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Averett College vs. Columbia College

MEET THE COLLEGE

CREW

I know what weregoing to do today were

going to have lots of funstudying all day. Butinstead we can go tocollege, have lots of funmaking progress.

There are 4,400colleges you can choosefrom. Some colleges anduniversities make you paythousands of dollars. Some

colleges have campusesthat you can sleep in and

live in. Its hard to choose.

Im going to tell you abouttwo.

Decide

Im going to tell youhow Averett University

and Columbia College arealike. Both ACT are inbetween 10 and 30. Bothmascots are apart of the catfamily. Both of our tuitionare into/or in betweentwenty-thousands. Both 4-year cost are similar, its in

between $100,000 and$130,000. The tuition issimilar; its in between$10,000 and $30,000.They also have lots of

sports.

Thats how ColumbiaCollege and AverettUniversity are alike.

YOURE DONE? NOW

LETS START WITH

COLLEGE ONE.

Now, I will tell youhow Columbia College is

different. ColumbiaColleges undergraduateenrollment is 1,164.However, Averett is lower.The room and board is$6,638. On the other hand,Averetts is higher andexpensive. Columbias


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SAT is bigger at 1300, butAveretts SAT is lower.Dance & Art areColumbias interestingmajors. Averetts

interesting majors are notDance & Art. Theestimated 4 yr. cost is $152more. Columbia CollegesGPA is 3.0 unlike AverettUniversity. As you can seethese college have lots ofthings alike and unlike. Sonow thats all theinteresting facts and howits different from Averett

University.

WANT TO SEE

SOMETHING NEW?

HERES COLLEGE

TWO!

As a matter of fact,Averett has manydifferences. Averettsundergraduate enrollmentis lower at 857. In fact,there SAT is lower to, its850. Another difference isthat Averetts mascot iscougar. The room andboard at Averett is higherthan Columbias, its$8,120. Also, myinteresting majors areMusic & Theatre. Last butnot least, Averetts tuition,4 yr. costs, and ACT are

lower. The tuition is$22,956, the 4 yr. cost is$124,304, and the ACT isonly 17. Thats all theinformation about Averett

University that is differentfrom Columbia College.

THE GRAND FINALE

Now Im going to tellyou about the college I

think is the best choice:Averett University!!!Averett University is aprivate school. It wasfounded in 1859. Its mostpopular majors are HealthProfessions. Averett has aHonors Program and aDegree Program too. Theyhave Distance Learning soyou can learn from home.

In fact, the alumni base isover 20,000.

Sam Ferguson 97, athletics director.

Student-athletes at Averett develop skillslike teamwork, commitment, dedication, andperseverance. These skills are vital forsuccess on the field, and, more importantly,in the classroom in ones career.


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During your 4 years ofcollege, Averett studentsspend 1,552,000 minutesoutside the classroom.Thats 25,920 hours tolearn, explore, and enjoyyour college experience.

Averett has manyclasses you can go to fromGymnastics to Calculus. Italso has lots of sports andactivities. They offer 35undergraduate and 3masters degree programs.The campus size is 19acres. I also want to tellyou that Averett is apart of

the NCAA III athleticconference.

Did you know 100% ofwomen that are members ina sorority are independent?About 53.8% men go toAverett and 46.2% womengo to Averett too. Last butnot least about Averett isthat 93.6% of students

applied for need basedfinancial aid.

You will need to have lotsof one-on-one attention.Thats all the cool thingsyou need to know aboutcollege.

- By Tia Allen

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