COLLEGE PLANNING
Preparing for college requires a prayerful approach. Students who plan to attend a four-year college need to begin preparing today. The steps for each year in high school are different.
Please click on the appropriate grade level for your most up-to-date information needed for your college planning.
Links to additional college planning web sites:
SchoolSoup.com – World’s Largest Scholarship Database
Campus Gateway: Preparing for College – Within this site you will find information about preparing and paying for college. You will also find several online tools and calculators to help you plan for your future.
Choices Planner – Cornerstone contracts with this online career and college planner which allows students to take personality diagnostic tests to help determine what careers you will most likely succeed and enjoy. Choices also provides college comparisons, facts, costs, degrees and a host of other information.
Academic Toolbox – This is a great one-stop-shopping site for everything students need for preparing for college from planning your high school classes to building study skills to choosing where to apply to college and how to write a dynamite college essay. Written by Stanford University, this site has practical information for entrance to any college.
Myroad – This is the College Board’s college and career planning website. This free website offers students tips on applying to colleges, a college search and personality assessment among its many services.
SchoolSoup.com – World’s Largest Scholarship Database
College is Possible, American Council on Education – College Is Possible (CIP) is the American Council on Education’s K–16 youth development program that motivates middle and high school students from underserved communities to seek a college education. Provides information on preparing and paying for college.
U.S. Department of Education – This site offers great information on career colleges and technical schools along with practical information for entrance into traditional four-year colleges.
Federal Student Aid – Follow the easy road signs to education beyond high school.
The College Application Process – provided by MIT, this information is addressed to prospective MIT students but offers good advice to help students handle any college application process.
UC Admissions home page – Helps students navigate through the application process for any UC school.
UC Schools
Berkeley – http://www.berkeley.edu/
Davis – http://www.ucdavis.edu/
Irvine – http://www.uci.edu/
Los Angeles – http://www.ucla.edu/
Riverside – http://www.ucr.edu/
Merced – http://www.ucmerced.edu/
San Francisco – http://www.ucsf.edu/
Santa Barbara – http://www.ucsb.edu/
Santa Cruz – http://www.ucsc.edu/
San Diego – http://www.ucsd.edu/
CSU Mentor – CSUMentor is an online resource designed to help students and their families learn about the CSU system, select a CSU campus to attend, plan to finance higher education, and apply for admission. Personal data entered by the user is not released without the user’s express consent and direction.
CSU Schools
San Francisco – http://www.sfsu.edu/
Chico – http://www.csuchico.edu/
San Jose – http://www.sjsu.edu/
Dominguez Hills – http://www.csudh.edu/
Sonoma – http://www.sonoma.edu/
Fresno – http://www.scufresno.edu/
Humbolt – http://www.humboldt.edu/
Stanislaus – http://www.lead.csustanedu/
Sacramento – http://www.csus.edu/
Monterey Bay Cal. Maritime Academy – http://www.csumb.edu/
Channel Islands – http://www.cusuci.com/
Los Angeles – http://www.calstatela.edu/
Fullerton – http://www.fullerton.edu/
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo – http://www.calpoly.edu/
San Marcos – http://www.coyote.csusm.edu/
Bakersfield – http://www.csulb.edu/
Long Beach – http://www.csulb.edu/
San Diego State – http://www.sdsu.edu/
San Bernardino – http://www.csusb.edu/
Cal State Polytechnic, Pomona – http://www.cuspomona.edu/
Cal State Northridge – http://www.csun.edu/
Prospective Students – Palomar College
Prospective Students – Mt. San Jacinto College
These links are just some of the thousands of websites with important information to help you get where you want to go. The most important thing to remember is that every class you take and every grade you earn from the minute you begin your high school career is important in helping you discover the person God wants you to be. Take a rigorous course load. Push yourself! Get involved! And be prayful!
