“Picking a college is like falling in love.”

--Stephen Trachtenberg, President of George Washington University

Let the Search Begin!

Why You Should Bother--Money, honey (so they say)Opportunities (forced and

otherwise; me at MCA)It beats workingYou deserve betterExpand your horizonsFree trips to the wonderful state of

Nebraska! Alaska! North Dakota too!

“…we’ve convinced them that college is

a magic bean: swallow it, and

you’ll be living in Manhattan driving a Beemer to your hedge-fund job”

(Dorman).

What do I always say?

Did you know--There are historically black colleges?

MoorehouseLangston

Women’s only colleges? Agnes Scott, AtlantaTrinity, Washington, D.C.Mount St. Mary’s, Los Angeles

Men’s only?Wabash, INMorehouse, GA

Public vs. Private Schools

“Equitable” accessFunded by state and federal

governments—theoretically cheaper*

Generally more foreign languages, arts, music, etc.

Engineering!Most move off campus after

freshman yearLecture halls

*Barring scholarships, grants, etc.

Select admissionsTend to have a better

academic reputationFor profit—25% more

expensive *Specialty programs and

advanced research via private grants, funding, etc.

Live on campus for majority of time

Smaller class sizes— “Meredith”—argh!

Pros of Staying Near Pros of Going Far

My College StoryIt pays to be nerdy!It won’t be perfectThis was the view from my dorm room:

About those majors…What’s a

B.A.?B.S.?M.A?Ph D?

Does it really matter?My story pre-med, pre-law, a slew of EnglishEngineering—Available at a wide range of public,

not very many private universitiesShhh! The title of the degree is not all that

important. What is important about college?

A quick list—Dorman’s Picks:

Nearby First-ish-Second-ish-tier schools

(the best of our local schools):

Reed College, ORWhitman College, WA

Second- and Third-tier private schools of interest:

Willamette University, ORLinfield College, ORUniversity of Puget Sound,

WASeattle Pacific University,

WAMcDaniel College, MDAllegheny College, PAUnion College, NYWashington and Lee, VAEmerson College, MAUniversity of San Diego,

CA

Places to find out about universities:

US News & World Report—Best college rankings

The tome!The College Board:

http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org

Family, friends, teachersUnivsource.com

(disregard their online programs, those schumcks!)

Meet Monica

at Big

Future.org