Career Center
Office Phone: 301.989.6057
Office Fax: 301.989.6052
Information Coordinator: Ms. Tammy Patterson
Email:
The Career Center has a tremendous number of excellent reference materials which may be reviewed here and in some instances they may be taken home for a short period of time.
Reference materials include:
- Peterson’s Four Year College Books
- Peterson’s Two Year College Books
- Fiske Guide to Colleges
- Guide to Career Colleges
- Guide to College Selection
- The Multicultural Student’s Guide to Colleges
- The Unofficial Biased Insider’s Guide to the 320 Most interesting Colleges
- Best Buys in College Education
- The College Board College Handbook
- College Majors and Careers
- How to Get Into The Top Law Schools
- College Cost and Financial Aid Handbook
- Rugg’s Recommendations on the Colleges
- International Student Handbook
- Career Choice, Change and Challenge
- Index of Majors
- 100 Colleges Where Average Students Can Excel
- Quick Guide to College Majors and Careers
- Cool Colleges for the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming and Just Plain Different
- College Money Handbook
- How to get into the Top Colleges
- Christian Colleges & Universities
- The College Finder – Choosing the School That’s Right for You
- Honors Programs & Colleges
- Vocational and Technical Schools –East
- Art Student’s College Guide
- Culinary Schools – 2004
- Colleges with Programs for Students with Learning Disabilities
- Nursing Programs
Magazines include the following:
- "Career World"
- "Next Step Magazine" – College-Careers-Life
- "Key"
- "Careers & Colleges"
General Websites
- http://www.fastweb.com
- http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
- http://www.scholarship.com
- http://www.collegeboard.com
- http://www.vocbiosonline.com/login.php
- Login: Springbrook HS Password: Javv
- http://www.MyCollegeDiscount.com
- http://www.ed.gov
- http://www.wiredscholar.com
- http://www.act.org American College Testing
- http://www.petersons.com details of every U.S. college
- http://www.campustours.com Source of virtual college tours, web cams, interactive campus tours, college videos, movies, and pics
- http://www.collegedegree.com Search Engine for findings school with degree programs, and index of schools, and grant information
- http://www.ies-ed.com International Education Service – helps students world wide find the right college or university
- http://www.review.com Princeton Review – comprehensive information and statistics for 12000 colleges and universities
- http://www.universities.com 7500 colleges and universities at your fingertips
- http://www.xap.com Search 3000 colleges, financial aid, campus tours
BRIDGES – CAREER & COLLEGE PROGRAM
MCPS also has a new career and college program available at all high schools. The Bridges Program combines both the career and college component in combination with an interest inventory and a scholarship search into one excellent site. The program is internet based:
Website: usa.cx.bridges.com
Stop by the Career Center to get a username and password.
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