which college will get you the highest-paying job?
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Which college will land you the highest-paying job?
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Selected Business Article !

"Harvey Mudd College among the highest earning post-grad!
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Summary!• Average mid-career salary: $124,300!
• STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)!
• The more money people make, the better they like their job.!
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Social Circumstance!Social Group: people 18-25 !
Circumstance: Students applying to university/students currently enrolled and intended major!
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Fall Open House Admission Center!

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Bernon Hall: Admission Center!
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Welcoming Sign!
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Washington Park: NYU!
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Sara Fox!
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Diana Pedra!
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Billy Cohen!
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Conner Milfred!
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• 15 people present at the fall undergraduate open house. !
• Divided into groups!
• Prospective students were talking enrolled students at Hofstra. !
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Ethnographic Research Observations

• Boy was looking rapidly through his Hofstra admission guide!
• The girl across fidgets with her phone constantly!
• The parents are attempting to connect with one another, boasting about their children. !
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Ethnographic Research Observations

• Every prospective student is with a parent!
• Parents taking over most of the conversations, rather than the student. !
• The students are dressed in casual clothes: jeans, leggings, jackets, blouses!
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Ethnographic Research Observations

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Sarah Fox:!What is the component in choosing a college?!• Location, location, location!
What was your first choice? Why? !• New York University: They had a great business program. !
What major and why? Is it money or aspirations? !• Entrepreneurship in order to create a business to better the world!
Ethnographic Research Findings

Diana Pedra:!
What is the component in choosing a college?!• Nice campus and a small class !
What was your first choice? Why? !
• Providence college: campus size, prestigious !
What major and why? Is it money or aspirations? !• Undecided: “I don’t really know a career that is a perfect fit.”!
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Conner Milfred:!
What is the component in choosing a college?!• Study abroad programs, and a business school.!
What was your first choice? Why? !• Columbia: met all requirements!
What major and why? Is it money or aspirations? !• Business management because they wanted money for the future. !
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Billy Cohen:!What is the component in choosing a college?!• Their father wanted them to attend a business school. !
What was your first choice? Why? !• Boston University, because of previous relatives. !
What major and why? Is it money or aspirations? !• International business, because it’s the parents wish. !
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Ethnographic Research Findings

Diagonals !
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Arcs!
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Irregular Shapes!
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Grids!
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Monochromes!
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Neutrals!
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High Key!
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Low Key!
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Combination !

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Combination: Black & White!

• The product will give a more concise set of options in creating the
perfect college/university match per individual; which will be based
upon big data (social media), major, money options, and post-grad
career retention. An additional proponent of an MRI, through a
neurological exam, determines the accuracy of a decision based
upon neurotransmitters that react at the receptor to a list of probing
questions. Giving the student an overall match that is better
personalized then previous surveys.!
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Proposal

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Diagram Elements 1. Previous methods!
2. College applications!
3. When applying to college !
4. Better college, major, career matches!

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Tagline Research
1. Burger King: “Have it your way”
2. Verizon: “We never stop working for you”
3. Mac OS X: “The future is here”

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Tagline Study
Your Future. Your Way.
Brandon Chivers, Professor KlinkowsteinFA014, Tagline Study