| TT he College/Career Center offers
many opportunities for investigating career/college selection. It
is open to students daily. Some of the resources available to students
and parents are college catalogs, some applications, college course
information, college videos and CDs, reference books, summer opportunities,
local job information, applications for SAT I, II, ACT, the FAFSA,
Profile, as well as national and local scholarship information. |
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| Computer Software and the Internet |
| Students can use the College/Career
Center’s computer to develop a list of colleges and to find specific
information about individual colleges. While using either the Internet
or our software, students can quickly conduct college searches and
locate sources of financial aid. Students can also download applications,
generate personalized letters requesting information from colleges,
and electronically send applications and/or information about themselves
to college admissions offices. An outstanding career/college resource
is <www.access.bridges.com>. Access is available from your guidance
counselor. |
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| General college references |
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The College Board’s College Handbook |
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Barron’s Profile of American
Colleges |
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Yale Daily News-Insiders Guide to
Colleges |
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Peterson’s Guide to Four Year
Colleges |
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Peterson’s Guide to Two Year
Colleges |
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Peterson’s Competitive Colleges |
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The Chronicle Four-Year
College Data book |
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The Chronicle Two-Year College Data
book |
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Princeton Review-Big Book
of Colleges |
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Rugg’s Recommendations on the
Colleges |
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Peterson’s Colleges with Programs
for Students with Learning Disabilities |
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Peterson’s Private and Secondary
Schools |
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| Scholarship and financial aid references |
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McKee – Cash for Colleges |
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Peterson’s – Paying Less
for College |
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Cassidy’s – Worldwide College
Scholarship Directory |
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Arco – College Scholarship and
Financial Aid |
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List of local scholarships |
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| On-Line College Search |
www.petersons.com/
www.jobweb.com/career_development/colleges.htm
www.universities.com/
www.globalcomputing.com/universy.html
yahoo.com-enter college search
google.com-enter college search
www.utexas.edu/world/univ/
www.collegecountdown.com/lexington |
| Testing Information |
www.ets.org/
www.collegeboard.com/
www.act.org/
fairtest.org/optinit.htm
(schools where SAT/ACT is optional, verify with specific schools)
www.kaplan.com/ |
| Applications |
| www.commonapp.org/ |
| Specialized College Information: |
www.hillel.org/ (Information on Jewish
Organizations)
www.ajcunet.edu/ (Jesuit Institutions)
www.aauw.org/home.html (Women’s Information)
www.aicad.org/ (Art and Design Schools)
www.ncaa.org (Athletics/Eligibility)
www.hbcu-central.com (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
www.dv-8.com/resources/us/local/campus.html (GLBT organizations
www.myfuture.com/ (Military Careers)
www.mapping-your-future.org/ |
| Career Investigation: |
www.careerbuilder.com/
www.futurescan.com/
www.access.bridges.com/ |
| Information on college towns &
cities: |
| http://www.mapquest.com/ |
| Taking a year off in between high
school and college/alternatives to traditional college information: |
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www.city-year.org/ (City Year)
www.gotrain.com (one year or less training programs)
www.schools.com/index.html (Boarding School/Post Graduate programs)
www.studyabroad.com/ (study abroad programs)
www.outwardbound.org/
www.nols.edu/
www.earthwatch.org/
www.afs.org/usa/
www.nationalservice.org/
www.habitat.org/
www.peacecorps.gov/
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Financial Aid Websites: See Financial
Aid section
List updated August 2004 |
| College Search Check List pdf |
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