JUKO

1. FIT & RESEARCH
JUNIOR UNIVERSITY KICKOFF NIGHT 2018

2. LOCATION
 Close to home
 As far as you can get
 Overseas

3. TYPE OF SCHOOL
 Coed
 Four-year
 Two-year
 Advanced degree granting (i.e. MA, MS, PHD, JD, MD)
 Undergraduate Only
 Religious Affiliated

4. QUALITY OF LIFE
 What is there to do off campus?
 Are students of all backgrounds made to feel welcomed?
 Do you want everyone to be just like you?

5. SIZE
 Small, medium, large
 What does size of class mean to you?
 You want everyone to know your name?
 A fresh beginning where you can reinvent yourself.

7. CAMPUS LIFE
 What activities are available to you on campus?
 Greek Life
 How does this affect student life?
 Student government – how big is their voice?

8. ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
 Is your major offered?
 Can you create your own major?
 Can you take seminars as an underclassmen?
 Can you take noncredit courses?

9. CAMPUS LIFE
 City Life
 Country Life
 Suburban life
 Next to a mountain
 Up a creek by an ocean

10. DIVERSITY
 How inclusive is the campus?
 LGBT
 POC
 Learning differences
 Disability

11. HOUSING
 Is it available all four years?
 Is it coed?
 Do they have gender neutral dorms?
 Is on campus housing required?
 How does the meal program work?
 How close is housing to academic building?
 How is the room set-up? (i.e. traditional, apartment based etc.)

12. PRESTIGE
 Name brand school
 You will wrestle with this a bit
 US Newsweek Ranking
 World University Ranking QS

13. ATHLETIC PROGRAM
 Division 1 sport
 Club sports
 Intramurals
 Division 3 sport

14. COST
 Private
 Public
 What can family afford?
 Who is paying?
 Financial Aid
 What kind of aid does the school offer?
 Scholarships

15. ACTIVITY

16. RESEARCH – AUSTRAILIA
 Tertiary Admissions Centers (Australian citizens and permanent residents only):
 New South Wales – University Admissions Centre (UAC) www.uac.edu.au
 Queensland – Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) www.qtac.edu.au
 South Australia – South Aus. Tertiary Adms. Centre (SATAC) www.satac.edu.au
 Western Australia – Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC) www.tisc.edu.au
 Victoria – Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) www.vtac.edu.au

17. Continue…
 http://www.go8.edu.au/
 www.studyinaustralia.gov.au
 www.australianuniversities.co/lists.html
 www.internationalstudent.com/study_australia
 http://www.foundationstudies.com.au/

19. RESEARCH – CANADA
 https://www.ouac.on.ca/
 Ontario Universities Application Center
 http://www.studyincanada.com/Index.aspx?Redirect
 Information on Higher Education in Canada
 http://www.studycanada.ca/english/index.htm
 Technical Colleges
 http://www.scholarshipscanada.com/
 Canada’s most comprehensive scholarship portal

21. Continue…
 https://www.univcan.ca/universities/
 http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/
 Annual rankings of Canadian Universities
 http://www.educationau-incanada.ca/
 Canada’s official central resource for prospective students

22. RESEARCH - UK
 www.UCAS.com
 One stop shopping
 https://www.ukcisa.org.uk/
 UK Council for International Student Affairs
 https://study-uk.britishcouncil.org/
 Practical information
 http://www.unistats.com/
 Compare UK higher education courses

24. RESEARCH - USA
 https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-search
 https://connection.naviance.com/family-connection/main
 https://www.compassprep.com/subject-test-requirements-and-recommendations/
 Subject test policy
 https://www.fairtest.org/university/optional
 https://www.unigo.com/
 College reviews

26. RESEARCH - JAPAN
 https://www.jpss.jp/en/
 http://www.jasso.go.jp/en/

28. RESEARCH - EUROPE
 http://www.eunicas.com/
 https://www.studyinholland.nl/

30. SEARCH – DIRECT TO UNI WEBSITE
 Hong Kong
 Singapore
 Korea