Reasons to go to college

• Aren’t necessarily highly paid.
• Need more and more in order to beat education.

           #3. Parents demand that you do and you don’t want to deal with the conflict.

           #4. Some actually want to get more education.

• Some are judged by how educated they are.
• Most want to go off to college and are considered well-respected.

Other reasons:

1. Qualification for certain jobs (i.e. a lawyer, doctor.)

- Not necessarily. It is only if you take the board or the bar exam.

2. Want to learn more.

Alternatives to College

1. Get a job for income; do life responsibilities.

• It is difficult to take care of a child when you are in college.

1. Go to a technical or vocational school.

30%-40% seek post secondary schooling.

Types of Jobs: A paralegal or a computer technician.

It is getting to be the more common option.

2. Mooch  :-)

Reasons to choose a college

#1. Location

#2. Money – OK

#3. Admissions policy of the school – OK

#4. Reputation of separate academic programs and education – GOOD

 

Kinds of Colleges there are

• 2-4 yr. appointments (leaders of quantum physics & ppl. w/ advanced minds)
• Can go to guest speakers that have been developing things currently.

• AIDS vaccine.

The U.S. govt. wants more educated.

WHY? REASONS:

1. To compete with other countries.

2. World supremacy.

3. If we don’t support education, more will go on welfare.

Types of Degrees

Associate’s Degree – Associate’s of Arts

Bachelor of Arts (BA) – Arts degrees are becoming less common.

You can study courses outside your field of study.

Bachelor of Science (BS) – Science degrees are studies within your course of study.

If you want to go into a serious job.

Master of Arts or Science – It takes 2 years longer. MA MS

Hard labor from 4-6 years

Full time.

EX: UOG Marine Biology

MBA – Masters of Business Administration

DOCTORAL – In all different flavors. (Impressive)

J.D. – Juris doctorate (EX: Lawyer-3years)

Phd - Doctorate in philosophy of a certain area. You know the essence, structure of a field.

Edd- Educational Doctorate

        EX: Dr. Lawrence Cunningham – active researcher.

MD – Go to school year-round. Take special courses. It’s not for everyone. You cram basic info. in a short amt. of time. Phd is the opposite, where you create your education. You find something and then synthesize it.

Avg. 1^st year of premed major

Calculus I and II, Introduction to Biology, Introduction to Chemistry.

Size of college

1. 200 – 60,000 students ( LARGEST: University of IOWA (60,000))

2. 50-4000+ faculty Ohio state

FACTOR: How many hold doctoral degrees.

UOG approximate enrollment: 5,000 – 7,000

Degree Differences

BS – Better more narrow, rigor

BA – Broad less accepted

BS in Education BA in major BA in Ed.

It is possible to graduate from college without an education.

Degrees – if you graduate with it only, you won’t get a good job

 

Degree Requirements

Semester Hours – 129 hours 15 week sessions, 2 times a year, plus summer schools Fall and spring

• The type of professor you have is a factor in affecting a course.
• In a major, you go to an advisor who gives you course major requirements

• The requirement sheet is the only guarantee that you’re gonna graduate.

Academic Standing

1. 16 semester hours per semester, 32 for an entire year.
2. 2.0 or lower is probable cause for dismissal.
3. Deadlines/Fees

• Some degrees (i.e. engineering) require a lot of hours. 

Financial Aid

1. Pacific Islander – Big Help (Ex: Filipino, Chamorro)

Minorities are entitled to some benefits, including preferential admissions.

2. Poor – Good

If you’re poor, it’s a help.

- It may take 1.5 years to get consideration in income tax if your parents don’t claim you.

3. GRANTS – people give you money for free, but you don’t have to pay it back.

• For colleges, they issue a state grant.
• Grants are accompanied by some conditions.
• Some say you must come back to work for several years.
• Top students gain a free scholarship but have some obligations to repay, such as working for one year in Guam.
• Grants usually aren’t a lot.

• Loans come with all sorts of benefits.
• Loans kill you on the interest rate.
• Four types of loans:

1. NDRSL- National Direct Rate Student Loan
2. GSL
3. HEAF – Higher Education A F
4. ALAS – Auxiliary L A S

1. & (b) – Government pays the interest rate while you’re still in college The government will pay 8% of interest rate while you’re in school. They subsidize the loan if you’re a full-time college student.

            FAF – Financial Aid Form – 2 types: Free Version and a $15 application . Every student must file one if they are going to a public institution.  The federal government processes it.  Few banks will turn down a student loan.

• Now, they take people in certain subject areas.
• There is also a Board of Regents Scholarships given the Top 2 (If you get 4 years, you only have to pay back 1 year) They do this to bring the ‘elite’ of Guam back home. Few, however, decide to do so.
• You pay for your own at UOG & must be a five year resident of Guam.
• There are scholarships for everything.
• There is a book concerning guides to scholarships. (EX: High GPA, Korean from Guam who wants to major in astrophysics…)
• Most people don’t apply for college scholarships.
• There are many organizations that offer scholarships. Ex: Filipino Community of GU
• Look into ethnic scholarships and unusual interest scholarships.
• Look at every angle for scholarships.

Statistics

1. 3% of college students graduate in 4 years in their original intended major. (Most college students go to 3 or 4 majors)
2. Most go through 3 or more majors.
3. 50% of college freshmen don’t finish the year whereas 50% successfully complete it. In college, you’ll learn how to deal with stress and learn how to learn.

Admissions

1. Open
2. Rolling vs. Limited
3. Non Competitive
4. Competitive
5. Very competitive.

Why so many don't make it through college:

1. They lack DISCIPLINE- everyone wants to be a doctor, engineer but finally realize that they can’t take it.

Emotional maturity plays a great deal – few can handle stress.

2. They lack MATURITY.

Reminders

#1  College is a business!!!