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Attaining Higher Education
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 5 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
I Welcome and Introduction
II Intentional Decision-Making
- Introduction to Intentional Decision-Making
- How We Choose
- The Importance of Values
- The Logical Next Steps
- Options and Opportunities
- Talking It Through
- Making Your Choice
III Choosing A Right-Fit College
- Introduction to Choosing a Right-Fit College
- Important Factors to Consider
- Basic Overview of Higher Ed
- Major Selection
- Questions to Ask
- Creating a College List
IV The College Application Process
- Introduction to the College Application Process
- The College Application
- Essays
- Letters of Recommendation
- Interviews
- Admission Decisions
- What to Do Once Accepted
V. Financing Your Education
- Introduction to Financing Your Education
- VA Benefits
- Types of Financial Aid
- FAFSA
- Non-Federal Grants and Loans
VI. Keeping Graduate School on the Horizon
- What Matters: Reflection on Your Values, Goals, and Options
- Using Your Coursework to Develop Academic Relationships
- Common Graduate School Programs
- Timelines
- Financing
- Beyond AHE
Prerequisite
Instructors
Beth E. Morgan
Director of Higher Education Transition and Partnerships
Columbia University
R.J. Jenkins
Curriculum Designer
Columbia University
Skip Bailey
Senior Advisor to the Director of Educational Financing
Columbia University
Tanya Ang
Military-Connected Student Advocate
Columbia University
Dirk Vanderlaan
Recruiting Specialist
Columbia University
Tiffany Decker
Senior Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs
Columbia University
Nick Utzig
Ph.D. Student
Columbia University
Editor
Columbia University is a private university located in Morningside Heights, in the north-western part of the borough of Manhattan, in New York (United States). Its origins lie in King's College, founded in 1754 by King George II of Great Britain. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the United States and is part of the Ivy League group of eight of the country's oldest, most famous, most prestigious and most elitist universities.
Columbia is one of the most selective and prestigious universities in the world. The admission rate was 5.1% in 2019, comparable to Harvard and Stanford. Ranked first in the United States for research, it is sixth in the world (fourth in the United States) in the CUWR ranking of the world's top 1,000 universities and eighth in the Shanghai University Rankings.
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