College: A Ticket to Your Future

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College A Ticket to Your Future
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Where?

• There are colleges in every corner of our state,
  and hundreds of universities across America. Some
  American students even end up going to foreign
  universities.
• Idaho State University, Pocatello
• Boise State University, Boise
• Albertsons College, Caldwell
• Lewis and Clark College, Lewiston
• Brigham Young University-Idaho, Rexburg
• Northwest Nazarene, Nampa
• and my favorite

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University of Idaho!Go Vandals!!!!
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Freshman / Sophomore Residential Hall Wallace
Complex
Junior / Senior Residential Hall Theophilus Tower
University of Idaho Campus Moscow, Idaho
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Moscow
Idaho Falls
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Quick Vocabulary

• A university is a collection of colleges on one
  campus.
• A college is a school that specializes in a
  particular field
• A major is an area that you want to build a
  career in. This is your specialization.

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University of Idaho Colleges Agricultural and
Life Sciences  Business and Economics
 Education  Engineering  Graduate Studies
 Law  Letters, Arts and Social
Sciences Natural Resources Science
(www.uidaho.edu)
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Majors(www.uidaho/majors.edu)

• Animal Science
• Food and Nutrition
• Microbiology
• Science/Pre-veterinary
• Professional Golf Management
• Neuroscience Graduate Program
• Athletic Training
• Dance
• Elementary Education

• Recreation
• Sports Science
• Computer Science
• Materials Science and Engineering
• American Studies
• Architecture
• English
• Foreign Language
• Interior Design
• Journalism

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Majors (www.uidaho/majors.edu)

• Landscape Architecture
• Music Instrumental Performance
• Music Theory
• Music Vocal Performance
• Philosophy
• Psychology
• Radio/TV/Digital Media Production
• Theatre Arts

• Fishery Resources
• Forest Products
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Studio Art
• Music Business
• International Studies
• Advertisingand hundreds of others!

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Classes

• Taking classes in college is very different than
  classes in junior high or high school.
• There are hundreds of options.
• You can take the number of classes that you want.
• You can select your own schedule and professors.
• You can drop classes that dont work out for you.

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Registering For Classes(www.uidaho/schedule.edu)
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Class Focus

• Lecture and Discussion
• LOTS of note taking
• Labs
• Field Experiences
• No time to study or do homework IN class.
• Plan to study about the same number of hours per
  week as credits you are taking.
• 5 classes 15 credits 15 hours of class time
  as well as 15 hours of homework

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You Are in Charge

• No one will give you a wake up call.
• No one will give you detention for missing work.
• Missing classes is typically your own business.
• Butthose who dont take college seriously
  usually dont earn degrees.
• Colleges do not HAVE to accept you. They can deny
  your registration if your grades are low or your
  conduct is inappropriate.

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Expert Project?
Pizza in Class?
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The Campus

• A university campus is a beautiful place.
• Its like a little town with a library, places to
  eat, classrooms, stores, copy centers, exercise
  areas, concerts, plays, dance recitals, picnic
  areas, sculptures, readings, barbecues, parties,
  tennis courts, gyms, gorgeous, historical
  buildings, and little to no traffic.
• Bicycling and walking are the usual modes of
  transportation.

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My favorite historical building Brink Hall!
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Recreational Activities
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Lunch at the Satellite Sub
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UI Arboretum
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University barbecue at beginning of summer
session.
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A Tour of a University

• WebCam

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Residences

• Where to Live?
• Dormitories
• Fraternities (Men)
• Sororities (Women)
• Apartments
• Rented homes
• Living Groups

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Residences
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Why Bother?

• College is expensive (but there is money
  available to help anyone who wants to go)
• College is also challenging
• but

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Reasons Students Give for Attending College

• To be in activities, join and work for various
  organizations
• To meet compatible people, enjoy myself
• To pursue scholarly activities, for intellectual
  development
• To learn what I have to know in order to enter a
  particular career
• To become more mature, learn how to take on
  responsibility and become an adult
• To be in a place where I can be an individual,
  not have to conform, do what I want
• To discover and develop my own talents
• To gain a greater understanding and appreciation
  of diverse cultures
• (Smith, 2002)

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Lifetime Earnings The College Advantage
(Jones, 2004)
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Benefits of Attending College

• College Graduates
• Wide range of knowledge in many subjects
• Greater workplace productivity and flexibility
• Increased personal/professional mobility and
  enhanced social status
• Ability to be more open-minded, cultured,
  rational, and consistent
• Enhanced knowledge of world affairs
• Better physical health and longer life expectancy

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New Friends from All Over!
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CollegeYour Ticket to the Future.