Which college will land you the highest-paying job? http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/12/news/economy/debt-ceiling/index.html?iid=HP_LN!

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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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Ethnographic Research "

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Bernon Hall on the Academic Side!

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Fall Open House at Admission Center!

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Hofstra University Welcoming Sign!

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Washington Park | NYU!

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Sarah Fox!

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Diana Pedra!

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Billy Cohen!

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Conner Milfred!

Ethnographic Research Observations"

• 15 people present at the fall undergraduate open house. !

• Divided into groups!

• Prospective students were talking with currently enrolled students at Hofstra. !

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• 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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• Every prospective student is with a parent!

• Parents taking over most of the conversations, rather than the student. !

• The students are dressed with clothes that may possible be considered casual: jeans, leggings, jackets, blouses!

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Ethnographic Research Findings"

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SARA FOX:!

What is the major 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 because you want to open a business for saving the world. I want to make a world a better place. !

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DIANA PEDRA:!

What is the major component in choosing a college?!• I wanted a nice campus and a small class size!

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. Just love the criminal justice system; it’s something that I can possible forever. !

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CONNER MILFRED:!

What is the major component in choosing a college?!• Study abroad programs, and a business school.!

What was your first choice? Why? !• Columbia: Because it had all my requirements for a school. !

What major and why? Is it money or aspirations? !• Business management because honestly, I just want to have money in the future. !

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BILLY COHEN:!

What is the major component in choosing a college?!• My father actually wanted me to go to a business school. !

What was your first choice? Why? !• Boston University, my family has gone there. !

What major and why? Is it money or aspirations? !• International business because my father wanted me to go into a similar career. It was mainly my dad’s wish/aspirations. !

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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!