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Questions Prospective Students Most Frequently Ask About Our Programs and Life at Plattsburgh State

Art

  1. What programs are available?
  2. Requirements for B.F.A.?
  3. How will my portfolio be reviewed?
  4. When will I be notified if I've been accepted into the BFA?
  5. If I don't have a portfolio or it this not complete, can I be accepted into Art Studio and apply to the B.F.A.?
  6. Can I have an Art Minor?
  7. Internships, what opportunities are there for students in this program?
  8. Jobs? What careers have art students gone on to?
  9. Can I go to grad school?
  10. What makes Plattsburgh's art program different from others?
  11. Special skill tracks?
  12. Is art supported in the local community? How, and will I be able to display my work to the public?
  13. Student success stories. Where are they now, and what are they doing with their art degree?
  14. Why go to Plattsburgh as apposed to a specialized art school?
  15. How should I submit my portfolio?

Biological Sciences

  1. What can I do with a Biology Degree?
  2. What are the different majors that are within your Biology department?
  3. I want to go to Medical School, will Plattsburgh give me the advisement to do that?
  4. I want to be a Vet, is Biology a good major to go into?
  5. What internships are available?
  6. I want to be a science teacher, should I go into Biology or Education?
  7. What clubs and organization can I get involved in?
  8. How many students go to graduate school from your program?
  9. Are there scholarships within the Biology Department that I can apply for?

Canadian Studies

  1. What internships are available?
  2. Are there study abroad opportunities?
  3. Will I have the option to study at another Canadian University?
  4. Scholarships that are offered to students in the major?
  5. What makes your Canadian Studies major unique?
  6. Can I double major? What majors complemtent Canadian Studies that will make me marketable in the work place?
  7. Is there a club or organization that is connected with the Canadian studies major?
  8. How are your facilities?
  9. What careers will I be able to go into with a degree in Canadian Studies.
  10. Is the program a popular one on campus? How many students are in the program?

Child Family Services

  1. What are the different areas of study in this major?
  2. What can I do with this degree?
  3. What makes this program different from others?
  4. Will I have the opportunity to work with children?
  5. What are the type of classes that I will take?
  6. Does this major involve a lot of hands on experience?
  7. Is there a clinic on campus?
  8. Do I need a masters to be successful in this career?

Communication Disorders and Sciences

  1. What makes your program stand out?
  2. What on campus opportunities are available?
  3. Do you offer a masters program?
  4. What careers do student go on to?
  5. Tell me about your facilities, labs and clinic work?
  6. Is there plenty on hands on experience?
  7. Tell me about your degree tracks and what each will allow me as a student to achieve?
  8. What is the average starting salary for students that have completed this degree?

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Computer Science

  1. What is the difference between Information Systems and Computer Science? Which does Plattsburgh offer?
  2. Internships? What are students doing with a Comp Science degree from Plattsburgh?
  3. Program? How much math is involved?
  4. Can I develop games?
  5. Animation? Is this offered?
  6. Where are the jobs? Most sought after jobs?
  7. Key points. How many students are in the program? Labs? Clubs? What are your strengths?
  8. What type of computers do you use and what system will I be working with?
  9. Profiles of successful alumni.
  10. Do Comp Sci. students go on to graduate school? If yes where?
  11. Should I be taking some computer classes or working on a particular system in high school?

Education

  1. Can I student teach in my home town?
  2. Where will I student teach and do I need a car?
  3. What programs do you offer?
  4. Can I be a Kindergarten teacher?
  5. Do you offer Art Education?
  6. Do you offer a five year program and how does it work?
  7. Why is your program better than other SUNY colleges?
  8. What is the philosophy of the education dept.? What are they trying to accomplish with their students?
  9. Can I double major with education?
  10. Graduate Programs?
  11. Where are the jobs? Most sought after positions in education?
  12. What if I want to teach out of New York State? What is the process for this?
  13. List all exams that I will have to take?
  14. P.P.S.T.? Tell me about that exam? When do I take this test?

English

  1. What is so special about your program, what makes it different from other SUNY programs?
  2. Internships?
  3. What careers do English majors go into?
  4. How many students go into grad school?
  5. Tell me about the different degree options?
  6. Would this be a good second degree program?
  7. Scholarship opportunities?
  8. Student profiles, tell me about your students?
  9. What visiting writers have visited campus lately?

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Financial Aid

  1. What is Financial Aid?
  2. How do I apply?
  3. What happens when I apply for Financial Aid, how will I be notified?
  4. When will we receive our award package?
  5. When I submit my forms, what will I be quantified for?
  6. What is the Financial Aid process?
  7. Where do I start the process, here on campus or online? Which is the easiest ?
  8. What material should I start to collect, so that this process will be a smooth one?
  9. If I have filled out the forms for another college, and my son/daughter is accepted to Plattsburgh, will all my information be transferred or will I have to submit more paper work?

Food and Nutrition

  1. Is this a dietetics program?
  2. How does one get certified in food/nutrition?
  3. What careers can I go into with a food/nutrition major?
  4. Will I have to take a lot of science?
  5. Internships?
  6. Will I learn to cook and prepare food?

Foreign Languages and Literature

  1. What makes your program standout vs. other program in SUNY?
  2. Internships?
  3. How do you prepare students for grad school?
  4. How many students go to grad school?
  5. What careers do your students go into?
  6. Can this major be used as a second major and what are good parings between majors?
  7. What past students are doing now?
  8. Tell me about the 3 + 2 program?

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Nursing

  1. Is your program a R.N. Program?
  2. Why should I get a four year R.N. degree, when I can get a two year degree and start working?
  3. Will I take Nursing classes as a freshmen?
  4. What courses should I take in high school to make it easer for me to succeed in your Nursing degree?
  5. Where will I get clinical experience?
  6. What does that clinical experience consist of?
  7. How are your facilities? What makes them better than other schools?
  8. How many students are enrolled in this program?
  9. What type of careers do your Nursing students go into? (Different levels of Nursing)
  10. What makes the Plattsburgh Nursing program better than others?
  11. Will I graduate in four years if I attend as a freshmen?
  12. Admission standards for your Nursing degree? (What do I need to get in)
  13. If I have my R.N. from a two year school and transfer to Plattsburgh, how flexible is the program? Can I work and take classes at the same time?

Psychology

  1. What are the different areas of study in this major?
  2. What can I do with this degree?
  3. What makes this program different from others?
  4. Will I have the opportunity to work with children or adults?
  5. What are the type of classes that I will take?
  6. Does this major involve a lot of hands on experience?
  7. Is there a clinic on campus to work with children and or adults?
  8. Do I need a masters to be successful in this career?

Sociology/Criminal Justice

  1. Is this a police training program?
  2. I want to go into the F.B.I., will this program help to get me to that position?
  3. What are some of the careers that past students have gone into?
  4. Tell me about your internships?
  5. What makes your program so special or unique from others?
  6. Tell me the benefits enrolling in this major at Plattsburgh?

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Student Health and Safety

  1. Where is the nearest hospital?
  2. If my child needs to get treatment, what are the steps they need to take? Do they go to the campus health center first or straight to the hospital?
  3. What type of services are offered at the campus health center?
  4. What does the school Insurance cover?
  5. Are your crime stats posted on the website?
  6. How safe is your campus? What type of things make it safer that any other campus?
  7. How safe is the city of Plattsburgh and the local area?
  8. What are Blue lights?
  9. Do you have a full-time police force?

Study Abroad and Exchanges

  1. What makes your program standout and different from others?
  2. What programs are offered at Plattsburgh and what countries can I study in?
  3. If Plattsburgh does not have the program that I am looking for and I go to Plattsburgh State, what are my options?
  4. At what point in my college career can I study abroad?
  5. Is there a G.P.A. requirement?
  6. What are the costs associated with this program?
  7. Will the credit transfer back to Plattsburgh State?
  8. Do I need to know a Foreign Language?

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