Clemson University vs. Furman University (Research Paper)
Clemson University vs. Furman University
1. What I knew Being in the middle of high school, I am thinking about my future more than ever now. I have made mostly A’s and B’s all of my life, so I will probably have the chance to go to a good college if I choose to do so. This decision will be one of the biggest decisions of my life, and I will need to put much thought and research into this decision. Early in my life, I began going to Clemson University football, baseball, and soccer games. For this reason, I am now a big Clemson fan, and I hope to go there for my college career. Another college I am interested in is Furman University. I have grown up most of my life living on the outskirts of Furman, and I have also been to many sports and educational camps there. I am very interested in learning more information about each of these colleges. Would Clemson or Furman be better for my college career?
2. Story of my search Over the past few months I have been researching many different aspects of both Clemson and Furman University. My search started on February 14th when our class went to the Wade Hampton High School Media Center. To start, I made a very broad search of “Furman University Scholarships” in Google, to find the scholarships available at Furman. I found a web site, http://www.cappex.com/page/meritAid/programList.jsp;jsessionid=BB1645C5AD168050FC76ED053DF69064.server6?id=218070&collegeID=218070, which had a list of the scholarships at Furman. On that web site, there was a link (that took me to a database called The National Center for Education Statistics. This site had information about both Furman and Clemson. I found information about costs, admissions, enrollment, athletic programs, campus life, and majors of both colleges. On February 10th we went back to the media center and I went back to the National Center for Education Statistics and finished my research on Furman. The next time we went to the media center was February 15th. On that day I
1. What I knew Being in the middle of high school, I am thinking about my future more than ever now. I have made mostly A’s and B’s all of my life, so I will probably have the chance to go to a good college if I choose to do so. This decision will be one of the biggest decisions of my life, and I will need to put much thought and research into this decision. Early in my life, I began going to Clemson University football, baseball, and soccer games. For this reason, I am now a big Clemson fan, and I hope to go there for my college career. Another college I am interested in is Furman University. I have grown up most of my life living on the outskirts of Furman, and I have also been to many sports and educational camps there. I am very interested in learning more information about each of these colleges. Would Clemson or Furman be better for my college career?
2. Story of my search Over the past few months I have been researching many different aspects of both Clemson and Furman University. My search started on February 14th when our class went to the Wade Hampton High School Media Center. To start, I made a very broad search of “Furman University Scholarships” in Google, to find the scholarships available at Furman. I found a web site, http://www.cappex.com/page/meritAid/programList.jsp;jsessionid=BB1645C5AD168050FC76ED053DF69064.server6?id=218070&collegeID=218070, which had a list of the scholarships at Furman. On that web site, there was a link (that took me to a database called The National Center for Education Statistics. This site had information about both Furman and Clemson. I found information about costs, admissions, enrollment, athletic programs, campus life, and majors of both colleges. On February 10th we went back to the media center and I went back to the National Center for Education Statistics and finished my research on Furman. The next time we went to the media center was February 15th. On that day I
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