The right college for me

THE RIGHT COLLEGE FOR ME

Jessica Silvan

THE EXPERIMENT
 Purpose: To see what colleges fit my needs and wants based on
a survey of 21 questions on a weighted point system of 320 points,
with the most ideal answers having the most points and the worst
answers with the least points.
 Theory: A school located in an urban area with either a fashion or
cosmetology degree for fewer than 20,000 dollars a year with a
couple thousand students with either dorms on campus or affordable
apartments near by to live in, with several social activities to meet
people each month would be a good school choice for me.
 Hypothesis: I think the FIDM of LA would be a good choice for
me because it’s located in the heart of LA, has a degree available in
fashion design, has 4 thousand students, costs $20,000 a year, offer
apartments to single students, and have activities each week for
students to participate in.

List of Schools
 Ideal:
 Art Institute of Seattle
 Art Institute of New York

 Miami International Institute of Art and Design

 FIDM LA

 Likely:
 FIDM Orange County
 Paul Mitchell in Spokane, WA

 Gene Juarez Academy

 Green River Community College

 Fall Back Plan
 BYU Provo
 BYU-I

 BYU- Hawaii

EXPERIMENTAL METHOD
 The researcher takes colleges they would look into and put them against questions
based off of their needs and wants for the school.
 My questions are based of a 320 point system. The more important questions like how
much tuition costs are weighed more heavily than a question asking if the dorm rooms
have quiet hours.
 250-320 points would be an ideal school, 201- 249 would be a likely college I’d get into,
and below 200 would be not an ideal school.

350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Ideal Likely Not Ideal

WEIGHTED ANSWERS
 1. What type of area is it located in?
 a. Urban(15)
 b. Suburbs(10)
 c. Rural(5)
 d. Other(0)

FIDM: LA AIOS AIONY Miami of Gene FIDM: OC Paul GRCC BYU BYU- I BYU- H
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15 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 15 5 10

 2. What types of boarding are there?
 a. Residence halls (10)
 b. Apartments(20)
 c. Single Rooms(5)
 d. Specialty Houses(5)

Art Juarez Mitchell

20 10 10 10 20 10 20 20 10 10 10

WEIGHTED ANSWERS
 3. Are the dorms co-ed?
 a. Yes(10)
 b. No(0)

Art Juarez Mitchell

10 10 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0

 4. Are there quite hours?
 a. Yes(10)
 b. No(5)

Art Juarez Mitchell

10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10

WEIGHTED ANSWERS
 5. What state is the college located in?
 a. Washington(15)
 b. California(20)
 c. Idaho(5)
 d. None of the above(10)

Art Juarez Mitchell

20 15 10 10 15 20 15 15 10 5 10

 6. How long would it take to travel home from the college?
 a. 1-2 hours(5)
 b. 3-4(10)
 c. 5-6(20)
 d. 2 days of travel or more.(35)

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35 5 35 35 5 35 20 5 35 35 35

WEIGHTED ANSWERS
 7. What mode of transportation would be used to get home?
 a. Car(15)
 b. Train(10)
 c. Plane(5)
 d. Other(0)

Art Juarez Mitchell

15 15 5 5 15 15 15 15 15 15 5

 8. What type of entertainment is located nearby?
 a. Mall(10)
 b. Movie Theatres/ Performance Halls(10)
 c. Parks(5)
 d. All of the above(25)

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25 25 25 25 25 25 10 25 25 5 25

WEIGHTED ANSWERS
 9. What can of transportation available on campus?
 a. My bike(0)
 b. My car(10)
 c. Walking(5)
 d. Buses(10)

Art Juarez Mitchell

5 5 5 10 5 10 5 5 5 5 5

 10. What is the standard of size of beginning classes?
 a. 20- 40 students(10)
 b. 40-60 students(5)
 c. 60-100 students(5)
 d. 100+ students(0)

Art Juarez Mitchell

5 10 10 10 10 5 10 10 5 5 5

WEIGHTED ANSWERS
 11. What majors are offered here?
 a. Fashion Design(15)
 b. Cosmetology Degree(15)
 c. Fashion Merchandising(10)
 d. None(0)

Art Juarez Mitchell

15 15 15 15 15 10 10 0 0 0 0

 12. How long does it take to get a degree?
 a. 9- 12 months(15)
 b. 1-2 years(10)
 c. 3-4 years(5)
 d. 4+ years(0)

Art Juarez Mitchell

10 10 10 10 15 10 15 10 5 5 5

WEIGHTED ANSWERS
 13. How many students attend the school?
 a. Less than a thousand(15)
 b. 1000-5000(10)
 c. 5000-10,000(5)
 d. 10,000-15,000+(0)

Art Juarez Mitchell

10 10 10 10 15 10 15 15 5 10 10

 14. What type of technology centers are there?
 a. Library(15)
 b. Computer Labs(10)
 c. Computers in dorm rooms(5)
 d. None(0)

Art Juarez Mitchell

15 10 15 15 0 15 0 15 15 15 15

WEIGHTED ANSWERS
 15. What are time options are available for travel abroad?
 "a. Semester(10)
 b. Quarter(5)
 c. Depends on area traveling to(5)
 d. None(0)

Art Juarez Mitchell

5 5 5 5 0 5 0 0 10 10 10

 16. Are SAT/ACT scores required for admission?
 a. Yes, needed.(0)
 b. No(10)
 c. Accepted but not needed for admission.(0)
 d. Not accepted.(0)

Art Juarez Mitchell

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0

WEIGHTED ANSWERS
 17. How many years of foreign language are required to be accepted?
 a. 1 year(10)
 b. 2 years(0)
 c. 3+ years(0)
 d. None(15)

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15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 0 0 0

 18. What are the acceptance rates?
 a. 100-75%(15)
 b. 75-50%(10)
 c. 50-25%(5)
 d. 25-1%(0)

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10 10 5 5 10 10 10 15 5 5 5

WEIGHTED ANSWERS
 19. What is the average GPA for incoming freshman?
 a. 4.0 or higher(0)
 b. 4.0- 3.0(5)
 c. 3.0- 2.0(10)
 d. 2.0 Or below.(10)

Art Juarez Mitchell

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5

 20. How much is annual tuition?
 a. $5000-$9000(20)
 b. $9000-$14,000(15)
 c. $14,000- $20,000(10)
 d. $20,000 or more.(5)

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5 5 5 5 10 5 10 15 5 5 5

WEIGHTED ANSWERS
 21. What percent of financial aid is met by the college?
 a. 100-75%(15)
 b. 75-50%(10)
 c. 50-25%(5)
 d. 25-1%(0)

Art Juarez Mitchell

5 10 5 5 10 5 10 5 10 10 10

 FINAL TOTAL:

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280 225 235 240 220 260 215 210 170 180 160

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
310.00
290.00
270.00
250.00
230.00
210.00
190.00
170.00
150.00

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
 As it turns out, FIDM LA was the best school for me but I was also to
surprised to see that one of my more likely schools, FIDM OC, to get
into schools was above the ideal line. Many of my schools scored at
the likely area, and the schools I expected to fall below did in fact fall
there.
 Mean: 217
 Median: 220: The mean and median were most of my schools were
my mostly likely to get into. It shows most of my schools had about
an equal amount of points.
 Standard Deviation: 36.9: The scores didn’t vary very much because
all the questions were fairly balanced out, only on a few questions
would I say the results might have been skewed.

SUMMARY
 I think the overall quality of the experiment is good
quality. For most of my questions it was difficult to
find the answers because they weren’t reported or
hidden within the website I was searching. I think I
could have been more accurate in the findings and
looked at more websites to compare answers to my
questions.
 I proved my hypothesis correct since I already had
a few questions geared directly to that college.

IMPROVEMENTS
 I could add more questions dealing to the course
work or more specifically to life on campus since I
only has one or two questions that were directed
towards that.
 I feel like I should haven’t been so biased towards
one school while creating the survey.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
 College board. (2011, JAN 01). Retrieved from
http://www.collegeboard.org/

 Art institute of Seattle. (2011, JAN 01). Retrieved
from http://www.artinstitutes.edu/seattle/fashion-
702.aspx

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