Use these helpful links to navigate your way through the often complicated process of choosing, researching and applying to a college. Some of the sites are helpful for career exploration.
www.careercruising.com
User name: Venture
Password: Careers
Use the school selector function to search for colleges throughout the United States. Use the career matchmaker function to help you explore careers based on your interests.
Career Self-Assessment The search for a lifelong, fulfilling career can be a fun-filled activity in which you devote time to learn more about yourself. Most experts suggest that you should review your interests, skills, values, and personality.
Bay Area Apprenticeship Programs at a Glance is an on-line directory of apprenticeship programs available throughout the local area. Read about job descriptions, qualifications and requirements, benefits, program, application process and contact information.
http://www.buildingC3.com lists all construction crafts, apprenticeships and qualifications. You can even find a program nearby.
www.CaliforniaColleges.edu
This is a developing website where one can find information about community colleges, vocational schools, private colleges, California State University campuses and University of California campuses.There is a good explanation of financial aid on this website. Click on the tools link to find the career selector function. Just added are webpages for middle-school students and their parents.
www.collegedata.com
This very helpful website has a college search for the entire country. The articles have very useful information.
LifeWorks is a website where one can find information about health and medical science careers. Find careers that match your interests, skills and abilities and other practical and helpful information.
www.csumentor.org
An excellent tool for people who are interested in the 23 campuses that make up the California State University system.One can use this website to apply on-line, apply for financial aid, plan one's course load in high school to make oneself eligible to apply in the senior year of high school, or to plan one's course load while enrolled at a community college with plans to transfer to a CSU campus as a college junior.Students as young as 6th grade are being encouraged to start an account on this website.
www.aiccumentor.org
This excellent website is similar to the one above,
except their database consists of the independent (private) colleges and
universities that belong to the Association of Independent California Colleges
Universities.
www.ucop.edu/pathways
This website if for students who would like to apply to the University of California system.The websites for all 9 university campuses can be found here. Applications can be downloaded or one can apply on-line from this website.
www.dvc.edu
Diablo Valley College has listed the college catalog, schedule of courses and important dates on this website.
www.laspositascollege.edu
Las Positas College has listed the college catalog, schedule of courses and important dates on this website.
www.peralta.cc.ca.us
Find college catalogs, schedules of courses and important dates on this website for College of Alameda, Laney College, Merritt College, and Vista College.
www.assist.org
This website will allow a student to determine if a course taken at the community colleges will be transferable to the CSU or UC system.
http://www.testprepreview.com/
Practice tests for a number of tests (SAT ACT etc.) can be found on this website.
http://www.cavhs.org
Students can prepare to take the SAT and the ACT by using this website.
Any Venture School student or parent may contact Marsha Mak, school counselor, at (925) 479-1215 or at mmak@srvusd.k12.ca.us for further explanation or support.
