Resources

Academic Planning

• Academic Planning Info for Underclassmen (pdf)
• Course Planning (pdf)
• Course Planning Chart (pdf)

Athletics        

• College Athletics Timeline (pdf)

Websites

• NCAA (Eligibility Center)

Careers & College Majors

• Career Planning, Naviance account
• College Majors 101
• College Majors Quiz

College Admission Process

• Extracurricular Involvement (pdf)
• Top Things Colleges Like to See (pdf)  

College Fairs     

• Maximizing Your College Fair Experience (pdf)

College Search

• Counselors Think Differently about Rankings (pdf)
• Finding the Right Fit (pdf)
• Navigating Websites (pdf)
  
  Websites 
• SuperMatch College Search, Naviance 
• Big Future
• Embark
• College Navigator
• College Prowler
• College Data
• Unigo
• College View
• Colleges That Change Lives         

College Visits

• Campus Visit Checklist (pdf)
• Campus Visit Reflection Form (pdf)
• College Visit Suggestions – List of Schools by Region (pdf)
• Questions to Ask During College Visits (pdf)
• The College Interview (pdf)

Dawson Profile

• Dawson Profile/College Acceptance List (pdf)
   

Essays

Sample Essays

• http://www.conncoll.edu/admission/essays-that-worked.htm 
• http://apply.jhu.edu/apply/essays.html
• http://www.hamilton.edu/magazine/fall03/essays-that-worked

Essay Tips

• http://www.allcollegeessays.org/essay-tips/
• http://www.collegeboard.com/student/apply/essay-skills/9407.html
• https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-in/essays/tips-for-writing-an-effective-application-essay-college-admissions
• http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html

Financial Aid & Financing College

• Financial Aid Info (pdf)
• Financing College (pdf)
  
  

Websites

• College Board, Paying for College 
• CSS Profile
• FAFSA
• FAFSA4Caster 
• Financial Aid Calculator 
• Financing College Website 
• Information on the Costs of Colleges 
• Managing College Costs 
• Tuition Funding Source 
• Comparing Financial Aid Awards 

General Reading

• Latino Applicants outnumber all California ethnic groups (NY Times, January 2013)

  SAT To Be Redesigned (Wall Street Journal, February 2013)

  
  

Naviance  

• How to Use Family Connection/Naviance (pdf)

Websites

• Naviance/Family Connection

Resources

• Suggested Websites (pdf)

Scholarships

• Scholarships (pdf)
• Scholarship List (pdf)

Websites

• Big Futures, College Board
• Cappex 
  • College Scholarship Essay Contests 
  • Denver Scholarship Foundation 
  • FastWeb
  • Longmont Scholarships 
  • Merit Aid 
  • Sallie Mae
  • Scholar Pro
  • Scholarship Experts 
  • Scholarships 
  • Tuition Funding Source
  • Zinch
• http://www.debt.org/students/scholarships-and-grants/
• http://www.debt.org/students/financial-aid-process/
• http://www.debt.org/students/college-budgeting-101/ 

Summer Planning

• Summer Experiences (pdf)

Testing

• Test Planning (pdf)
• ACT/SAT Conversion Charts (pdf)

Websites

• ACT
• College Board – AP, PSAT, SAT, SAT subject tests
• SAT To Be Redesigned (Wall Street Journal, February 2013)

Timelines

• Freshmen Timeline (pdf)
• Sophomore Timeline (pdf)
• Junior Timeline (pdf)
• Senior Timeline (pdf)

Virtual Campus Tours

• eCampus Tours 
• YouVisit
• YouUnivesrity