AVID College Research Project - Mrs. McKnight's Class Site



AVID College Research Project Rubric Name:____________________

Part of the AVID program is to help students become familiar with colleges and universities. This is your first step! This project is a major part of your second semester grade.

Your project will include:

- An oral presentation (specific dates will be assigned)

- A PowerPoint project which includes information from your research.

- A college pennant

- All of the above items will be DUE ON THE FIRST DAY OF PRESENTATIONS!

College Research Project Points = 200 pts

|Worth |Action |Points |Comments |

| | |Awarded |Completed on Time? |

|15 |Career Interest Survey – completed fully | | |

|15 |College and Career Background Data Collection – completed fully | | |

|20 |College Research Questions – completed fully | | |

| |Typed and printed out | | |

|50 |PowerPoint of College – see rubric | | |

| |Include information from the “College Research Document” with special emphasis on: | | |

| |size/# of students, cost, location, majors, activities, why it’s a good school | | |

| |Why you’re interested? What career are you looking at and what majors apply to | | |

| |that. Salary of career, responsibilities, other interesting or important | | |

| |information. | | |

|50 |Pennant – see rubric | | |

|50 |Oral Presentation – see rubric | | |

| |Presentation should be approximately 3-5 min long. If it is shorter than 1 minute, | | |

| |you will be lose points. Or if it is longer than 10 minutes you will lose points. | | |

|200 |Total Pts Possible |Total Pts Awarded | | |

Special Care:

-spelling & grammar

-neatness

-creativity

-presentation of materials/information

-accuracy

Ideas to make your project unique (these are optional)

- interview somebody who graduated from your school

- take a tour

- order small items from the campus bookstore

- call the campus and ask if current students are available for an interview over the phone

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