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Mr.Beavers
AppToulminFramework
CollegeQ&AVideos

Ihadgraduatedfromhighschoolandwasreadyforthebeginningofcollege.LittledidI

knowtherewassomuchtodobeforeIevenstartedmyfirstdayofschool?IhadnoideathatI
needtogogetadvisedbyanacademicadvisorbeforeIcouldregisterforclasses.Ihadnoidea
thatifIfilledoutFASFAIcouldgainsomemoremoneyforcollegeandcouldreceivefinancial
aid.OneofthebiggestfactorsIhadtofacecomingtocollegewasswitchingfromthegrade
schoolhomeworkandclasswork,tocollegehomeworkandclasswork.Lookingback,students
respondingtotheopinionpollwishedthattheirhighschoolshadchallengedthemmore.About
40percentsaidthattheirhighschoolshaddoneapoororfairjobofhelpingthemunderstand
whatknowledgeandskillstheyneededforcollegesuccess(PerkinsGoughpar,9).

ThesolutiontothisproblemcanbeeasilyfixedwithnonotherCollegeQ&AVideos

application.Thisapplicationallowsyoutopostvideosaskingquestionsthatyouneedspecific
answerstoforcollege.Hereshowitworksyoupostavideoaskingaquestionandacollege
studentcanpostavideobackdirectlytoyouansweringyourquestion.Ifyougetboredor
curiousonedayjustlookattherandominformationvideostabitdisplaysvideosthatcollege
studentsjustgiveoutrandomtips.Theappcanhavecommentsoneachvideoalongwithratings
toeachvideo.Ifyoudonthaveaspecificquestionbutfeelyouneedtoknowmoreabouta
subjectmatterthentypethesubjectinthescrollbarandmanyvideosonthattopicorsimilarto

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thetopicwillpopup.Ofcoursethevideoswiththehighestratingwillbeatthetopofpopup
list.

Myproposalwouldallowforlesstransferrates,forwillfeelconfidentintheschool

theyreattending.Thisproposalwillhelpsolvetimeconsumption,forwhenastudentsisina
hurryandneedsquestioningansweredfast.Moreover,itcanhelpthelackingknowledgeor
awarenessingeneralofwhatyoudidntknowaboutcollege.

Somestudentsendupgoingtoacollegethinkingtheyaregoingtoloveit,butthenend

upregrettingtheirdecision.Sotheyendupdecidingtheywanttotransfer.Awaytoavoid
transferringismakingsureyouhaveenoughinformationaboutacollegecampustofeelyou
havemadetherightdecision.IftheyneedtoknowifacertaincampushasGreeklife,orifthe
collegeoffersthemajorthewanttheycanvideointhesequestions.

Onethirdofallstudents
switchinstitutionsatleastoncebeforeearningadegree,saysareportreleasedonTuesdaybythe
NationalStudentClearinghouseResearchCenter(Gonzalez,par.1).Areasonsomestudentsto
transferarefinancialsituations.Thisapplicationcouldhelphavevideostoexplainscholarship
informationforacampus,andcouldalsohelpexplaincollege'sworkstudyprograms.

Inaddition,myproposalwillhelpsolvetimeconsumption.Forexample,inthe

dormroomfreshmanofcoursegettheolderandmorerundownbuildingofthecampus.Ifan
incomingfreshmanwasreallycuriousandreallywantedtoknowhowrundownandoldthe
dormroomlookedtheycouldpostavideoaskingsomeoneheycansomeonepostavideoofa
roominthefreshmandorms?Someonethenwouldkindlypostavideoshowingthelayoutof

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theroomandcouldevenopendresserdrawersandclosetstogivethequestioneranideaof
clothesspace.

Nonethelessmyapplicationproposalcouldhelplackingknowledgeofastudentand

generalawareness.AsIhavestatedearlierifastudentbecomesboredonedayandwantsto
knowmoreaboutcampuslifetheapplicationhasrandomvideosthatdisplaymanytipvideos
aboutcollege.Tipsthatcanrangefromwhereisthebestplacetoeatoncampus?toIs
microbiologyokaytowithorganicchemistry?

Inspiteofthebeneficialtipsthisapplicationcanprovide,manycouldarguethatthis

applicationisverysimilartogoogle.Googleofcourseisveryhelpfulindailylife,butyoucan
onlygettheusualtipsaboutcollegelife.CollegeQ&AVideosletsyougetpersonalanswersto
question,betteranswersthatareuniqueandnottypicalliketheonesontheinternet.
Whilesomepeopleassumethattherearehighschoolcounselorstheirtoprepareyour
kidsforcollegewithsuchthingsascollegeseminarsorpamphlets,Iwouldarguethatyouare
notgettingtheinformationortipsthatwouldhelpyoupersonally.Infact,theoddsarehighthat
yourcounselorsknowledgeaboutcollegeadmissionstrategies,standardizedtestingand
scholarshipsislimited.Ironicallyduringthisperiodofskyrocketingcollegecosts,financialaid
isoftenthesubjectthathighschoolcounselorsknowtheleastabout(
O'Shaughnessy
).
BasedonthesereasoningIbelievemyapplicationwouldbenefitmanyupcoming
studentsorreturningstudentsandevenparentsofstudentscomingtocollege.Ibelievemy
proposalshouldbeenacted,forreasonsthatmyproposalwouldallowforlesstransferrates,for
willfeelconfidentintheschooltheyreattending.Thisproposalwillhelpsolvetime

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consumption,forwhenastudentsisinahurryandneedsquestioningansweredfast.Moreover,it
canhelpthelackingknowledgeorawarenessingeneralofwhatyoudidntknowaboutcollege.
Whilesomepeopleassumethattherearealreadyinformationaltipsontheinternetorfromhigh
schoolcounselorsIwouldarguethatyouarenotgettingtheinformationortipsthatwouldhelp
youpersonally.

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2016.

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educationalleadership/nov08/vol66/num03/UnpreparedforColle
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"SpecialReport/UnpreparedforCollege."
EducationalLeadership:GivingStudentsOwnership
ofLearning:UnpreparedforCollege
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http://chronicle.com/article/AThirdofStudentsTransfer/130954/

Gonzalez,Jennifer."AThirdofStudentsTransferBeforeGraduating."
TheChronicleofHigher
Education
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http://www.thecollegesolution.com/whatswrongwithhighschoolcounselors/

O'Shaughnessy,Lynn."WhatsWrongWithHighSchoolCounselors?"
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