Welcome to the college and counseling information home page. The following links will help you with your college exploration.

Venture's CEEB Code is 053224

Announcements - Updated March 18, 2010
Here you will find a listing of events that may be of interest to students and parents who are exploring different colleges, or are applying to or are beginning the process of registering for college.

Where do Venture grads attend college?
Find out where former Venture students to which Venture graduates have been accepted. Check out this varied list.

Career and College exploration, planning and application procedures
Find links for apprenticeships, college searches based on geography, majors, size of colleges, college costs, and more. Links for on-line applications for the California State University and University of California systems are found on this page. Also found are links to local community colleges and a link that can tell you if a course taken at the community college is transferable to the CSU or UC system. Get links for career exploration websites.

A Sample Schedule of Classes
For the College Bound Venture Student. Due to the uniqueness of the Venture School program, college bound students need to be concurrently enrolled at the local community colleges (or at resident high schools) for lab sciences and foreign languages. Here is a schedule suggestion for how Venture students can be college ready.

Concurrent Enrollment at Community Colleges
Directions on how to enroll at the community colleges and an explanation of why students choose to enroll there.

College Campus Visits
This section explains why students and parents want to visit campuses before applying for college or before committing to a college.Using websites will help in planning college tours.

Scholarships and Financial Aid
Included here are helpful websites and information about scholarships and financial aid.