Research+US+universities


 * Websites about U.S. Colleges and Universities **

First, watch this video from VOA. Then answer the questions and do the exercises below. Type your answers into a “Word” document.

When you have finished, paste your work into an email (at your **English** email account) and send to both Mick and Ruby.

1. What are the names of the four websites talked about in the video?

2. What can students do when they go to the first website? Explain the features of this website.

3. Go to the second website that the lady talks about, and click on one of the universities on the left side of the web page. You will see something like this:



Type a **paragraph** introducing the university (similar to what you did last week with a company). Include the most important information. Please use **your own words** as much as possible…. Don’t just copy. (75 words)

4. What can students do at the third website mentioned in the VOA video?

5. At that third website, click on “Find colleges now >” and search for the university your wrote about in question three. Look in the “info” section. Answer all of the questions below that you can. (i) Are there any famous alumni (校友 )? Name them. (ii) How many undergraduate students are there? (iii) What minimum TOEFL score is required for International Students?

6. What does the fourth website offer? Go to this site and again find the university you have been looking at. Look at the “Campus Pics”. What are your thoughts about these pictures? Type your opinion about a few of these pics. (50 words)

7. Go to the last (the seventh) website mentioned in the video. What is the name of the website, and what can you do at that website?


 * When you have finished, paste your answers into the BODY of your email, and send it to: **

__ klub157@gmail.com __ __ tust.ruby@gmail.com __