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Why Go to College?

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Release Date
08-14-2019
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Use these resources to discover the major benefits that come along with that college degree

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How I Got Here: Joseph G.
Resource ID: Gearup_W_HIGH_GJosep
Grade Range: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Author: CCMP
Institution: Texas Education Agency

Honestly, Joseph G.’s life story deserves a feature-length movie (going from high-school dropout to Harvard Law School and all), but for now you can experience it through his “How I Got Here” video.

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How I Got Here: Lemnique
Resource ID: Gearup_W_HIGH_Lemniq
Grade Range: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Author: CCMP
Institution: Texas Education Agency

Lemnique had a passion for animals that she wanted to turn into a career, and she knew that college (specifically, a lot of it) was the only way to make it happen.

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Faces of Texas GEAR UP: Jocelyn
Resource ID: Gearup_W_FTGU_Jocely
Grade Range: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Author: CCMP
Institution: Texas Education Agency

Watch the video to get to know all about this guitar-playing, goal-shooting, world-traveling GEAR UP freshman from El Paso.

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GenTX: Get Inspired Right Now
Resource ID: Gearup_W_GenTX
Grade Range: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Author: CCMP
Institution: Texas Education Agency

Why to Care: Learn from others who've gone to college.

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Adventures In Education
Resource ID: Gearup_W_Adventures
Grade Range: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Author: CCMP
Institution: Texas Education Agency

This site’s got it all—how to get to college and pay for it, how to find a career afterwards, and how to manage any debt you may have collected in the process.

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Texas Reality Check
Resource ID: Gearup_W_TexasRealit
Grade Range: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Author: CCMP
Institution: Texas Education Agency

Texas Reality Check is a site that makes figuring out life after college fun and engaging. From the homepage, users have three ways to find the right career for them. They could choose the Reality Check path, where users start by determining what they think their monthly expenses will be, and then find a career that matches the necessary income.

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Texas CREWS (Consumer Resource for Education and Workforce Statistics)
Resource ID: Gearup_W_TexasCrews
Grade Range: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Author: CCMP
Institution: Texas Education Agency

Texas CREWS lets users really see the “growth” in a “growing career” by providing a quick look at average first-year salaries across the indicated ten-year span on any college major report page.

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How I Got Here: Veronica
Resource ID: Gearup_W_HIGH_Veroni
Grade Range: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Author: CCMP
Institution: Texas Education Agency

Raised in a migrant farm-worker family (and working in the fields eight months a year), Veronica always knew that she wanted much more for herself. And the obvious way to make that happen? College. So Veronica figured out her career goal, then hit the books like crazy til she was actually living her dream. Watch to see how she pulled it all off—while keeping her dancing shoes on the whole way…

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