- Outline of the Inquiry
- This year I am trying to learn more about myself and what interests I have for a potential career. I will be exploring how to complete the applications and what goes into the college process for a student's senior year. This will include exploring the Common App and colleges I will be applying to. I will write down the stats and create pros and cons lists for each. After the deadlines pass I will be focusing more on career exploration and the specific path I want to take, maybe what it takes for each career and creating a specific plan for myself.
- This year I am trying to learn more about myself and what interests I have for a potential career. I will be exploring how to complete the applications and what goes into the college process for a student's senior year. This will include exploring the Common App and colleges I will be applying to. I will write down the stats and create pros and cons lists for each. After the deadlines pass I will be focusing more on career exploration and the specific path I want to take, maybe what it takes for each career and creating a specific plan for myself.
- Goals of the Inquiry
- I want to feel confident in where I apply, knowing I will enjoy my time there. I also want to feel secure in my career path and major choice. I also want to be able to learn what I am supposed to do for the common app because I have never had to do this and no one in my family either. I want to learn about the different types of majors and what courses that entails and the good and bad parts about each college.
- I want to feel confident in where I apply, knowing I will enjoy my time there. I also want to feel secure in my career path and major choice. I also want to be able to learn what I am supposed to do for the common app because I have never had to do this and no one in my family either. I want to learn about the different types of majors and what courses that entails and the good and bad parts about each college.
- Portrait of a Learner
- My inquiry relates to the Mindful Learner competency because I have a growth mindset and I want to learn more about my topic of careers and colleges. I am going to portray this competency throughout my work by giving thoughtful feedback on my progress and being genuinely interested in my topic. I will set myself personal academic goals and I will persist towards them.
- My inquiry relates to the Mindful Learner competency because I have a growth mindset and I want to learn more about my topic of careers and colleges. I am going to portray this competency throughout my work by giving thoughtful feedback on my progress and being genuinely interested in my topic. I will set myself personal academic goals and I will persist towards them.
- Research/Partnerships necessary for Inquiry
- For research I will have to look up schools that align with my interests as well as any careers or majors that I think would appeal to me. Everything I do will have to be research based like looking up how to complete the college application and apply to schools as well. The research will then be documented to help myself figure out what I want to do in my future as well as what interests me.
- For research I will have to look up schools that align with my interests as well as any careers or majors that I think would appeal to me. Everything I do will have to be research based like looking up how to complete the college application and apply to schools as well. The research will then be documented to help myself figure out what I want to do in my future as well as what interests me.
- Benchmarks/Deadlines
- To achieve my inquiry goals I will first start by looking at different schools and the different programs they offer to try and form a tangible list of schools I will need to apply to soon. After this list is formed I will research what I have to do to apply and create a step by step guide on how to do this as part of my project. When the application season is over and I have already decided where I will apply, I will focus more on the types of careers that stem from majors and look up examples of people who already went through this process. So first it will be creating a list of colleges from now until the end of november, then applying to them until january, and lastly career exploration until may.
- To achieve my inquiry goals I will first start by looking at different schools and the different programs they offer to try and form a tangible list of schools I will need to apply to soon. After this list is formed I will research what I have to do to apply and create a step by step guide on how to do this as part of my project. When the application season is over and I have already decided where I will apply, I will focus more on the types of careers that stem from majors and look up examples of people who already went through this process. So first it will be creating a list of colleges from now until the end of november, then applying to them until january, and lastly career exploration until may.
- Marketing/Communication
- I will be sharing my conclusions in the form of a guide helping rising seniors through the college application and research process, focusing on the most important points and any tips and tricks that will help me decide my major and schools I want to apply to. I will be updating my blog weekly with updated research that I have done and any conclusions that I come up with for myself. The research I will be attaching on my blog posts will be through a google slides presentation with research for myself and my decisions and then I might include a different google slide where I will be starting my guide where I number the process to help in the college process.
- I will be sharing my conclusions in the form of a guide helping rising seniors through the college application and research process, focusing on the most important points and any tips and tricks that will help me decide my major and schools I want to apply to. I will be updating my blog weekly with updated research that I have done and any conclusions that I come up with for myself. The research I will be attaching on my blog posts will be through a google slides presentation with research for myself and my decisions and then I might include a different google slide where I will be starting my guide where I number the process to help in the college process.