How to Evaluate Your College Options

About This Quiz & Worksheet

This quiz and worksheet combo will help you test your knowledge of the most important factors to consider when choosing a college. You will be quizzed on different criteria for evaluating colleges and the steps for comparing colleges.

Quiz & Worksheet Goals

In these assessments you'll be tested on:

• Option(s) for evaluating colleges
• Steps for evaluating colleges
• Ways to choose the school criteria most important to a student
• How to identify colleges that meet a student's priorities

Skills Practiced

• Reading comprehension - ensure that you draw the most important information from the lesson on evaluating college options
• Critical thinking - apply the concepts you learn to look at college searching in a different light
• Distinguishing differences - compare and contrast college evaluation options according to a person's most important criteria
• Knowledge application - use your knowledge to evaluate college options that can help a person choose a college

Additional Learning

To learn more about selecting a college, review the related lesson, How to Evaluate Your College Options. The lesson will help you:

• Understand the most important differences between colleges
• Determine what you want most from a college
• Narrow down your list of options
• Choose the college that best fits your needs