Big Future 9/14/15 Assignment

                We were asked to visit a website called Big Future, which is an extension of www.collegeboard.org. In this section, we could enter information about what we look for in a college or university. We filled out filters that included criteria like field of study, size and location, activities and sports and organizations, and even tuition and aid. After having entered all my information into the filters for the college search, I found that were plenty of options for me in the state of Georgia. Out of all the schools listed, I decided that my three tops choices would be the University of Georgia (Athens, http://www.uga.edu/), Emory University (Atlanta, http://www.emory.edu/home/index.html), and Georgia State University (Atlanta, http://www.gsu.edu/). I am not sure what schools will actually accept me, but when choosing which school is best for me, I want a quality medicine program. I will study Human Physiology, so I will choose the school that is most focused in medicine and has the most programs and advantages when it comes to exploring outside school and being hands-on. After looking into the schools, Emory and UGA were the ones with most advantages in the medical field.

                For my major of Human Physiology, there are basic medicine class requirements. I will need to have taken classes like Human Anatomy and Biology, and Chemistry, and Physics. As for my requirements of the school I choose, I would like a large variety for some aspects. I would like the number of students to be anywhere from 5 thousand to 30 thousand. Although that is a large range, I chose it because I do not really know what I really like in a school. As for location, I would like the school to be in Georgia, and I would like it to be around 50 miles from my house. In the fields of sports and organizations, I would prefer that the university to offer all type of sports because although I am not too athletic, I would like the opportunity to try it out, and I would definitely like there to be band, Hispanic and Latino, accelerated, and study abroad programs. Tuition and financial aid is also a factor for my selecting, but I know I am eligible for scholarships. I know I am eligible for the Zell Miller and Hope Scholarships, and after looking at http://www.ngcf.org/page.aspx?pid=396, I learned that I was also eligible for Hall County scholarships like the William T. Carlisle Memorial Scholarship and the Jim and Dee Snow Optimist Scholarship.