College Planning Instructions and Guidelines
This activity will introduce online resources where you can conduct your college planning. First, you’ll decide on up to 3 different careers or occupations that interest you. Then, you’ll use the online college resources to investigate and answer a few questions about college costs and admission requirements for your chosen careers.
Find up to three jobs or careers that interest you.
To continue your college planning, choose up to three possible degrees or careers that you might be interested in. You can simply choose ones that interest you now, or search for these two sites to explore careers:
Online Occupational Outlook Handbook
Your First Career or Occupation:
(Optional) Your Second Career Choice or Occupation:
(Optional) Your Third Career Choice or Occupation:
Next step in your college planning: Find colleges that suit you and learn about how to attend.
Search Google for these topics, to do college research for the Career and Occupation Choice(s) you made above:
Trade Schools & Technical Vocational Schools
Trade School.org
American Association of Community Colleges
Colleges.com
You Can Be Smart – College Financial Aid Search
Using the resources you found above, find a college, near where you live now or elsewhere, that offers a degree in your chosen field:
1. First career or occupation:
2. (Optional) second career or occupation:
3. (Optional) third career or occupation:
What are the entrance or admission requirements for you to attend that school?
1. First career or occupation:
2. (Optional) second career or occupation:
3. (Optional) third career or occupation:
What is the total tuition cost to attend one semester at that school?
1. First career or occupation:
2. (Optional) second career or occupation:
3. (Optional) third career or occupation:
What is the total cost of attending that school for one semester?
1. First career or occupation:
2. (Optional) second career or occupation:
3. (Optional) third career or occupation:
