CAREER SEARCH: What do I want to be?

1. Complete the Drive of Your Life. This will take 20 minutes. List one suggested career choice: ___________________________________

2. Find this career on the Career Profiles List and tell me:

• Name of the career: ___________________________
• Average wages: _______________________________
• What is the outlook: ____________________________
• List a related occupation that interests you: _________________________
• List one internet resource from the bibliography related to your career: __________________________________________________________________

• List what type of education is required beyond high school for this career: ______________________________________________________
• If college, what major: __________________________________

COLLEGE SEARCH: What college is for me?

1. Using the inventory College Match Maker select a college which would meet your needs. List here: __________________________________

2. To select a second choice visit College View.

Your second choice is: ____________________________________

3. Have an inside look at your two college choices by clicking on Campus Tours.

Tour your first choice: _______________________

Find:

• The total cost of tuition,room, and board: _________________
• The application deadline: _______________________________
• The number of undergraduate applications received per year: ____________
• The number of undergraduate applications admitted annually: ____________
• The number who actually enroll: ____________
• Average SAT scores: ____________Verbal _____________Math
• Composite ACT score: _______________
• The Freshmen retention rate: _____________

Find the same information for your second college choice.

TESTING: How do I register for the SAT or ACT?

1. Visit the College Board web site. List two ways to register: __________________________________

• Select a test date which is feasible for you: _________________________________________
• The registration deadline is: _______________________________________________________

2. Now visit the ACT TEST site. List a test site near you: ________________________________________

• List the next test date: ___________________ and registration deadline: ________________
• The cost of the test is: ________________________________

FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION: Where do I find financial aid?

1. The U.S. Department of Education has an on-line application for filing the FAFSA form.

List the six time-saving suggestions before applying on line: ________________________________

2. Visit Scholarships.com and find the formula used to determine your eligibility for federal student aid: ___________________________________________________________________________________

3. The Federal Trade Commission web site to prevent Scholarship Scams lists these six tell-tale lines to watch out for: ________________________________________________________________________

4. In addition to loans and scholarships, list the eight other types of aid found at FINAID: