Preparing and planning for higher education

What is the first step to preparing for higher education?

What are some of the things you could do to prepare yourself academically?

Sequences of increasingly advanced courses designed to bring academically unprepared students to the academic skill level expected in higher education

Apply

Identify required documents and resources

Gather required documents

Identify the potential mentors to help you with the process

Select your school

Understand the application process

Follow up

Check your application for accuracy

Compare offers

Select the schools you want to consider

What is the equation for the debt-to-income ratio?

What is the equation for the estimated education and training costs?

Which level of formal training has a certificate and/or informal training?

Selecting a school to go to that best fits you is the second step of preparing for college

A series of connected education and training programs that allow you to secure a job and then to advance within an industry or occupation

What does smart mean? (Choose 5j

You can change the debt-to-icome ratio by changing the number of years you have to repay the loan

Switching your major is good because it will make you learn about different subjects

What skills do you need to get into the right habits?

You can’t hang out with your friends all the time, so that you can do school related stuff

TV, Friends and your cel phone can all be considered as destractions?

Lost wages from not working while in school

Cost of higher education/training programs

Opportunity to earn higher wages

More employment opportunities

There are 6 steps to preparing for higher education