Colleges & Careers
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[Financial Aid/Scholarships]
[Careers] [Resumes]
College
- CollegePrep 101 - designed to help students navigate the process of selecting, applying to and being successful in college.
- College Countdown.com
- on this site, you will find SAT, ACT, and PSAT practice tests free of charge.
You can search thousands of colleges and more than $6 billion in scholarship
opportunities. There are interactive checklists, important test dates, information
about financial aid opportunities, and more.
- College Board - information on
planning for college, getting into college, finding the right college, taking
the tests, and paying for college
- NewsDirectory.com: College Locator
- click on the name of a state to list all of the colleges in that state with
Web sites
- Campus Tours: Virtual college tours
- online tours of many different colleges
- College and University
Rankings
- CollegeNET - includes online applications
for hundreds of colleges
- Peterson's: Colleges
and Universities - search for a college by name, apply electronically,
explore financial aid resources, and chat with other students
- Embark - information on location, majors
and types of higher education
- U.S. News.com:
College - compares different colleges
- College Xpress - students may
create a personal profile of their college preferences, career interests,
extracurricular activities in high school, and sports participation
- College View - profiles of more
than 3,000 colleges and universities
- Common Application - download the
common application
- Princeton Review - online edition of
college guide
- EssayEdge.com - 200+ Harvard-educated
editors offer critiques and proofing, and provide editing
College - Virtual Tours
SAT
Financial
Aid/Scholarships
- FinAid - a comprehensive
website for students looking for ways to finance their
education
- FastWeb - information on
scholarships and financial aid
- Student
Guide - financial aid from the U.S. Department of Education
- FAFSA on the Web - free
application for federal student aid
- International Education
Financial Aid - resource for financial aid, scholarship and
grant information for international students wishing to study
abroad
- The Scholarship
Page - a free resource for scholarship listings
- Scholarships.com -
provides a free scholarship search service and financial aid
information
Careers
- Occupational
Outlook Handbook - search for information on specific
occupations
- Career
Choices - designed to provide occupational information to help
students become aware of potential career options
- Career Interests
Game - this is a game designed to help you match your
interests and skills with similar careers
- Job Star - packed with information
about planning your career, this site answers questions such as what kind
of training or education is required, what you can earn, and what kind of
environment will you work in
- Career
Browser - this site answers the questions - what do you want
to be? and what college major will get you there?
- Career Tips.com - a
comprehensive guide to career prospects, education and training
facilities
- BLS
Career Information - provides information on jobs for kids who
like music/arts, math, science, social studies, reading, and
physical education/outdoors
- Career
Quiz - a quiz from Princeton Review based on the Birkman
method
- Career
Development Manual - in this step-by-step guide, you complete
worksheets and are guided how to make career decisions based on
what you learn about yourself
- Job
Profiles - provides in-depth interviews with professionals in
hundreds of positions
- Monster.com - online career
search
- CareerBuilder.com -
this site offers a mega job search that allows you to select from
among more than 30 career sites
- HotJobs.com - job seekers can
browser listings and apply for jobs online
- Net-Temps - for seekers
of temporary positions
- Cooljobs.com - a site
for unique and out of the ordinary jobs
- About.com:
summer jobs
Resumes
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