Website Links
The links provided for you are to help you navigate through making wise career choices, finding the best schools and/or programs for you, and to help you learn how to pay for your post secondary education/training.
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| Apprenticeship Programs Database Apprenticeship programs are another alternative for the student who wants to be able to work full-time while someone else is paying for their education. To be selected for a program, you have to take placement type tests and score well enough to be selected. It is also a program where if you quit at any time you will be responsible to pay back to the employer the money that they spent on your education. To learn more, click on the link above and then select the state and county. |
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| Career Information Network Quick link to find out all the information that you want to know about a specific career. You can also find out which colleges/universities/technical schools, in a specific state, offer the program major. Just click on Explore Careers and then Browse. |
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| Making It Count If you are still unsure about what career area is right for you, this site takes you through a personality inventory that will then give you a detailed description of you. At the end of the report, you will receive a list of job titles, that fit your personality, under the different job clusters. There is also a College Style inventory to help you find the right schools for you. |
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| Scholarship Search Engine This is another search engine to help find scholarships to pay for school. There are also tools to help figure out your career path and much more. Register today. |
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| Scholarship Search Engine Free scholarship search engine. All you have to do is register. |
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| Free College Scholarship Search & Financial Aid | |
| Free Application for Federal Student Any student who is planning on attending any type of post secondary institution needs to complete the FAFSA to be eligible to receive financial aid. You can fill it out starting Jan. 1st of their graduating year. |
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| Sallie Mae Knowledge for College Website for students and parents to help answer your questions about college, scholarships, and financial aid. |
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| Underclassman financial aid forecaster Why wait to see how much you may be eligible for when you can enter in information from your taxes to learn what you estimated family contribution (EFC) will be. |
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| Improve your SAT/ACT scores US Army is sponsoring a website to help applicants improve their ACT or SAT scores |
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| ACT test This is another college admissions test that students can take instead of the SAT I. The ACT tests students in the areas of Verbal, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science. |
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| College Board This website allows students to register in order to do college searches and to take practice tests for the SAT I. |
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| Links about the college acceptance process | |
| Understanding Rejection Letters You've Been Rejected: Understanding the Rise in Rejection Rates |
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| Waitlists What to Do if You're Waitlisted |
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| Award Letters Understand Your Award Letter |
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| Advice A Senior's Advice to Parents |
College Selection Finder
This website will allow you to not only find schools but to answer the important questions as to what you want your college to be like. Just click on Choosing Schools, then click on college selection, and then click on the go button for college selection. At the end, you'll see percentage behind each college name. This will let you know how much of what you selected this school has to offer. Be sure to always check to see that it has the potential major that you chose.
NCAA Clearinghouse
Website where prospective student/athletes for Division I and II sports,register to become certified to participate in collegate sports.