Resources for Students
Career Planning Websites
- Career Information - Bureau of Labor
Statistics
Select a career based on your interests and hobbies.
Links to career information from the Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm
- Career Zone
Explore careers related to your strengths, skills and
talents, or browse through a list of all occupations. In addition to a
description of the occupation, the skills and education
required, wages and job outlook, this site provides information
about the work context and style, links to colleges offering degrees needed,
forms for a resume, cover letter, job application tool, and links to
available jobs in NYS.
https://careerzone.ny.gov/views/careerzone/index.jsf
- My Next Move: The U.S. Department of Labor's
career search tool
My Next Move is an interactive
tool for job seekers and students to learn more about their career options. My
Next Move has tasks, skills, salary information, and more for over 900
different careers.
http://www.mynextmove.org/
- MyFuture.com
Search for a career by field of study, by industry, by type
of work or by career trait. This site also includes information
about military careers, the higest paying careers, and help building your
resume.
http://www.myfuture.com/
- Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)
the OOH is the Nation′s premier
source for career information. Hundreds of occupations are profiled,
including What They Do, Work Environment, How to Become
One, Pay, and more.
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- College Toolkit - Career Homepage
Search for, or browse Careers and job profiles.
In addition to basic information, this site contains a Day in the Life
series for certain careers to help you get a sense about what it's
really like to work in a that career.
http://careers.collegetoolkit.com/career/main.aspx
- SummerJobs.com
Find summer jobs and seasonal
staff positions with camps, amusement parks, resorts, national parks, hotels,
environmental organizations and more.
http://www.summerjobs.com/
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College Planning Websites
-
Campus
Tours
View thousands of virtual tours and interactive college
maps, along with college profiles and additional information
http://www.campustours.com/
- College
Navigator - National Center for Educational Statistics
In addition to giving college profiles, this interactive
website is designed to help you find the right college for you.
http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/
- College
Search - Fastweb
Includes profiles of thousands of colleges, financial aid
and scholarship information and a video tour.
http://colleges.fastweb.com/
- College
Toolkit
Free interactive site for college search, scholarship
programs and career exploration
http://www.collegetoolkit.com/
- College.gov's
Facebook Page
Weekly tips, info and links from the U.S. Department
of Education.
http://www.facebook.com/college.gov
- Colleges
That Change Lives
Change Lives, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to
the advancement and support of a student-centered college search process
http://www.ctcl.org/
- CUNY
Schools
This is the main website associated with the City
University of New York. Each CUNY school can be researched in depth, including
campus virtual tours, college statistics and much more.
http://www.cuny.edu/index.html
- EduTrek
- Comprehensive and Neutral College Search Engine
This site provides a free searchable database including all
colleges in the United States. In addition, there is information about
the risks and rewards of attending college, college majors, paying for college,
and test preparation.
http://www.edutrek.com/
- FAFSA
on the Web - Federal Student Aid
Submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
- Federal
Student Aid
Topics include: How to Prepare for College, Applying for
Aid, Who Gets Aid, FAFSA Apply for Aid, and Repay Your Loans
http://studentaid.ed.gov/
- GoCollege
This informative site contains information about financial
aid, the admissions process, education options and college survival.
http://www.gocollege.com/
- Index
of American Universities
This site provides links to the home page of most colleges
and universities in the United States
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/au/
- Official
Student College Planning Tools from the College Board
Search for colleges by type, location, campus, major, sports
and more. This site also provides step-by-step advice and
interactive tools to help you start navigating the college planning
process, career information and financial aid information
http://student.collegeboard.org/
- Online
Colleges - Accredited Online College Directory
Search through a database of over 1500 accredited
schools, based on a variety of criteria, to find the online college that best
meets your needs
http://www.accreditedonlinecolleges.org/
- Peterson's
College Search Guide
Search colleges by major, college type, state or use their
college compatibility tool to find the college that is right for you.
This site also includes application essay tips, financial aid information and
other informative articles.
http://www.petersons.com/college-search.aspx
- SUNY
- The State University of New York
Information, on-line applications, links to all the SUNY
campuses
http://www.suny.edu/
- The
Common Application
The Common Application is a not-for-profit organization that
provides an admission application – online and in print – that students may
submit to any number of participating colleges.
https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/default.aspx
- Videos
From College.gov
Inspiration and stories from real students to help you
achieve your college dream. Sponsored by college.gov from the U.S. Department
of Education.
http://www.youtube.com/collegedotgov
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Writing Competitions & Programs
Student Writing Competitions and Publications
This is a comprehensive lising of writing competitions available throughout the year for students grades 7-12, including entry deadlines, grade levels and links for additional information.
If you are looking for a summer program, click here:
Student Programs for Young Writers
This list contains links to over 25 summer programs for young writers.
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SAT/ACT Prep
- College
Board's Full Practice test
Free official 2012-12 SAT practice test. Other tests
available for purchase
http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-practice-test
- Dome
SAT
Offers free study guides, vocabulary drills and
practice tests. Other modules available for purchase.
http://www.domesatreview.com/
- I
Neet A Pencil
The nonprofit CK-12 Foundation offers 60 lessons, more than
800 practice exam questions, and a score projector (which pedicts how the user
will score on the real SAT)
http://ineedapencil.ck12.org/
- March
2 Success
This site, a collaboration of the U.S. Army and the
publishers of Peterson Guides, offers 7 full-length practice tests for the SAT
and ACT and 25 decks of flash cards--20 verbal and 5 math ranging in
difficulty from easy to hard
https://march2success.com/index.cfm
- Number2.com
This site offers free online test prep courses for the
SAT, ACT and GRE. You must enroll to access these customized courses.
https://www.number2.com/
- ProProfs:
Build and Test Knowledge
Provides free practice exams, study guides, flashcards,
quizzes, cram sheets, articles, links and tips to help you succeed on the SAT
exam!
http://www.proprofs.com/sat/
- Quizlet
Quizlet claims to make simple tools that make studying
anything easier. The prep materials for the SATs, PSATs, ACTs, AP tests
and more, are located in the "Standardized Tests" section.
http://quizlet.com/
- SAT
Question of the Day
There's anew question every day, complete with a strategic
explanation and hint.
http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-question-of-the-day
- Study
Guide Zone
This site offers free resources for a wide variety of tests
including the SAT, PSAT, ACT and GED. In addition to test study guides,
flash cards and practice questions, there is a "College Tips" advice
section.
http://www.studyguidezone.com/
- The ACT - A Student Site for ACT
Test Takers
Provides information to students taking the ACT
http://www.actstudent.org/
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Regents Prep
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Middle School Assessment
- Intermediate Test Prep Center
This site was put together by teaching professionals to help students, teachers and parents gain more information and preparation for the New York State middle school assessments.Each testing area provides lessons, practice activities, teacher resources, and sometimes literature tie-ins.
http://www.studyzone.org/mtestprep/
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Extra Help
- Infoplease
This site by the publishers of the Information Please
Almanac is the world's largest free reference site, combining the contents
of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, a thesaurus, an atlas, and several up-to-the
minute almanacs. It is loaded with statistics, facts, and historical
records--the ultimate fact finder.
http://www.infoplease.com/
- Paradigm
Online Writing Lab
Help with choosing what to write, organizing ideas and
revising and editing drafts
http://www.powa.org/
- The
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Information sheets on the following topics: Grammar,
Spelling Rules, Correct Formats for Different Styles of Letters, Advice on
Coping with Writer's Block, Proofreading Tips, ALA and MLA Format
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
- WebMath
Webmath is an interactive math-help web site that
provides computerized step by step tutorials on most individual problems in
almost any math topic. It is designed to give students immediate help with the
particular math problem they are working on.
http://www.webmath.com/
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