How to enter the college after the university: the order of admission, documents, advice

Where to go after high school? To college! Today, interest in secondary vocational education is high, and it is among specialists who have received higher education. This is due to several reasons, common or personal. But with the admission to the secondary school after the university there are many questions, because this choice is atypical. But if you dare, collect documents for admission to college. The process is not difficult, especially for those who have once become a student.

How to enter college after high school

If you decide to get a secondary special education as a second education, analyze the employment market of your city and region: what specialties are in demand for several years, what conditions the employer offers and what salary.

What to look for:

1. If you have decided on a specialty, start acquaintance with colleges. Usually all of them several times a year hold open days for entrants and similar meetings aimed at attracting entrants. Visit them.
2. Also look at the feedback on the educational institution, the rating, the scientific base, try to find out the level of competence of teachers and information about the organization of professional practice.

It is very important to collect all these references so that later, after entering and starting to learn, to avoid disappointment and disappointment on any of the points. The one that will suit yesterday's schoolchildren, you, as a specialist with a diploma and, possibly, with work experience, may not be enough. If you want to get knowledge, not "crust."

Diploma entry is possible?

Admission is possible on the basis of the certificate of completion of secondary school, admission for a diploma of higher education is also not forbidden. Basically, colleges and technical schools are accepted without entrance examinations, but there are a number of institutions, for example, in creative specialties, where tests are provided.

And remember: special disciplines begin to teach at the first year of college, and not from the third, as in universities. Do not rely on "preferential" enrollment for the course of the 2-3rd.

All the evidence of your professional merit - thanks and letters - is not needed, you can not collect a portfolio.

Documents for admission to college

Applicants must write a statement stating their name, date of birth, passport details, as well as about the previous level of education with the presentation of a document confirming this fact or qualification.

You should indicate the specialty you want to apply to, the form of study and whether you need a hostel.

It is usually necessary to provide the original documents on education and qualifications.

Therefore, do not be frightened and do not rush to resent if you are asked to show a diploma in the admissions office, in addition to the school certificate. Sometimes on the forums there are comments about unsuccessful attempts to hide the fact of higher education. It's pointless, a graduate has the right to go to college. Do not hide the presence of higher education.

Also they will ask you to attach photos to the documents for admission to college, for an already working entrant - an extract from the work book.

How to choose a college and a specialty

First, decide on the goal: why do you need a college? If you wanted to change the sphere of professional activity, to master a profession that is in demand and highly paid, can there be enough courses for such a step? If you clearly understand that you need just a specialized secondary education, and without a document on his getting to work do not take - go to college.

Look for a college with part-time department in the chosen specialty or offering evening training. At the very least, it's strange if a specialist with a higher education starts attending day-time classes, not working anywhere.

In college after college - for a fee?

Another common misconception of Internet forums is the payment of a second, but a medium-vocational education. Allegedly given the right only to receive one free education, and if in high school you studied on a budget, then this right you have exhausted in full. But this is not so.

After high school you can become an undergraduate student without paying for training. This is confirmed by the RF norms on education, which state that if a citizen of a given level of education has not previously received free of charge, he has the right to free access to secondary vocational education. Of course, if it passes through a contest according to the conditions of the college.

College Advantages

In some cases, the choice of a secondary professional as a second education is indeed justified.

Benefits:

• Easy entrance tests;
• professional skills;
• A short period of study.

In ssuzah not such a big competition, as in universities. And if you did not go to a budget group, the cost of training is tens of thousands lower than at the university. And the rating of an average institution is equal to the rating of a good college.

In three years you will receive a new specialty, and if your college works together with the company where students practice, the chance to find a job increases. Modern medium-vocational education is actively included in profile-integrated programs with potential employers. Students of the college practice at the enterprise, whose representatives are included in the final attestation commission or supervise the qualification projects of students. Thus, most graduates of such a college are employed.

You will receive a new specialty in college in two or three years. In the university this term is doubled.

Are there any privileges

It's a mistake to think that there will be indulgences in college and do not need a serious approach to studying. If you want to get knowledge, then you will have to try the same way as in a university. But the undisputed plus is that there are few common subjects in colleges. In addition, they may be optional. Contact the college administration to release you from such activities. Usually they meet halfway, if there is a diploma. It remains only to write a statement.

But special subjects in college should not be missed. The system of vocational education in Russia has not yet "swung" as much as the school system, so the adherence to a serious approach to the study of profile disciplines remained in the secondary schools.

Students are required to practice. And this is also a good plus. You will test the theory in action and, perhaps, your zeal will be noticed and invited to work. In any case, there will be so many practical classes that when you find a job in a new specialty, you will not experience confusion.

Disadvantages of training in secondary schools

The very first of them is misunderstanding. Certainly not very close to you people, and maybe close ones, will not be able to evaluate your decision and understand correctly. Most often, such a position rests on the belief: you have a higher education - there is nothing more to learn. You just need to move up the career ladder.

Education in the college gives a narrow-minded. And if you are drawn to do science, go to graduate school.

There may be difficulties with the teachers, but they are not critical. Teachers of colleges are accustomed to teach ninth-graders and eleventh-graders, they are accustomed to communicate with them at a certain level, and with this it is worth accepting or not paying attention. If there are extremes, just talk with the teacher - adults will always understand each other. However, if you are invited to take part in some kind of quest or in "Ah well, guys!", Then maybe you should not immediately refuse. Discharge students, you know how necessary and useful.

Do I need to go to college after college?

In the USSR it was first accepted to obtain a profession in a technical school or college. Only then, after having worked for several years, they went to enter the institute or university. Especially so often obtained from technical specialists. Then the universities were sent to, say, a talented engineer could become a director of the plant. However, today in small towns there are directors without a higher education, successfully leading the factories and enterprises. Often they began their career with an ordinary master.

In the nineties, when the country changed, the landmarks changed. Proclaimed the thesis that without higher education they will not be hired for work, and only losers learn at the vocational school. But such a position could not stand the reality, including the economic one. Graduates of universities found it difficult to find a job by profession, and in technical schools there was a shortage with the continuing demand for working specialties. Therefore, many became interested in how to enter college after college.

The probability of finding a job in the specialty after college is higher than after college. And so for several years now. It is very unproductive five or six years to study at the university, get a profession and ... and do not go to work on it. The choice of the second specialty is usually more balanced.