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Admission Requirements
Before you seek admission to an educational institution, be sure to complete all
entrance requirements. Most educational institutions are very unforgiving if you
have not completed all entrance requirements. Aside from the fact that this
inability to complete entrance requirements demonstrated your inability to plan
properly, the time wasted when it is discovered that you do not meet entrance
requirements will be resented.
Be sure to keep copies of all the applications, forms, letters, records you
submit to any educational institution. If you are submitting online, be sure to
save a back-up copy for the future when email messages are not where they should
be.
Selecting A School
Here are details which may be use to you if you are a high school
student. The process of choosing a school for post-secondary education can be a
very confusing one. Often students choose schools for the wrong reasons. Things,
which seem important at the time, may seem rather trivial in the future. These
reasons are probably not a good basis for choosing a school:
1. My boyfriend/girlfriend is going there.
2. Everyone in my family has gone there.
3. Everyone in my family wants me to go there.
4. I don't know anywhere else to go.
5. It's a "fun" school.
Obviously the above are not good reasons for choosing a college, at least
not by themselves. However, some students make these major considerations. Here
is a basic process everyone should consider in choosing a school.
1. Know yourself
A. Recognize your strengths and weaknesses
B. Analyze your interests
C. Evaluate your alternatives
D. Consider all colleges, regardless of cost
E. Look at what you want in the future
2. Know your reasons for attending college
A. Personal goals
B. Career preparation
C. Learning opportunities
D. Life values
E. Influence of family and friends
3. Consider all options
A. Four-year college or universities
B. Junior college or community college
C. Technical school
D. Business school
E. Specialized trade school
F. Military service
G. Work
4. Identify factors important in choosing a school
A. Major and study programs available
B. School location and size
C. Reputation
D. Costs and Financial Aid
E. Characteristics of the student body
5. Develop a list of the schools that meet your needs
6. Investigate and compare these schools
A. Obtain information from counseling center or the school
itself
B. Make a comparison checklist
C. Weigh advantages and disadvantages
D. Attend a college planning conference
7. Make a campus visit
A. Arrange the visit through the Counselor's Office
B. Meet with an admissions counselor
C. Ask about admissions requirements (test, grades, etc.)
D. Discuss, honestly, your chances for success
E. Determine costs and financial aid
F. Determine placement results for students in your field of
study
G. Talk with instructors in your field of study
H. Talk with students, especially some in your area of study
I. Try to visit during the week and attend classes if
possible
J. Visit student residence halls and dining facilities
K. Take a campus tour
L. Ask about clubs and organizations in which you are
interested
M. Inquire about campus life and social activities
8. Apply for admission
A. Acquire an application form
B. Know deadlines and fees
C. Acquire a copy of your high school transcript
A student may apply to as many schools as he/she wishes. Some schools do
have application or processing fee which are usually not refundable. The
counselor's office has a supply of admission applications to most Kansas
schools. To receive an application for an out-of-state school, the student needs
to request an admission packet from the college, university or technical school.
This should be done as early as possible during the senior year or the summer
before the senior year. The following pages contain sample letters illustrating
the format and information that should be used/included when a student contacts
a school.
Again, application for admission to a college or technical school should
occur in the first semester of the senior year of high school.
Characteristics of Quality
Here are a few items to consider when selecting a school to attend.
Do the program performance objectives represent the minimum job skills and
knowledge required for successful initial employment?
Is the curriculum designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge
necessary to acquire and practice the initial job competencies, e.g. cooperative
education, internship, clinical experiences, and/or laboratory experiences?
Are occupational courses available and applicable to the persons who are
already employed and wish to upgrade or update their job competencies?
Is program and course content periodically reviewed and updated to keep
current through instructor and/or administrator contact with employers and
advisory committee members?
Is the condition of instructional equipment currently being used in the
program representative of that equipment currently found in the occupation?
Is instructional equipment available in sufficient quantities for the number
of learning stations contained in the laboratories?
Are job placement services provided by the college for students who
graduate?
Are occupational guidance and counseling services available for full and
part time day and evening students prior to or during their enrollment?
Are career program orientation experiences available to all interested
students?
Does a plan exist which allows the advanced standing of people who have had
previous learning experience related to the program goals?
Does the lab environment realistically simulate working conditions?
Is there a library of support information available for student use?
Do faculty members have recent or even current work experience in the
subject area?
Are classes scheduled to accommodate your educational plan?
Is there an active career planning and placement office?
Is there an opportunity for you to use open lab facilities as needed?
Are classes held at convenient times relative to your work schedule?
Are technician programs articulated for transfer to technologist programs at
other schools?
Are you a working technician without a degree?
Through extensive training on
the job you may be one of thousands of people who possess all the necessary
skills to do your job as a technician but do not have a degree. There is a way
to gather together all your knowledge and experience, couple it with college
requirements, and end up with a degree.
 Here's
a checklist you may want to look over to help you get the credentials you
deserve:
Find a school that offers a degree program in your specialty./
Visit the school to determine if experience credit is awarded.
Visit the school to determine if proficiency exams can be taken.
Document your work experience and submit it for evaluation. Click HERE for a
form to use.
Consider taking CLEP examinations for college credits you deserve.
Present a copy of all this information to a registrar for evaluation.
Discuss with a faculty advisor the courses which would fit in your plan.
Take proficiency exams for credits that were not transferred.
Select courses which will add to your current knowledge.
Draw up a plan of study to show which courses to take and when.
Make formal application to the college and be admitted.
Enroll for courses each term according to your plan.
Complete all course work as
stipulated.
Submit a request for a diploma to the registrar when complete.
Graduate.
Have a party to thank everyone for helping you to succeed.
Seek additional training and degrees based on your long term educational
plan.
Use this link rack to go to the next step you would like to make at
technicianeducation.com.
Use this Google Search box to further refine your information needs.
Follow these hyperlinks to investigate details about each of
the technologies mentioned.
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