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Enrolling in College: Making Your Decision
In This Lesson: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the post admission process.
Over the past several years, a team of organizations worked together to create the College & Career Knowledge Project, consisting of digital handouts compiled into a workbook designed to support college and career education planning. Full workbooks can be ordered through the 12th Year Campaign, and digital copies are also available.
Access the most up-to-date College and Career Knowledge materials on this website.
To compliment the materials, we have created lessons for each section in the workbook. These lessons contain specific content, a short activity, and resources from the workbook. Educators are able to make their own copy of each lesson and edit it to include specific details about their school and community. Each lesson should take about 20-30 minutes to be delivered during core-content or advisory class.
Access the most up-to-date month-to-month College and Career Knowledge lessons by grade level on this document.
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Enrolling in College:
Making Your Decision
College and Career Knowledge Materials
MARCH | GRADE
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You Submitted Your Application(s), Now What?
The waiting game! It can take anywhere from a month to several months to hear back! Things to note:
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What College Decisions Mean
Admitted: You were accepted. Congratulations!
Wait-listed: You have not been accepted or denied. The college is waiting to see how many students will accept their offer to determine if they have more space.
Denied: Unfortunately, you were not accepted. Consider exploring other college options!
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How to Choose?
To make your choice from the colleges you have been accepted to, you’ll need to compare the different options.
These comparisons can include:
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Comparing Colleges: Financial Aid
How much of the cost of attendance will be covered through:
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Comparing Colleges: Academics
Is the academic major you are interested in available at each college?
What types of academic support are available?
and/or class sizes like?
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Comparing Colleges: Social & Environment
Social:
Environment:
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Activity
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Making Your Decision:
Now that you have all the info you need, you can make your decision about which college you would like to attend this fall!
For many 4-year colleges the deadline is May 1st!
Pro Tips: This is a big decision, and sometimes asking people for input is helpful too. Always ask if you can defer your enrollment deposit to the fall - financial aid could cover it!
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Need Additional Support?
For additional information and support on this topic, please reach out to:
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