Rarely do college visitors stop by the department of anticipated study, and why not?

They don't know which department to visit, and that's a sad truth.

In order to stop by your anticipated department of study while on a college visit, you would need to know which department that is. Most families would say- "My child doesn't know yet." Is that how you buy a car or buy a home? Of course not, and it shouldn't be that way in buying a college education. It's not good enough. Rather, you need to know, otherwise, you're being ineffective. 

Here are 10 questions to ask in the Dept. of Anticipated Study-

1. What is the job placement rate and how do you track it?
2. What types of jobs do your graduates get and how do you know?
3. What is their average starting pay?
4. How do your students interact with each other and also with professors?
5. What are the opportunities for research?
6. What are the opportunities for study-abroad?
7. What are the opportunities for internships and how do we get them?
8. How can we combine studies with other departments?
9. How do you stay current with all the changes going on in the world today?
10. What specific studies do you have for preparing students for opportunities in the next decade?

Now you're having a very effective college visit. You can move on with a great deal more insight into how the college prepares it students for achieving desired outcomes.

That makes great college-logical sense to me! 

Visiting these offices during college visits and being prepared to engage with the right questions will signify the difference between being effective versus ineffective! I like to be effective.

Our student-families are effective in visiting colleges and evaluating the real opportunity; they don't just listen to the marketing pitch. You can be effective too, all you have to do is ask.

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