When you begin looking into what you might want to do after you finish high school, the options can be overwhelming. There is a good chance that if you are here you have already decided that you would like to pursue some sort of post-secondary education. However, even if you know exactly what you are…
About Me
Hi, My name is Ella Rowley. I am in the middle of my junior year of high school (11th grade) at Mayo High School, in Rochester, Minnesota. I have always enjoyed school a lot because it keeps me productive. With School assignments and clubs keeping me busy I seldom find myself being bored. I also…
Evaluating Colleges
If you have gotten this far in my blog you have probably made most of the really important decisions. However, when you find yourself looking at colleges like me you are disappointed that none of the colleges seem to actually meet all of your standards. The unfortunate reality of the situation is that for most…
Mentor Post #4
For my fourth mentor blog post, I looked at College Raptor. I discovered that this was another blog that was focused primarily on college. However, they did have a page on their website that was focused on exploring careers. This blog had four main tabs with different topics surrounding colleges but I focused primarily on…
Job Placement Rates
One of the main reasons that people decide to go to college is to get a good job so that they can easily support themselves and possibly their families. This is why it is important to consider job placement rates after college. It is important for a college to have good placement rates after college….
Blog Tour (a look into my other classmates’ blogs)
The first blog I looked at was Talk of Sports. This blog focuses primarily on current controversies in the sports communities. I really appreciated how the blog posts followed a very easy to follow format. The posts were broken up nicely by pictures and videos allowing the reader to never feel overwhelmed by the mass…
College Size
Once you have begun to think about all the criteria mentioned in the last post, you have probably noticed that the amount of options you have of where to go to college has been limited, at least a little bit. From there I personally think that it is important to consider the size of the…
Mentor Blog #3
For my third mentor blog post, I looked at Zety Blog. Although this blog is not formed around college, it is formatted very similarly to those blogs. This blog is very popular and has been published in many major news sources including The Guardian, Huffpost, Lifehacker, Busisness.com, Financial Times, and Forbes. When you first pull…
Geography and Money
If you have read my first post about where you want to go to college and have thought about those questions, it is time to move onto more specific things about your college. One of the most most important things to consider now is geography. Depending on what you want to do in college your…
Mentor Blog Post #2
The blog I looked at this week was ran by a college called Make School. The Make School Blog had it’s posts separated into four main categories. These categories were listed as news, podcasts, student spotlight, and admissions. On the homepage, I had the option of filtering the posts so that I only looked at…
Mentor Post #1
The blog I looked at this week was called Peterson’s. Peterson’s blog mainly gives advice surrounding variety of topics for kids in high school or older. Its main topics of interest are post secondary education, as well as job opportunities and test prep. Peterson’s blog is authored by what appears to be a team of…
College Decisions 