College/Career Center
Patty Parmelee
College and Career Coordinator
240-497-6327
Barons Listserv
Begin Your College Search (for Juniors)
College Financial Aid Crier 2010
CollegeTracks
College Visits
MCPS Career Center Website
February 2012 Scholarship Database
Military Academy information
Work Permits
Quick links to Federal Student Aid websites
- CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE® – the financial aid application service of the College Board, used by many of the member colleges and universities to help them award nonfederal student aid funds.
Welcome to the College/Career Center
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School’s College/Career Center is a resource room for college and career planning. It is physically located within in the Counseling Department, in room A-201. The College/Career Center is open to students and parents from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm daily, including summers, under the supervision of the College/Career Coordinator.
Barons Listserv
Barons Listserv is a message board for B-CC Juniors and Seniors set up by the College/Career Center to keep students up to date on job opportunities, colleges coming to visit in the fall, financial aid info for colleges, scholarships, etc.
If you are interested, please email Cathie Goltz, Counseling Assistant. By sending her your email you give her permission to add your email to the listserv.
Juniors-Begin Your College Search by Visiting Washington, DC Area Colleges and Universities
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The College/Career Crier, published by the Counseling Department’s College/Career Center, contains information on college admissions and career planning. Paper copies of each issue will also be available in the College/Career Center in Room A217.
COLLEGE TRACKS:
CollegeTracks is a program for juniors and seniors who need help with college access "know-how" and support to navigate the college admissions and financial aid process. CollegeTracks is held in the College/Career Center at B-CC every Monday thru Thursday during lunch, after school Tuesday afternoons, from 2:15 to 4:00 pm and at the Coffield Center on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m
College Tracks
Jennifer Adams- Liz McLeod
240-497-6327
jadams@collegetracksusa.org lmcleod@collegetracksusa.org
College Visits to B-CC
Every fall, from the third week of school up to Thanksgiving, B-CC hosts over 200 college admission representatives from schools all across the country as well as from Canada and Europe. A benefit of attending these visits is meeting a college's admission officer for the Maryland area who, in all likelihood, will be the first person to review your application. Your participation indicates your interest in their school and makes a favorable impression when your application is reviewed.
A list of college admissions representatives who will be visiting B-CC's juniors and seniors this fall is maintained on the Naviance web site. To view this dynamic list, go to http://connection.naviance.com/bcc. Key in the personal password you received from the counseling department or key in the guest password barons using lower case letters only. Click on the "visit schedule" link in the purple column and a chronological list will appear. To get more detailed information about a visit click on the corresponding magnifying glass. To view the list in an alphabetical format to see if a specific school is coming to B-CC, click once on the link "College" at the top of the left column.
Details about a visiting college are available by clicking on the school's name in the left column. Links on that new page will lead you to the college's web site, to an email address, to B-CC's admissions history, and to lots of facts and figures about the school.
If you are a junior or a senior who is interested in participating in a visit you must bring your handbook ahead of time to the College/Career Center to pre-register. You will sign up in a logbook and then write the appointment in your handbook, which will be stamped and signed by the B-CC's College/Career Coordinator. You are then responsible for obtaining the signature of the teacher whose class you will be missing, indicating that your absence from class is excused. Upon your arrival in the College/Career Center for the visit, your handbook will be checked to be sure that this process has been followed.
Remember, attendance at any college visit is always at the discretion of your teacher and all class work missed is expected to be made up. Attendance will be taken for every visit and the Attendance Office will be given a daily account of all students who attended these sessions. Questions? Contact the College and Career Center at 240-497-6327.
Military Academy Nominations
Congressman Chris Van Hollen
The application period for high school students in the class of 2010 who are interested in applying for a nomination to the Service Academies' Classes of 2013 is now closed.
Congressman Van Hollen’s website on Service Academy Nominations is at http://vanhollen.house.gov/HoR/MD08/Constituent+Services/Service+Academy+Nominations/
If you have questions about the application process, please contact Char Rosnick in Congressman Van Hollen's Rockville office at (301) 424-3501 or char.rosnick@mail.house.gov
The application for high school students in the class of 2008 who are interested in applying for a nomination to the Uniformed Service Academies' Classes of 2012 is available on Congressman Van Hollen's website on service academies at http://vanhollen.house.gov/HoR/MD08/Constituent+Services/Service+Academy+Nominations/
Congressman Van Hollen will be hosting a Service Academy Information Night on Monday, April 30, 2007 from 7:30-9:00 p.m. at the Rockville Library, 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, for prospective applicants to learn about the service academies and their admission requirements.
If you have questions about the application process, please contact Char Rosnick in Congressman Van Hollen's Rockville office at (301) 424-3501 or char.rosnick@mail.house.gov.
U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski
You will need to complete an application and fax or mail it to Senator Mikulski's Baltimore Office in order to be considered for a nomination. Applications will be available on July 1st. All required materials should be sent together - not individually. All students who complete the application will be interviewed by the Senator's Service Academy Review Board. Interviews are held in the fall. Students are notified of the nomination by late December. You must also contact the Academy you wish to attend, as they have a separate application process that you must also complete.
For more information and to apply for nomination, please see the Senator's web site on academies at: http://mikulski.senate.gov/academy.html
U.S. Senator Benjamin Cardin
A nomination to only one service academy will be considered for each applicant. Submit an application at the service academy for which you are seeking a nomination in one complete packet by the deadline date or the applicant will not be considered for a nomination. A complete packet will include:
• Basic Fact Sheet
• Questionnaire
• Essay
• SAT scores (official SAT notification)
• Official high school and college transcripts
• Three letters of recommendation.
See http://cardin.senate.gov/services/academy.cfm for more information and to download a Service Academy Nomination Form.
Work Permits
Procedures for obtaining a work permit.