College Planning
SHS college counseling services are part of the developmental guidance curriculum and include both classroom presentations and individual counseling sessions. Matters such as course planning, extra-curricular development, and summer plans are discussed as significant prerequisites to the college exploration and application process.
We encourage students and parents to begin the process of developing concrete post secondary plans as soon as possible and to access guidance services and resources throughout this process. We have listed below a number of sites that can help in your plan development as well as a copy of the SHS College Handbook that we distribute to all juniors annually. The information aenteredbout each site was culled from the individual web site and allows each company to share the mission of its group. Many of these sites offer similar information, but each student usually has a preference as to which site is best.
You should also be aware that most colleges have individual web sites that can be accessed by using a search engine (i.e. Google.com) and entering the school's name. Additionally, a significant number of colleges allow students to apply online. If you choose to apply online, remember to complete the application package by printing off the signature page, signing and mailing it into the college (if required), and getting guidance to send in a transcript of your high school grades as well as a copy of your SAT scores. Failure to do this will result in an incomplete application packet and may delay your acceptance.
Thinking about tomorrow? For more than 100 years the College Board has been connecting students to colleges and opportunities. They created the SAT Advanced Placement Program and PSAT/NMSQT. Take charge of your future with collegeboard.com
Use this site to register for SATs on-line, develop a profile to search for colleges, practice test taking techniques, or learn about financial aid. This is a good place to start the college search.
New
England Board of Higher Education
Learn about tuition breaks to attend New England colleges on this site.Nearly half a century ago, six New England governors realized that New England's future hopes rested on higher education and formed the New England Board of Higher Education. (NEBHE). The Regional Student Program (RSP), sponsored by this group, is the program that is of most interest to high school students. This program provides the residents of the six New England states with a tuition break when they study certain major - not available at public colleges in their home state - at public colleges and universities in other New England states. All 78 public colleges and universities in New England participate in this program and these colleges offer more than 700 academic programs at reduced tuition rates.
National College
Athletic Association
Thinking of playing in Division I or II athletics in college? The first step is to register with the NCAA clearinghouse. This is absolutely necessary! This agency assure that initial academic eligibility requirements are met by prospective athletes.
The requirements for registration are a small fee, a signed student release form, the SAT or ACT report, and an official high school transcript. The NCAA encourages students to apply on-line, but a few hard copies of the application form are available in guidance.You can also find useful information at the NCAA Clearinghouse advice page at http://www.ncaaclearinghouse.net/ncaa/NCAA/common/index.html
Information about the Clearinghouse can be found in the Guide for College-Bound Athlete. Guidance has a few copies of this booklet or you may order a copy of this brochure by calling 1-800-638-3731.
Visit the site noted above to learn about the NCAA eligibility rules and register on-line.
This site allows students to EXPLORE careers (find out about salaries, job requirements, etc.), LEARN about the FAFSA (if you are interested in receiving federal student aid for college), COMPARE schools (by providing detailed information about your target schools side-by-side from a database of nearly 4,000 schools) PREPARE for Admissions Tests (by reviewing in-depth information on how to succeed on your undergraduate, graduate, and professional school tests) and GET College Advice (by sharing the college planning and campus experiences of students just like you).
Known as Peterson's Guide, this resource provides students with everything from essay writing tips to test taking strategies. It has a college search provision through which students can identify colleges by location, major, tuition, sports, etc. Students can also access a test preparation section with online practice tests, a graduate program search that allows them to find accredited programs from leading institutions throughout the U.S., and a financial aid section that gives them an opportunity to research scholarships, loans and other financial information.
Another site that will allow you to do a college search, College View examines more than 3,800 colleges to find the college that's right for you. It will also allow you to take a virtual tour of a number of colleges and to apply to college online. Among its other features, this site offers a career center, a financial aid section that allows you to compare financial aide award packages, a virtual advisor that has a school answer your specific questions and take a multimedia tour of your school's campus.
Thinking about college? You probably have a lot of questions: How does the application process work? What sort of college is right for me? How much will college cost? You've come to the right place. America's colleges and universities have prepared this site to guide you to the books, web sites, and other resources that admissions and financial aid professionals consider most helpful. With planning, preparation -- and the right information -- college is possible for almost every American.
CollegeNET has been hired by hundreds of leading institutions to stage and host their official forms for admissions, housing and tuition. They are dedicated to making interactions in higher education simpler and more efficient for students and helps you quicklyfind the didealcollege. You may narrow down your search by region, college sport, major, tuition, and several other criteria. You can then hotlink from your search list directly to the hhome pagesof the schools in which you have an interest. This site aalsoallows you to review, compare and sort schools according to eexclusive detailed profiles provided by ACT. Some 1500 colleges are available using this online service.
ACT : Information for Life's Transitions
Some students take the SATs (sponsored by the College Board) for college admissions and others, mostly from the mid-west and western states, take the ACTs (sponsored by American College Testing). This is another company that supplies testing and college and financial aid information similar to the College Board. This site will explain the test and how it is scored. It also allows you to conduct a college search, apply online, do a financial aid estimator, and apply to take the ACT online.
This site provides many
prospective student with their first glimpses of college. Working
with over 800 colleges and universities throughout the U.S., this site
promotes, enhances and builds virtual college tours for students.
These tours provide an opportunity to learn about a college and allow
students to become interested in institutions of which they may have
been previously unaware.
My
College Options
Simple, non-promotional
videos of the student guided campus tour offered at over 350 colleges
and universities throughout the U.S., Canada, England, Ireland, and
Scotland. These videos are not professionally produced. Guidance
counselors do the recording and over 700 college tours are
included.. The average playing time of
a video is one hour, with some tours running as long as two
hours. This
is the actual tour and information sessions that students visiting the
college
receive and since nothing on the videos has been planned, the videos
are
forthright and attempt to share a bit of the ambiance, both physical
and
social, that makes each college unique.
