Helpful College and Career Websites
Adventures in Education
http://www.aie.org/index.cfm
From college planning advice to financial aid information to career guidance, AIE has the reliable information students and parents need to make the right decisions for the future.
Apply Wise
http://applywise.com/
Online college admissions guidance
AP/IB College Credit for VA Schools
www.virginiamentor.org/ap_ib/ap.asp
Search for school or by exam to find out the AP or IB scores that allow you to waive a class or give you credit at each of the Virginia colleges/universities.
College Board
www.collegeboard.com
College search, SAT registration, scholarship
College Data
http://www.collegedata.com/
Online college advisor
College Fairs, Inc.—National Hispanic College Fairs
http://collegefair.info/
CollegeNET
www.collegenet.com
Common Application
https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/default.aspx
Download the Common Application
eCampusTours
http://www.ecampustours.com/
Making college a virtual reality
Embark
http://www.embark.com/Pages/default.aspx
Research schools, get advice
Job Search
Jobs, internship and career resource for students. On the left hand side of the home page, under TOPICS, select TEEN – STUDENT JOB SEARCH.
State Council of Higher Education in Virginia
http://schev.edu/
Information about preparing for college, applying to college, financial aid for college, the colleges and universities in Virginia and the programs offered by the colleges and universities in Virginia
Think College
http://www.ed.gov/students/prep/college/thinkcollege/edlite-index.html
US Department of Education
UCan Network
http://ucan-network.org/
Get the facts for a smart college choice
US News
http://www.usnews.com/sections/education/index.html
News and rankings of various colleges and universities
Virginia Mentor
http://virginiamentor.org/
Explore colleges, careers and financial aid
Virginia VIEW
http://www.vaview.vt.edu/
Career and education information in the state of Virginia
Virginia Transfer Made Easy
https://www.vccs.edu/transfer/
Virginia’s community colleges offer students more than the opportunity to earn a degree or certificate. They provide a gateway to the Commonwealth’s four-year colleges and universities.
Women’s College Coalition
http://womenscolleges.org/
Personality and Career Assessments
Career Key
http://www.careerkey.org/
Assistance in choosing a career. Online personality test matches your personality with careers
Human Metrics
http://www.humanmetrics.com/
Jung-Myers-Briggs personality test
Kiersey Temperament Sorter—Career Matcher
http://edgeoforder.org/
My Majors
http://mymajors.com/
Provides useful advice on finding a college major that a high school student or college freshman with your interests and achievements might enjoy and excel in. College matcher
My Road
https://myroad.collegeboard.com/myroad/navigator.jsp
Personality tests, career lists
Project Career
http://www.projectcareer.com/
Free career test that matches your personality
Career Selection
America’s Career InfoNet
http://acinet.org/
Occupational, career information
Career Key
http://www.careerkey.org/
Assistance in choosing a career. Online personality test matches your personality with careers
Career Magazine
www.careermag.com
Career Overview
http://www.careeroverview.com/
This free site provide reliable and up to date career information and reviews in a large variety of fields. The data is provided by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dictionary of Occupational Titles
http://www.wave.net/upg/immigration/dot_index.html
Job Profiles
http://www.jobprofiles.org/
Online destination for choosing your career path
Know How Virginia
http://knowhowvirginia.org/
Explore careers
My Road
https://myroad.collegeboard.com/myroad/navigator.jsp
Personality tests, career lists
O*Net Online
http://online.onetcenter.org/
Find careers
US Department of Labor
http://www.bls.gov/
Virginia VIEW
http://www.vaview.vt.edu/
Career and education information in the state of Virginia
American Culinary Foundation
http://www.acfchefs.org/Content/NavigationMenu2/Schools/default.htm
Animals
http://www.uac.arizona.edu/career/
Unusual Careers with Animals
http://www.arkanimals.com/index_unusual_animal_careers.html
Animal Related Careers
http://www.anapsid.org/resources/jobs.html
Art Therapy
http://www.arttherapy.org/
Audio Engineering
http://www.aes.org/education/
Botany
http://www.botany.org/bsa/careers/
Communication
http://www.jobtarget.com/home/index.cfm?site_id=560
Court Reporting/Broadcast Captioning
http://www.bestfuture.com/
Dentistry
American Dental Association
http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/index.asp
Doctor
Guide to Medical School Admissions
http://www.bestpremed.com/
Electrical
http://www.electricalalliance.org/
Engineering Technology and Technology
Discovering Engineering
http://www.discoverengineering.org/
Engineering Center
http://www.engineeringk12.org/students/default.php
National Engineers Week Foundation
http://www.eweek.org/Home.aspx
Pathways to Technology
http://www.pathwaystotechnology.org/
Try Engineering
http://www.tryengineering.org/home.php
Foreign Language
http://www.omniglot.com/language/careers.htm
Game Developer
http://www.igda.org/
Gemological
http://www.gia.edu/3954/gia_home_page.cfm
Geoscience
http://www.earthscienceworld.org/careers/index.html
Health Management
http://healthmanagementcareers.org/
Information Technology
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/
Marine Science
Careers in Marine Science
http://oceanlink.island.net/career/career2.html
Sea Grant—Marine Careers
http://www.marinecareers.net/index.php
Massage Therapy
http://www.massageresource.com/
Medical
Healthcare Career Resource Center
http://library.thinkquest.org/15569/
NIH Office of Science Education
http://www.science.education.nih.gov/LifeWorks.nsf/feature/index.htm
American Association of Physicians Assistants
http://www.aapa.org/
Military
Today’s Military
http://www.todaysmilitary.com/
My Future
http://myfuture.com/
Nursing
Discover Nursing
http://www.discovernursing.com/
Nursing Net—Nursing Resources
http://www.nursingnet.org/
Nursing Degree Guide
http://nursingdegreeguide.com/
http://nursingdegreeguide.com/
Nurse Zone
http://www.nursezone.com/default.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/student_nurse_center/
Paleontology
http://www.priweb.org/ed/lol/careers.html
Psychology
http://www.psywww.com/careers/index.htm
Veterinarian
Veterinary Career Resources
http://netvet.wustl.edu/vcareer.htm
American Veterinary Medical Association
http://www.avma.org/careforanimals/animatedjourneys/aboutvets/aboutvets.asp
Zoology
http://www.seaworld.org/career-resources/index.htm
Test Preparation and Registration
ACT
www.actstudent.org
ACT Prep and registration
College Board—SAT
www.collegeboard.com
SAT Prep and registration
Exam Toolkits
http://www.examtoolkits.com/
Resource for gaining information on the exams
Fair Test
http://www.fairtest.org/university
Schools that do not use SAT I or ACT scores for admitting substantial numbers of students into Bachelor
Kaplan
http://www.kaplan.com/TestPreparation/
Test Preparation
Number2
http://www.number2.com/
Free online test preparation
Princeton Review
http://www.princetonreview.com/
Test Preparation
Study Guide Zone
http://www.studyguidezone.com/
Online test preparation
TOEFL is a test that students from other countries who want to attend US universities take the Test of English as a Foreign Language to show their competency in English. Register for the test and online practice
US Army Sponsored Test Prep
www.march2success.com
SAT & ACT Prep sponsored by the US Army
Adventures in Education
www.aie.org/index.cfm
How to find financial aid, financial aid calculator-
College Board—CSS/Financial Aid Profile
https://profileonline.collegeboard.com/prf/index.jsp
College Scholarship Service, financial aid division of the College Board
College is Possible
http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=CIP1
Books, websites and other resources for financial aid
E-Student Loan
http://www.estudentloan.com/
Provides tools to help students and parents research and compare student loan programs
FAFSA on the WEB
www.fafsa.ed.gov
Apply for federal financial aid on the net
Federal Student Aid
http://federalstudentaid.ed.gov/
The source for free information, guidance and tools for federal student assistance—from the U.S. Department of Education's office of Federal Student Aid.
Find Aid
www.findaid.org
Aid estimator and scholarship search
Financial Aid and Scholarships for Undocumented Students
http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/undocumented.phtml
Find Tuition
http://www.findtuition.com/
Find money for college
Get Ready for College
http://www.getreadyforcollege.org/pdfGR/ScholarshipsUndocumented.pdf
Scholarships for undocumented students
Minority Financial Aid
www.free-4u.com/minority.htm
Scholarship and financial aid database for minorities
Need a lift—American Legion
http://needalift.org/
Scholarships, grants, and loans for qualifying students
Simple Tuition
http://www.simpletuition.com
Allows you to calculate the monthly loan payment for any college and compare affordability for up to 3 schools side-by-side.
Virginia College Savings Plan—529
http://www.virginia529.com/
College Net
www.collegenet.com/mach25
Over 600,000 awards
College Board
www.collegeboard.com
Scholarship search and financial aid planning resource
College Scholarships
www.collegescholarships.com
How to win scholarships, Scholarship essay samples, scholarship database
Fast Web
http://www.fastweb.com/
Find scholarship money
Merit Aid
http://www.meritaid.com/
A comprehensive directory of merit scholarships and academic scholarships from colleges across the country
American Association of International Colleges and Universities
http://aaicu.org/
Canada
http://www.educationau-incanada.ca/
University of Edinburgh
http://www.ed.ac.uk/
Spain Exchange
http://spainexchange.com/
Student exchange in Spain and abroad
Trinity College Dublin
http://www.tcd.ie/
UK Education
http://ucas.com/
Managing applications to UK higher education courses
Center for Interim Programs
http://interimprograms.com/
Through one-on-one interviews, students pinpoint their interests and find programs that suit them. There is a charge; scholarships are available
Dynamy
http://dynamy.org/
Offers Outward Bound experiences and community involvement activities
GapYear.com
http://gapyear.com/
A comprehensive resource for advice on choosing programs around the world
College Resources for Students with Disabilities
http://www.disaboom.com/scholarships/
http://www.proyectovision.net/english/opportunities/scholarships.html
Scholarships & Internships
http://www.collegescholarships.org/disabilities.htm
http://www.vacollegequest.org (Future Quest 2011 Link)
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/transition.html
http://www.collegeinternshipprogram.com/index.html
http://www.newdirectionsfya.com/
http://www.college-scholarships.com/learning_disabilities.htm
www.heath.gwu.edu
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