Types of Colleges

Definitions of Types of Colleges

12 Reasons to Stay in Illinois

Every student will apply to one of these!

Big Ten Schools The Big Ten has recently grown to include 16

Schools.

Public InstitutionsOut of State

Each State has a large Public Institution which is considered the State’s Flagship school. (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Selective Admissions

Cost

Large research schools

Each State has a University System with a variety of schools with a varying of admissions

Least Selective to Highly Selective

Cost

Variety of sizes

Schools with Reciprocity Agreements

Midwest Student Exchange Program (MSEP)http://msep.mhec.org/

Residency in States

Private Schools Liberal Arts Colleges

Highly Selective Schools Typically take less then 25% od applicants and

sometimes as low as 6% of students that apply. Expectation is that student’s that get admitted have

taken the most rigorous courses at their school and excelled at them.

The average ACT is above a 30. These are what we consider DREAM schools even for

the best students.

Non-Profit vs. For Profit Schools

The Goal of the UniversityThe environmentThe Cost to StudentsFlexibility/Online ClassesRecruiting Strategies

Test OptionalDo you work really hard in school but

struggle on standardized tests?www.fairtest.org

MATCH Colleges

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