HELPFUL RESOURCES

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Testing and Test Prep Links

College Applications

Career Assessments and Discover Majors

WhatforWork: Before you choose a career, make sure you know what it's really like to do. Browse our interviews and learn from the people in those jobs.
YouScience.com
Career Explorer.com
Mynextmove.org (which connects you to onetonline.org) (free).
16personalities.com (free)
howtofascinate.com (free for the first level, but to go to next requires $55)
mymajors.com (free): Self-test for students, info on majors
123 Career Test
This unusual 15-question interactive quiz explores your basic preferences about working.
Career Test - Free Career Aptitude Test and Career Quiz
Aptitude-Test.com
This site is a portal to a variety of tests that evaluate math skills, verbal aptitude, abstract reasoning, and other skills.
iPersonic® Career Test
After answering only four questions, you get advice about the kind of work you should consider.
The Princeton Review Career Quiz
You answer 24 questions and get a profile of who you are and careers to consider. It’s fun and takes only about 10 minutes to complete.
Truity Holland Code Career Test: This quiz asks you to rate how much you might like specific activities, like tracking expenses or teaching people to read. The results suggest careers that might be right for you to consider.
Work Interest Wizard Test
This quiz takes a unique approach – you state how often you like to perform various duties. The quiz then offers some guidance about careers to consider.
The University of Iowa MyMajors
Discover the work you were born to do
MyPlan.com
K-12 Student Resources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
CareerOneStop.org
College Board Majors - Information on hundreds of majors and careers
Princeton Review Majors
CollegeMajors101
America’s Career InfoNet This site is a comprehensive source of occupational information for students and job seekers. The information is divided into categories such as General Outlook, Wages and Trends, and State Information.

ASVAB The ASVAB Program recently was re-designed to be helpful to virtually all students, whether they are planning on immediate employment after high school in civilian or military occupations, or further education at a university, community college, or vocational institution.

Bureau of Labor Statistics The BLS provides data from the Department of Labor about the economy, including projections and regional information. This information is helpful for high schoolers planning majors and careers.

California Career Zone California CareerZone is a spin-off of the New York CareerZone<, a proven, successful career exploration and planning system designed especially for students. Users are encouraged to work through the Interest Profiler, Work Importance Profiler, and Assess Yourself assessment based on the Holland Codes for self-exploration. Comprehensive information on 900 occupations includes state-specific wages, worker attributes, job characteristics, and much more. There are 300 career videos that give users a snapshot of the featured occupation. Job openings on Job Central are easily accessible within each occupation's profile. Please continue on investigating from the Resource link where other useful resources are listed.
Guides for Specific Careers These sites are packed with information about planning your career. What kind of training or education is required? What can you earn? What kind of environment will you work in? What's hot? What's not?
Career One-Stop Career One Stop combines many career resources from the U.S. Department of Labor. Find jobs, services, career path and salary information, and much more.

Miscellaneous Majors Resources:
College Major Search Tip (from HECA member Joan Rynerson): When searching for majors, start with the U.S. Department of Education's College Navigator website. Next, try the College Board's Major Search Engine. Finally, go to Google and click on the "Advanced Search" button (small lettering to the right of the search box). Enter your search terms, specify the maximum number of responses, English language, then at the bottom, specify only .edu domains. You will get an overwhelming list sometimes, but you can scan the website addresses fairly quickly, picking those that indicate a school or department.

Financial Aid & Paying for College

Scholarship Search

Student Athletes

Special Circumstances, Disabilities, & Learning Differences

General College Search Engines

Religious Resources for College Search

Student Reviews/Virtual Tours/Vidoes

Other College Search Resources

Art & Design

Military Science/ROTC

Extracurricular Activities & Sample Student Resume Formats

GAP Year

Gap Year Association:These are the current research efforts. Each year we hold awards at our annual conference to highlight the pioneering research being done in the gap year space.

Parents Guide to Gap Years: PDF

Gap Year at The School of The New York Times: With New York City as their classroom, Gap Year students emerge with an expanded world view, a sharp sense of perspective on a wide range of topics, and strong critical thinking and communication skills that will prepare them for college, career and lifelong success...

The Gateway Adventure Program (GAP Year):The GAP Year at SOAR is designed for young adults with ADHD and LD (learning disabilities) and specializes in a unique combination of independence, adventure, and life skills instruction for young adults between the ages of 18 and 24...

National Outdoors Leadership School (NOLS):Take time for your future on a NOLS gap year. NOLS created the original wilderness semester and we continue to lead the way - just like our graduates. On any semester or year course, learn multiple outdoor skills and gain in-depth leadership skills through an extensive hands-on progression guided by your instructors...

EF Language Year Abroad:Invest in your dreams. Achieve fluency, see the world, expand your international network – and launch your global future. Study for 6, 9 or 11 months and start in April, June, September or January...

Raleigh Expedition is an international volunteering program open to all and engaging young people from around the world. Expedition is run by the youth-driven development charity, Raleigh International. Our team have been delivering and developing responsible volunteer programs for more than 35 years and safety is at the heart of all we do.

Gap Year Research Consortium with articles, resources, and research dedicated to exploring outcomes and sharing information about these opportunities.

Gap Year Resources: Google Sheet with listing and descriptions of additional resources

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Online Learning & AP Courses

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