Ghidotti Early College High School - College and Career Planning Resources

Ghidotti ECHS Counseling - College Admissions and Costs - Helpful Sites

College and Career Exploration Tools

By the end of junior year, our goal is for our students to have 9-11 colleges on their list.

By the beginning of the senior year, students should have 7-9 colleges on their list.

Schools can be categorized into 3 types for admissions student by student based on GPA, major, acceptance rate, test scores, etc. -- Safe, Target, Reach. Happy exploring.

youvisit.com/colleges Virtual College Tour
Start Class: data driven college search engine
bigfuture.collegeboard.org/
Chegg
californiacolleges.edu
Common Application virtual counselor
collegeboard.com/
Colleges that Change Lives
collegeweeklive.com
Khan Academy -- College Admissions step by step
Accredited Art Colleges
Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design
ROTC at the University level
National Center for Educational Statistics nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/

College Applications

Financial Aid / Scholarship

Our district has a full time scholarship coordinator! Barbara Ross visits our campus every Monday. In addition, she holds parent and student workshops mutliple times throughout the school year. Each June Barbara holds a scholarship meeting for "rising seniors" and their families. This is an opportunity not to be missed. Barbara's web page is updated weekly please visit njuhsd.com

Free Application for Federal Student Aid - fafsa.ed.gov the FAFSA4Caster is also helpful in predicting financial needs for college.

Most private colleges require the CSS profile for financial aid. List of universities requiring the CSS profile.

Trends in college costs - trends.collegeboard.org

Scholarship Search Engines

Careers and Major

cacareercafe.com/get-started/
mymajors.com/
Career Cruising (CC)-- all NJUHSD students have access to this resource
CC: Your Username is "NJU-" + first part of your NU email address :Your Password is your Student ID + 2 digit birth month + 2 digit birth day Example: Username = NJU-16smithjj Password = 680880425

Our students are able to use two internet based sites sponsored by Sierra College: Bridges and Eureka.

access.bridges.com/ - This is the site where you student has done the most career and college exploration. Students have a user name and log-on.
eureka.org/ - Another site where your students should have stored information.

Related Files

UC-CSU comparison A-G chart (PDF - 430 KB)
Financial aid and scholarship information (PDF - 86 KB)
IGETC List (PDF - 140 KB)

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