1. college application preparation workshop November 22, 2009 How Do I Decide? Ravi Bala / Uday Karnik collegeworkshop1@gmail.com
2. TOPICS FOR TODAY HOW DO I DECIDE? WHAT DO I NEED TO DECIDE? RESOURCES?
3. HOW DO I DECIDE? I do OK in school but I have no clue what I want to do!
4. QUESTION TO ASK How would I describe myself? WOW! that’s a BIG ??
5. MAYBE WE CAN HELP What classes or subject areas fascinate or absorb you? What careers have you considered throughout your lifetime? If you won the lottery, what would you do after the initial celebration?
6. MAYBE WE CAN HELP What is the most gratifying thing you have accomplished? What would you go out and do if you knew that you would not fail? What are your goals and dreams (Short term and long term)?
7. MAYBE WE CAN HELP If you had 5 lives, what would you do with your time? Detailed descriptions work best ( e.g.: Live in a house that allows artists to work on projects while having a place to stay. Write stories on the side and travel most of the time.)
8. MAYBE WE CAN HELP Write a paragraph on each: I was….. I am…. I will be ……
9. Useful Websites http://www.bls.gov/k12/ Descriptions of various careers www.mappingyourfuture.org Careership, careervoyages etc. http://www.umanitoba.ca/counselling/careers.html www.pacareerzone.org http://cte.ed.gov/acrn/ www.collegegrad.com/careers www.khake.com
10. RESOURCES – COLLEGE RANKINGS http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0519/030.html CEOs and their Colleges (Brilliant) http://www.ensmp.fr/Actualites/PR/EMP-ranking.html Time Higher Ed - world U http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/hybrid.asp?typeCode=243&pubCode=1&navcode=137 Newsweek http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_100_Global_Universities FOR TECH ED AND SCIENCES - WUHAN U R$ANKING http://rccse.whu.edu.cn/college/sjdxkyjzl.htm
18. That which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Ulysses by Tennyson