"The Experience"
Be a Star at Your Music Audition
Author: petersons, Category: College Search
If you’ve ever performed in a play or musical, then you’re probably familiar with sweating through an audition. Even if you’re not, pursuing a degree in dance or music will probably require you to endure at least one. However, auditions for college admission may be a bit different from singing a cappella in front of the high school choir director — this is serious business! (Not to imply that high school isn’t…) You can expect more competitiveness, more seriousness, and an expectation that you possess a certain degree of talent — no wannabes here! Read the rest of this entry »
Pointers for Your Dance Audition
Author: petersons, Category: College Search
College dance auditions are…well, a different song and dance from musical or theatrical auditions. They often require you to attend an open class the day before (or even the day of) auditions. There you’ll learn, along with everyone else, a routine that usually consists of a performance piece combining improvisation, ballet, modern, and rhythmic dance. Your individual performance will be evaluated on coordination, technique, rhythm, degree of movement, and body structure, as well as on your ability to learn and your potential for completing the program. Read the rest of this entry »
Lights! Camera! Action! Theater Auditions
Author: petersons, Category: College Search
In many liberal arts schools, entrance into a theater arts program probably won’t require you to audition. However, if you’re pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Theater, you will very likely be required to audition, and you should probably find that out before you go much further in your college application process! A B.F.A. in Theater is considered a serious pre-professional degree that usually combines coursework in theater art, performance, directing, design, and technical areas.
Some programs are so academically intense that they allow very little room for you to pursue a minor or classes in other subjects. In other words, these aren’t the programs you want to enroll in if you’re just looking to do a little moonlighting from your day job as a chemical engineer. Read the rest of this entry »
A Career in Graphic Design
Author: petersons, Category: College Search
Have you ever been seduced into buying something by a wildly creative ad - or at least been tempted to try it out? How many of the choices you make when shopping at the mall were influenced by an ad or a phrase or a picture, or all of the above? If you know how powerful imagery can be in influencing your habits, then you know that marketing and advertising are big business.
Job overview
For an artist with an eye for people and their needs and desires, graphic design seems a logical choice - it allows you to utilize your talent in a productive and satisfying career. In the arts industries, the graphic design area is expected to continue to grow at an average pace, and to create more job availability than all the other creative arts industries combined.
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Smart Art Portfolios
Author: petersons, Category: College Search
What exactly is a portfolio? It’s simply a collection of your best pieces of artwork that you submit for review when you apply to an art program. Selections for your portfolio should express your interest and aptitude for a serious education in the arts. A well-developed portfolio can help you gain acceptance into a prestigious art college and increase your chances of winning scholarships in national portfolio competitions. Read the rest of this entry »
What to Look for When Choosing a Pre-Med Program
Author: petersons, Category: College Search
Some might consider a good doctor to be the one who can discuss philosophy and swap cookie recipes while checking your reflexes and taking a blood sample. A jack-of-all-trades, so to speak. Med schools look to admit well-rounded students, so if you want to major in philosophy as an undergrad and still head off to medical school, that’s entirely possible. Generally speaking, med schools have some core requirements that pre-med students must meet, but you can usually major in anything you want. However, it’s important to choose your pre-med school carefully and give some thought to both your major and your minor as potential launch pads into the curriculum you’ll face in med school. Read the rest of this entry »
Planning Ahead: Medical School
Author: petersons, Category: College Search
Going to medical school is an admirable goal and preparing for it starts as early as 10th grade! If you’re still in high school and you know you want to become a medical doctor, now is the time to get a head start.
Boost your knowledge
Begin by taking AP courses, especially in the sciences. You’ll know early on if you’re really cut out for biology and chemistry and if you do well, you might be able to go straight into advanced science courses in college.
Seek out opportunities to get work experience in the field by scoring a summer job with your family physician or through volunteer work at a local hospital. Not only will this help you decide if medicine is for you, it could help you get into medical school.
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The ABCs of Nursing Degrees
Author: petersons, Category: College Search
When it comes to nursing education, there are a lot of acronyms flying around. Not sure what they all mean? Here are some common abbreviations used in the field of nursing. Read the rest of this entry »
Nursing: One of the Fastest-Growing Professions
Author: petersons, Category: College Search
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are more than 2 million jobs for nurses, and the profession is one of the top ten occupations expected to offer the largest amount of new jobs in the coming years. If, like many prospective college students, you’re thinking about finding a career where you are helping people, then nursing can fulfill that goal. With so many job opportunities forecast through 2012, you’ll have an excellent chance at being gainfully employed when you complete your studies. Read the rest of this entry »
Nursing Curriculum
Author: petersons, Category: College Search
by Linda K. Amos, Ed.D., RN, FAAN, Former Associate Vice President for Health Sciences, Professor of Nursing, University of Utah
A standard basic or generic baccalaureate program in nursing is a four-year college or university education that incorporates a variety of liberal arts courses with professional education and training. It is designed for high school graduates with no previous nursing experience.
Currently, there are more than 700 baccalaureate programs in the United States. Of the 583 programs that responded to a fall 2005 survey conducted by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, total enrollment in all nursing programs leading to a baccalaureate degree was 163,706. A report from the National Advisory Council on Nursing Education recommends that at least two-thirds of the nursing workforce holds a baccalaureate degree or higher by 2010, compared to the current 40 percent. Read the rest of this entry »
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