Jacob Seals

Gresham/Weikert
English 12A
13 November 2015
College MLA
There are a lot of decisions a high school student has to make before or after graduation.
Whether they are going to college, getting a job, or joining the military. I plan to attend college
after high school and study a degree program in computers at Ivy Tech Community College. The
two degree programs in computers that I am interested is the server administration program and
the cyber security/information assurance program.
Ivy Tech Community College is the college that I plan to attend after high school. I have
already enrolled and have been accepted for the fall semester of 2016. Ivy Tech Community
College is the state of Indianas largest postsecondary institution and is the nations largest singly
accredited statewide community college system. It currently serves as the states engine of
workforce development, offers affordable degree programs and training that are aligned with the
needs of its community. It also provides courses and programs that transfer to other colleges and
universities in the state of Indiana. (About Ivy Tech - Ivy Tech Community College)
There are two degree programs that I am interested in studying at Ivy Tech. The first
degree program that I am interested in is the Server Administration degree program. This
program is focused on the relevancy of enterprise server operating systems, management, and
security. This degree program also focuses on current network security concepts and industry
certification preparation. The second degree program that interests me at this college is the Cyber
Security/Information Assurance. This degree program is related to information assurance,
network and computer security. It also helps build the foundation to identify and fix computer
security attacks. (Cyber Security/Information Assurance - Ivy Tech Community College) (Server
Administration - Ivy Tech Community College)
The University of Southern Indiana has some degree programs that are focused on
computers. USI was founded in 1965, it enrolls over 10,000 dual credit, graduate and
undergraduate students over 80 majors. This college is located on a beautiful 1,400 acre campus

in the city of Evansville, Indiana. They offer a variety of programs such as liberal arts, business,
nursing and health professions, engineering, and education. (About the University of Southern
Indiana).
There was one degree program at USI that looked appealing, the degree program that
looked appealing to me was the Computer Science. This program has four topics of study areas.
The following study areas include: software engineering, system development, artificial
intelligence, and data structures. (Computer Science - University of Southern Indiana)
There are a lot of assessments and tests that a high school student has to take before they
are admitted into any college whether it would be taking the SAT, ACT, or Accuplacer test. To be
accepted into Ivy Tech Community College. There are several things you have to make sure that
you complete. Tasks include: Take the ACT, SAT, or PSAT, Have a high school diploma with a
GPA of 2.6 or higher, take the accuplacer test, or have previous college courses or associates
degree. (Assessment - Ivy Tech Community College)
There is lot of tuition and college fees a college student has to pay for throughout his or
hers college career. The undergraduate tuition and fees a student has to pay as an Indiana
resident is $227.92 credit hour. Fees for a non-resident of the state of Indiana, the student has to
pay the sum of $553.96 credit hour. The are tuitions and fees that a student who goes to USI has
to pay as a graduate. The tuition and fees that an Indiana resident has to pay is $337.92 credit
hour. The tuition and fees that a non-resident of Indiana has to pay is $666.19 credit hour. The
tuition a college student has to pay a credit hour living as an Indiana resident is $133.15 credit
hour. If you a non-resident of Indiana, you have to pay $262.40 credit hour.
In conclusion, there are lots of decisions and plans a high school student has to make
before or after graduation from high school, whether it would be getting a job, going to college,
or joining a military branch in the United States. Based on the research that I have done on my
topic. I am most likely going to go to college and attend Ivy Tech Community College and study
a degree program in computers. The two computer programs that interest me the most are the
Server Administration program and the Cyber Security/Information Assurance program. I have
recently applied at Ivy Tech Community College and I have been accepted as a student into the
Server Administration program.

Work Cited
"Server Administration." - Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2015.
https://www.ivytech.edu/server-administration/index.html
"Cyber Security / Information Assurance." Cyber Security/Information Assurance. N.p., n.d. Web. 23
Oct. 2015.
https://www.ivytech.edu/cyber-security/index.html
"Assessment." - Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2015.
https://www.ivytech.edu/assessment/index.html
"Computer Science - University of Southern Indiana." Computer Science - University of Southern
Indiana. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2015.
http://www.usi.edu/business/computer-science
"Undergraduate Admissions | Apply To USI | Applications, Deadlines, Requirements." Undergraduate
Admissions | Apply To USI | Applications, Deadlines, Requirements. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2015.
http://www.usi.edu/admissions