College and Career
College Application Transcript Release
Just a reminder to seniors and parents that requests to send transcripts to colleges or employers must be received by the Counseling Office ten school days in advance of the application deadline. Students applying to schools which require special forms to be filled out by the counselors, such as a Secondary School Report or recommendation letter, must have the request form turned in at least twenty school days in advance.
Did you miss the Post Secondary Planning presentation? You can still access it here!
College and Career Links
The Counseling Office offers the following links for interested students and parents/ guardians. We do not recommend any one site but provide the information below for your information only.
Connecticut Career Resources:
CT Department of Labor - Job & Career ConneCTion
CT Career Resource Network (DOL) - Connecticut Career Paths
College resources:
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ACT- the ACT test and other resources
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College Board- the SAT test plus all sorts of testing and college preparation information
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Big Future- resource for career exploration, planning for college and paying for college
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Federal Student Aid Site- Federal Student Aid Site for students, parents and counselors
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Naviance- access your school-issued account for college and career planning as well as college application management
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NCAA Eligibility Center- resource for college student athletes
Personality and Career Assessment:
- Bureau of Labor and Statistics Career Guide- link your favorite subject in school to a possible career
- The Vocational Information Center
Two Year College Resources:
- CT State Community Colleges
- Community College Review– profiles of community and junior colleges
- American Assoc. of Community Colleges
Military Careers:
- Today's Military - Military (general)
- Army
- Navy
- Coast Guard
- Marines
- Air Force
Testing:
- ACT test- used for college admissions, an alternative to the SAT
- Advanced Placement (AP) tests- information about AP testing
- College Level Examination Program (CLEP)- about the CLEP program
- PSAT– Preliminary SAT
- SAT
Multicultural Links:
- Historically Black Colleges
- Hispanic resource for college aid
- United Negro College Fund
- American Indian Higher Education Consortium
- Department of Education/Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs
- The Black Collegian
- Jewish resource for colleges
- Gates Millennium Scholars Fund
- Hispanic scholarships
- Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
- Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
- Quality Education for Minorities