Resources for PostGraduate Planning

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Resources for Post-Graduate Planning
Michael Tadeo and Al DellAngelo Upper Dublin
Guidance Department January 13, 2009
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Types of Resources

• Naviance
• Web Sites
• Books
• College Materials
• Guidance Counselors

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Upper Dublin Guidance Web Site

• www.udsd.org gt Schools gt UDHS Home gt Guidance
• Home page- Awards, News Upcoming Events
• College Career page
• - Jr./Sr. Newsletters
• - College Planning Guide
• - Links to several resources

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Useful Web Sites

• College Board www.collegeboard.com
• Petersons www.petersons.com
• Princeton Review www.review.com
• FastWeb www.fastweb.com
• FAFSA www.fasfa.ed.gov
• Occupational Outlook Handbook www.bls.gov.oco
• More links available on guidance web site

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Guidance Center Books

• 4- and 2-Year Colleges (Petersons)
• Profiles of American Colleges (Barrons)
• The College Handbook (College Board)
• The Complete Book of Colleges (Princeton
  Review)
• The Best 368 Colleges (Princeton Review)
• And more

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Topic Oriented Books

• The Fiske Guide to Colleges
• Ruggs Recommendations on the Colleges
• Scholarship Handbook (College Board)
• Performing Arts (Petersons)
• Vocational and Technical Schools (Petersons)
• Colleges for Students with Learning Disabilities
  (Petersons)

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College Materials

• Catalogs and view books from specific colleges
  are available for students and parents to borrow.
• College applications
• Pamphlets, summer programs and scholarship
  information
• SAT/ACT registration and practice materials

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Your Guidance Counselor!!!
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What Is Naviance?

• Web-based resource that supports career and
  college planning
• Specific to our school
• Individual student accounts (distributed in
  sophomore year)

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Family Connection Home Page

• My Resume
• Personality Inventory
• My Careers
• College Searching and Information
• Scattergrams
• Track Transcript Requests
• Junior/Senior Newsletters, News, and Application
  Procedures

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Family Connection Home Page
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My Resume

• Clubs
• Awards
• Academic Recognition
• Music
• Art
• Athletics

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My Resume
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Do What You Are (Personality Type)

• Complete Questionnaire
• Learn about strengths/weaknesses of your type
• View list of matching careers

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Do What Your Are (Personality Type)
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College Searching

• Generate list of colleges by criteria (size,
  location, cost, major, etc.)
• Comparison chart 3 categories
• Add selected schools toMy Colleges list
• Detailed information on each college

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College Searching
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Scattergrams

• A graph of a particular college with actual UD
  admissions data
• GPA and SAT (best combined) of UD students
  2005-2009 who were Accepted or Denied at that
  college
• Plots current student based on his/her GPA and
  SAT scores

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Scattergrams
University of Pittsburgh
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Transcript Tracking

• View list of transcript requests currently on
  file in guidance
• Sent transcript mailed
• Confirmed transcript received
• by college

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Naviance Accounts
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Resources for Post-Graduate Planning
Michael Tadeo and Al DellAngelo Upper Dublin
Guidance Department January 16, 2008