it.
I am going to make a "movie" using the program Final Cut. This program is great and has many features that are different from any other movie-making program.
1.I will first make a creative title that pops out when you open the link.
2. After that I will write my over all goal and explain why I chose the universities that I did, and some facts about how to/how not to choose a college.
3. I will give a little history about both of the universities
4. I interviewed a GW student so I will edit that and put it in the presentation
5. Then, I will put some pictures of each University going by really quickly so the presentation is not boring.
6. After that I will go into some detail about each of the 4 university's it can't be into too much information because the presentation need to be 2:30min or less so that is a great challenge.
7. Then I will put some of the fun facts that I listed above.
8. In the end I will use many videos that I find of each university and make like a 10 second long mini movies of buildings and the campus.
9. At the end I will put the links I used to make the video. Or maybe I will put them in the description box (in you tube) so people can access them more easily and it doesn't take time off my video.
10. THE END. WOHO.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Google Day #2
Goals of the day:
*How do you choose a college?
*What are the requirements to get into a college?
*What are some facts about each university that I don't know about?
*Can a person change University's like they do schools?
Links with description of why they are useful to your goals:
*This 1 2 3 links were useful to help me look at how to choose a college
*This link was helpful to see how not to choose a college
* Links of Fun facts: 1 2 3
Evidence of what you learned or learned to do and a description of your new knowledge or skills:
There are many factors that affect what college you will choose.
The main things too look at are:
-Classes: Does the college offer the classes that you want to take to be able to choose the career you want?
-Age: Is the college for majoring only?
-Size: How big is it? Do you like colleges that are more individualistic? Or do you like large ones with more people?
-Name: The "name" of the college doesn't matter! Choose what is appropriate for you.
-Gender: Do you like colleges that are mixed? only female? Only male?
-Reputation: Make sure you know what you're getting into. But also, make sure the stories you hear about the college are true.
-Location: Do you like urban or rural areas? Do you want to be in the US, Canada your own country?
-Prize: Can you afford the college?
Things that might help ME choose:
-Make a list of my top 10 and do Pros and Cons of the University
-Talk to a student that goes there
-E-mail a teacher asking questions
-Visit the colleges to see the mood of it.
How NOT to choose a college:
*Just because your boyfriend/girlfriend goes there
*Your parents want you do go there
*Your best friend is going there
*Your counsler told you it was right for you
*It is a party school
*The tuition is low
Requirements to get into a University:
-Doing the common application
-Doing all standardized test that they ask for
-SAT, ATC etc
-Each college asks for about 2 essays or more
-High school record
-Subject tests
-These are some of the generals for all universities
Fun Facts about:
BROWN:
-Brown was established in 1764\
- The first name it had was College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
-In 1804 the tuition was 5 dollars
GEORGETOWN:
-Founded in 1789
-Jack the Bulldog is the mascot
Goal for next class:
Next class I want to finish the fun facts, and my last goal of today. I also want to look at some more specific requirements for each of the colleges that I want to get into. Finally, I want to e-mail or talk to a student of one of the Universities that interest me!
*How do you choose a college?
*What are the requirements to get into a college?
*What are some facts about each university that I don't know about?
*Can a person change University's like they do schools?
Links with description of why they are useful to your goals:
*This 1 2 3 links were useful to help me look at how to choose a college
*This link was helpful to see how not to choose a college
* Links of Fun facts: 1 2 3
Evidence of what you learned or learned to do and a description of your new knowledge or skills:
There are many factors that affect what college you will choose.
The main things too look at are:
-Classes: Does the college offer the classes that you want to take to be able to choose the career you want?
-Age: Is the college for majoring only?
-Size: How big is it? Do you like colleges that are more individualistic? Or do you like large ones with more people?
-Name: The "name" of the college doesn't matter! Choose what is appropriate for you.
-Gender: Do you like colleges that are mixed? only female? Only male?
-Reputation: Make sure you know what you're getting into. But also, make sure the stories you hear about the college are true.
-Location: Do you like urban or rural areas? Do you want to be in the US, Canada your own country?
-Prize: Can you afford the college?
Things that might help ME choose:
-Make a list of my top 10 and do Pros and Cons of the University
-Talk to a student that goes there
-E-mail a teacher asking questions
-Visit the colleges to see the mood of it.
How NOT to choose a college:
*Just because your boyfriend/girlfriend goes there
*Your parents want you do go there
*Your best friend is going there
*Your counsler told you it was right for you
*It is a party school
*The tuition is low
Requirements to get into a University:
-Doing the common application
-Doing all standardized test that they ask for
-SAT, ATC etc
-Each college asks for about 2 essays or more
-High school record
-Subject tests
-These are some of the generals for all universities
Fun Facts about:
BROWN:
-Brown was established in 1764\
- The first name it had was College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
-In 1804 the tuition was 5 dollars
GEORGETOWN:
-Founded in 1789
-Jack the Bulldog is the mascot
Goal for next class:
Next class I want to finish the fun facts, and my last goal of today. I also want to look at some more specific requirements for each of the colleges that I want to get into. Finally, I want to e-mail or talk to a student of one of the Universities that interest me!
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Google Day #1
Question: What are the factors that will help me to choose a college?
There are many things that influence peoples decisions of choosing a college. I, for example have many different options of colleges that I would love to go to. Some of them are: Georgetown University, Boston University, George Washington University and finally Brown. Today I will be comparing them to see which one is the best option for me.
Goals:
*Find out which universities are right for me?
*What are the factors that affect my choice?
*Why would I want to go to this universities?
*How many people from my school have gotten accepted?
The first thing I did was to log onto this page. Here I took an online survey of the colleges. My results were varied depending on the Universities I want to attend.
Georgetown:
*Tuition and Fees:$41,393 / $41,393
*School Size:16,937 students
*Average GPA:3.9
*Average SAT Score:2082
*School Type:Traditional College/University
*Campus Setting:Large urban area
All of these were very important for me because the college turned out to be a 97% match. This was pretty high because I love the location, the school size and the fact that it's a traditional 4 year college. The bad part of all of this were the process and the scores you need to get. I have a 3.7 score and for you to be able to get into Georgetown you need a 3.9. Apart from all of that my SAT score needs to be really high so that I need to take into consideration.
I did the same thing for the other 3 universities. These were the results:
Boston University:
Tuition and Fees:
$41,420 / $41,420
School Size:
32,727 students
School Type:Average GPA:
3.7
Average SAT Score:
1880
Traditional College/University
Large urban area
This College has more students and that would mean that the acceptance rate is higher. This one would be perfect for me because I love the location, The SAT is not so high and it is in an urban area. But a factor that influences everything is the Tuition. My chance of getting into this school would be of: 91%
George Washington University:
This school is equally expensive than as rest of them. The SAT and average you need are still pretty high. I liked the dorms in the pictures I saw and the fact that is is in an urban area makes me love this university even more. It was a 92% match :) I love the University, I visited it in the summer and it is really large and has all the things you need for your college experience.
Brown University:
Tuition and Fees:
$42,230 / $42,230
School Size:
8,525 students
Average GPA:
3.9
Average SAT Score:
2135
School Type:
Traditional College/University
Small urban area
This is the smallest school out of all of the ones I like. The acceptance rate is 9%!!! This makes me really nervous because for example if 100 students apply only 9 would be accepted! That is so so low. This one is the hardest. The GPA is the highest one and the SAT average is so high too. This is my dream college because it is really about you choosing what you want to do. There are no mandatory classes so for example if I don't want to ever take math again I don't have to. The campus is large but it is in a small urban area and this makes me have doubts.
After looking at all this information I completed a chart of all of the different information about each one:
How many people from my school go there?
GW: 7
Brown: 0
Georgetown: 1
BU: 8
Links:
The most helpful website today was THIS one. I say this because the website is very personal and it helps you choose colleges that are right for YOU. This website is amazing it really opens my eyes to the options I have and how to get there.
Another link I used was this one, this helped me chose why I wanted to go to the Universities I selected.
Next Google day I want to...
Look at all this colleges more in depth but using different websites and opinions. I also want to look at more pictures of the universities to see what they're like.
Finally I wast to e-mail some of the people who go to these and see what they have to say about them.
There are many things that influence peoples decisions of choosing a college. I, for example have many different options of colleges that I would love to go to. Some of them are: Georgetown University, Boston University, George Washington University and finally Brown. Today I will be comparing them to see which one is the best option for me.
Goals:
*Find out which universities are right for me?
*What are the factors that affect my choice?
*Why would I want to go to this universities?
*How many people from my school have gotten accepted?
The first thing I did was to log onto this page. Here I took an online survey of the colleges. My results were varied depending on the Universities I want to attend.
Georgetown:
*School Size:16,937 students
*Average GPA:3.9
*Average SAT Score:2082
*School Type:Traditional College/University
*Campus Setting:Large urban area
All of these were very important for me because the college turned out to be a 97% match. This was pretty high because I love the location, the school size and the fact that it's a traditional 4 year college. The bad part of all of this were the process and the scores you need to get. I have a 3.7 score and for you to be able to get into Georgetown you need a 3.9. Apart from all of that my SAT score needs to be really high so that I need to take into consideration.
I did the same thing for the other 3 universities. These were the results:
Boston University:
Tuition and Fees:
$41,420 / $41,420
School Size:
32,727 students
School Type:Average GPA:
3.7
Average SAT Score:
1880
Traditional College/University
Large urban area
This College has more students and that would mean that the acceptance rate is higher. This one would be perfect for me because I love the location, The SAT is not so high and it is in an urban area. But a factor that influences everything is the Tuition. My chance of getting into this school would be of: 91%
George Washington University:
Tuition and Fees:
$42,377 / $42,377
School Size:
25,135 students
Average GPA:
3.79
Average SAT Score:
1925
Location: Urban AreaTraditional University
$42,377 / $42,377
School Size:
25,135 students
Average GPA:
3.79
Average SAT Score:
1925
Location: Urban AreaTraditional University
This school is equally expensive than as rest of them. The SAT and average you need are still pretty high. I liked the dorms in the pictures I saw and the fact that is is in an urban area makes me love this university even more. It was a 92% match :) I love the University, I visited it in the summer and it is really large and has all the things you need for your college experience.
Brown University:
Tuition and Fees:
$42,230 / $42,230
School Size:
8,525 students
Average GPA:
3.9
Average SAT Score:
2135
School Type:
Traditional College/University
Small urban area
This is the smallest school out of all of the ones I like. The acceptance rate is 9%!!! This makes me really nervous because for example if 100 students apply only 9 would be accepted! That is so so low. This one is the hardest. The GPA is the highest one and the SAT average is so high too. This is my dream college because it is really about you choosing what you want to do. There are no mandatory classes so for example if I don't want to ever take math again I don't have to. The campus is large but it is in a small urban area and this makes me have doubts.
After looking at all this information I completed a chart of all of the different information about each one:
| Georgetown University | George Washington University | Boston University | Brown University | |
| Cost $ | $41,393 / $41,393 | $42,377 / $42,377 | $41,420 / $41,420 | $41,393 / $41,393 |
| Location | Washington District Of Columbia | Washington District Of Columbia | Boston, Massachusetts | Providence, Rhode Island |
| Ubann/Rural | Urban | Urban | Urban | Small Urban |
| GPA | 3.9 | 3.79 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| Amount of Students | 16,937 students | 25,135 students | 32,727 students | 16,937 |
| % Accepted | 20% | 37% | 58% | 20% |
| SAT's | 2082 | 1925 | 1880 | 2135 |
How many people from my school go there?
GW: 7
Brown: 0
Georgetown: 1
BU: 8
Links:
The most helpful website today was THIS one. I say this because the website is very personal and it helps you choose colleges that are right for YOU. This website is amazing it really opens my eyes to the options I have and how to get there.
Another link I used was this one, this helped me chose why I wanted to go to the Universities I selected.
Next Google day I want to...
Look at all this colleges more in depth but using different websites and opinions. I also want to look at more pictures of the universities to see what they're like.
Finally I wast to e-mail some of the people who go to these and see what they have to say about them.
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