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!
Thursday, April 25, 2013
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.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Augmented Reality (google glasses)
-What you know about the topic before your research:
-From what I have heard I think that these are some glasses you put on and you can browse the web
-People say you can also take pictures with them
-That they are High Definition
-That they were a Google Project that turned out to be very creative
-They are not in the market yet
-What you wonder or questions you have about the topic before researching (at least 2)
-Are all the things I've heard true?
-Do the glasses have a video camera?
-Do they work as actual sun glasses?
-Where can you buy them?
-Links to where you found the most useful information (at least 2)
-NBC new link
-Google Plus on glasses link
-The Telegraph link
-Bits link
-Bullet list of things you learned about the topic (at least 5)
*They are still working on the model of the glasses
*You can take pictures
*They will have internet connection
*They will contain all of Goolge apps (google maps, google plus etc)
*They have a microphone for giving commands and also for video chats
*You can set up a calendar through the glasses
*The main people working on them are Babak Parviz and Sebastian Thrun
*The lens is very well thought because like the information is so close it can't damage your eye sight
*The lens contains hundreds of "LED'S"
-A short summary of how this topic connects/relates to you or your life
This topic connects to my life because the glasses are a totally new and innovative technology.This reminds me of the movies we used to watch of what the future would look like. These glasses seem like the future of technology.This affects my life since the future is here we need to start adapting to the new technologies it brings us. These glasses could be very useful in school for quick research and information provider. Hopefully they become available to people so we can test them and see if they are actually what they say they are.
-Questions you still have (at least 1)
-None of the websites said where the glasses were sold or when they were coming out to the public so I still wonder that.
-Also, what will be the cost?
-How will they make them safe for people who for example are driving or on the street so they don't crash? This really makes me wonder because what if you are driving and a huge sign comes up saying your mom is calling for example and then you can't see where you're going anymore.
WATCH THIS VIDEO TO LEARN MORE
-From what I have heard I think that these are some glasses you put on and you can browse the web
-People say you can also take pictures with them
-That they are High Definition
-That they were a Google Project that turned out to be very creative
-They are not in the market yet
-What you wonder or questions you have about the topic before researching (at least 2)
-Are all the things I've heard true?
-Do the glasses have a video camera?
-Do they work as actual sun glasses?
-Where can you buy them?
-Links to where you found the most useful information (at least 2)
-NBC new link
-Google Plus on glasses link
-The Telegraph link
-Bits link
-Bullet list of things you learned about the topic (at least 5)
*They are still working on the model of the glasses
*You can take pictures
*They will have internet connection
*They will contain all of Goolge apps (google maps, google plus etc)
*They have a microphone for giving commands and also for video chats
*You can set up a calendar through the glasses
*The main people working on them are Babak Parviz and Sebastian Thrun
*The lens is very well thought because like the information is so close it can't damage your eye sight
*The lens contains hundreds of "LED'S"
-A short summary of how this topic connects/relates to you or your life
This topic connects to my life because the glasses are a totally new and innovative technology.This reminds me of the movies we used to watch of what the future would look like. These glasses seem like the future of technology.This affects my life since the future is here we need to start adapting to the new technologies it brings us. These glasses could be very useful in school for quick research and information provider. Hopefully they become available to people so we can test them and see if they are actually what they say they are.
-Questions you still have (at least 1)
-None of the websites said where the glasses were sold or when they were coming out to the public so I still wonder that.
-Also, what will be the cost?
-How will they make them safe for people who for example are driving or on the street so they don't crash? This really makes me wonder because what if you are driving and a huge sign comes up saying your mom is calling for example and then you can't see where you're going anymore.
WATCH THIS VIDEO TO LEARN MORE
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