How Does MCP Work?
MCP (My College and Career Plan) will first assess your interests, work values, personality, and skills. You will then explore occupations that match your self assessments. Our extensive occupation database includes detailed information on 1200+ different careers. You will then search for colleges/universities that offer the majors required by the occupations that you most likely will succeed in.
MCP's College Search Engine helps you search for and sort colleges by:
- Major
- Type of School
- Locations
- Athletics
- Tuition
(including combinations of any/all of the above)
Database of 7200 Post-Secondary Institutions
Our database includes detailed information on 7200 post-secondary institutions! As you explore different career and college options, you have the ability to save preferred choices and add personalized comments. The final result will be a personalized portfolio of your self assessment reports, matching occupations, saved occupations with your ranking of occupation & comments, college selection criteria, saved colleges also with your ranking & comments.
By using MCP, your student will make more realistic and informed choices about a career path, majors and colleges, leading to a more satisfying college experience, and a huge tuition saving potential for you as parents.
Career Planning BEFORE Choosing A College?
YES, ABSOLUTELY!
The facts are in: Students who receive career planning PRIOR to college selection and attendance…
- Are more goal focused, motivated and have higher academic achievement while in college.
- Have fewer major switches and college transfers.
- Graduate on time.
Career Planning is one of the most important steps a High School student can do prior to applying to colleges. Unfortunately, career planning is often overlooked during the college planning process because students and parents have prioritized other criteria for college selection such as prestige, sports, image, influence of peers, teachers, Alma Mater etc.
A major factor behind college transfer and drop out rates is a lack of career planning and a failure to make college decisions based on their career goals that are compatible with their interests, talents and career relevant personal attributes. Research by the US Department of Education and American College Testing show the Consequence of not having a career plan is a much higher risk that the student will “transfer” to another college or “drop out” all together.
Alarming Transfer and Dropout Rates
To give you an idea of the size of the transfer/dropout problem, each year about 50% of college freshman transfer out of the college in which they first enrolled. Of that 50%:
- About 25% transfer to another college:
- 15% transferring just once
- 10% transferring twice or more, taking 6+ years to complete a "4-year" undergraduate program - The remaining 25% drop out of college completely
How do we enroll our student in MCP?
