College and Career Selection Links

• College Search - A GEAR UP page with a list of colleges, universities, and resources to use when searching for a college or financial aid.
• Collegiate Choice Walking Tours  [opens in a new window] - For students interested in colleges that are at a considerable distance.  We are not endorsing the website and students shouldn't replace the actual visits but as an alternative for teens and parents to "take a look " at a school that a student is seriously considering when distance makes an actual visit out of the question.  The person behind the camera acts like a parent asking the tour guide questions about campus safety, dorm-room assignments and class sizes. The tapes cost $15 each plus shipping and run at least an hour. Here is a excerpt from their homepage as well as the internet address: 
  "Collegiate Choice Walking Tours  [opens in a new window] are simple, non-promotional videos of the student guided campus tour offered at over 350 colleges and universities across the United States, Canada, England, Ireland and Scotland.  These videos are not professionally produced. Guidance counselors, not commercial film makers, are doing the recordings."
• Pathways to College Network and Clearinghouse  [opens in a new window] - The Pathways to College Network is a national alliance of organizations and funders dedicated to focusing research-based knowledge and resources on improving college preparation, access, and success for underserved students, including low-income students, underrepresented minorities, first-generation students, and students with disabilities.
• SchoolsIntheUSA.com  [opens in a new window] - This site provides you with everything you need to know to find the career and college that are best for you.
• Virtual Job Shadow  [opens in a new window] - Career Corner TV is pleased to introduce Virtual Job Shadow , an exciting new video-based career exploration tool for high school and post-secondary students. Virtual Job Shadow is unique because it takes students behind the scenes to get the inside scoop of life on the job. Virtual Job Shadow is an outstanding free resource that will help young people make educated decisions about their future.
  Virtual Job Shadow features fast-paced day- in- the- life video profiles of people from different professions, including a trauma nurse, a financial analyst, a fashion designer, and an auto technician. The web site also has interactive questions and answers, and career-related text information. Simply go to www.virtualjobshadow.com, and create a username and password.  [opens in a new window]