Counseling Center newsletter – August 2017
Looking for the ACP link? 2015-16 ACP Info
Instructions for creating your IT account for IUS classes, click here.
Transferring Credit from Dual-credit Class Work
This must be requested by completing the Request for Official Transcript Form, which can be downloaded at the following link or form picked up in PHS Guidance Dept. and submitted as explained for processing:
For IUS: https://www.ius.edu/registrar/request-transcripts/request-transcript-information.php
For Ivy Tech:https://www.ivytech.edu/registrar/3449.html
Want to know if a ACP or Dual-Credit Course will transfer? Check out the course listing on the Indiana Core Transfer Library: www.transferin.net/CTL.aspx
You can also check out transferability information here: http://acp.indiana.edu
Are you in the National Honor Society? Check out this webpage for resources with searching for scholarships, college planning, and with the FAFSA/paying for college. Click here.
The First Lady’s Free College Support Tool: First Lady Michelle Obama recently launched Up Next, Better Make Room’s mobile messaging tool that gives students, parents and school counselors across the country free personalized support on all things college – college search and application, federal student aid, even student loan repayment. To sign up, text the word “COLLEGE” to 44044. Learn more.
Check out the App Store for these FREE College/Career Apps:
SAT Flashcards SAT Vocab
The Official SAT Question of the Day ACTStudent
ACT College Search Mobile University
Naviance Student Career Quiz (education not to be confused
with The Career Quiz entertainment)
Websites for College/Career Searches
Campus Tours— This is a very helpful and fun site for the college search process. It provides links to colleges including virtual campus tours, video streams, webcam shots as well as interactive maps: http://www.campustours.com
Cappex—A great resource for college search, career exploration and future planning: http://www.cappex.com/collegeResources/index.jsp
College Board – College searches including profile and admission requirements. This is also the place to register for the SAT: www.collegeboard.com
College Data: An online college advisor for you! Great resources regarding choosing/comparing colleges and financial aid information: www.collegedata.com
College Net—An excellent site for college and financial aids searches. You can also apply online to a host of colleges through this site: www.collegenet.com
College Cost Finder: http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/collegecost/collegecost.jsp
College Homepage Finder— Ever wanted to go to a college homepage and not know how? Here is a site through the University of Texas, which links you to any college, & university in the USA: http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ/alpha
College Express – a FREE college and financial aid site: http://www.collegexpress.com
College Majors – find out about different college majors and which schools offer majors in your
area(s) of interest: collegemajors101.com
Colleges Online – an organization dedicated to providing free higher education tools for current and future college students and their families, recently published research on all the not-for-profit universities and colleges in Indiana that offer online college programs http://www.affordablecollegesonline.org/online-colleges/indiana/
Indiana Career Explorer – is an easy FREE online tool available to all Hoosiers to explore their career interests and skills. You can identify occupations, establish educational strategies and ultimately connect to employers. Whether you’re an adult looking for a new career or a student trying to figure out career and college options, this powerful online tool provides all the career and educational resources you will need to make it happen for you. www.indianacareerexplorer.com
Indiana College Costs Estimator— The Indiana College Costs Estimator is designed to make federal, state and institutional financial aid transparent on a statewide basis. http://www.indianacollegecosts.org/
Job Hero – Information on choosing a career, including sites for career diagnostics and skills assessment. http://www.jobhero.com/choosing-career-guide/
Learn More Indiana—Indiana’s FREE college and career connection. Includes a great map
of Indiana colleges: www.learnmoreindiana.org
NCAA Eligibility Center—If you plan to participate in an athletic program at the college level, you MUST register with NCAA. For more info go to: http://www.ncaa.org/
NACAC: Tools to help you and your family with preparation for college, college searches, applications, paying for college, and being successful: http://www.nacacnet.org/studentinfo/Pages/Default.aspx
Petersons—A very good college & financial aid search engine from Petersons Guide: http://www.petersons.com
Reputation Management for College Admissions – A user friendly guide pertaining to social media and college admission:https://www.reputationmanagement.com/blog/online-reputation-management-for-college-admissions/
Super College — An interesting site for college searches but also for college info- the do’s and the don’ts. Check out the articles regarding college visits: http://www.supercollege.com
Trip to College—This is a great website for college planning, particularly if you’re looking at an Indiana College: http://www.triptocollege.org
Web Sites for Financial Aid Searches
http://studentaid.ed.gov/ also link to FAFSA from here!
www.scholarshipquesthelper.com
Scholarship site for children of military veterans: http://aid.military.com/scholarship/scholarship/get-scholarship-search-results.do