Applying to College

• Apply Texas

• Common Application

• Coalition

 

Financial Aid & Scholarships

• CSS Profile

• FAFSA

• FinAid!

• National Merit Scholarship Corporation

• Money Management for College

 

Standardized Testing

• ACT Registration

• AP Test Information

• PSAT Information

• SAT Registration

• SAT Subject Test Registration

• Test Optional Colleges (Fair Test)

Researching College Options

• https://hscw-collegeexplore.blogspot.com/2020/03/essay-optional-colleges.html

• Business Week: Best Undergraduate B-Schools

• College Navigator

• College Results Online

• College Sustainability Report Card

• Colleges That Change Lives

• Forbes: America's Top Colleges

• Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

• Historically Black Colleges and Universities

• The Princeton Review

• Washington Monthly: College Guide

• Women's College Coalition

 

The Houston Area Recruiting Network (HARN) has created a YouTube Channel specifically for students!  These informative videos discuss the general college process to ensure students are receiving information about higher education.  The content of these videos will provide students with information they need to make the best decision about your academic future! 

BELOW IS A LINK TO GREAT MORE ONLINE COLLEGE RESOURCES AS WELL!  
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vwwZjLIgVMGxjdGh6MQpaayfF6V_EBosFWDktbM46T4/edit#gid=0

 

Before graduation...consider come of these activities for a memorable & meaningful finish!

1.  Write a note to yourself to read on your graduation day.
2.  Clean up your social media to prepare for colleges/employers to view your pages.
3.  Start a gratitude or memory journal to log daily events throughout the year.
4.  Buy a yearbook and get everyone in your senior class to sign it.
5.  Learn 100 words every high school student should know before graduation.
6.  Make sure you've turned in your counselor recommendation packet to your counselor!
7.  Join a club.
8.  Attend a high school sporting event and show your school spirit.
9.  Say thank you to a teacher or staff member who has inspired you.
10. Make amends with an old high school feud before you graduate.
11. Apply to at least one scholarship.
12. Exchange emails with people you want to keep in touch with in the future.
13. Visit the college and career center and research a college. 
14. Plan a college visit and spend the night.
15. Stop by and have a conversation with the principal.
16. Tutor an underclassmen.
17. Enjoy the journey...senior year is a time to reflect on what's done, and get excited about what is to come.
18. Take a an AP class if you haven't already.
19. Visit a college class (these typically happen at overnight visits).
20. Give a do-over speech to a freshman class.
21. Sign up to be a peer mentor.
22. Perform at least 30 hours of community service & be able to talk about how you grew from it.
23. Take a picture with the school mascot or at a school landmark.
24. Sit with someone at lunch you don't know and start up a conversation.
25. Start a new club or run for officer.
26. Attend a high school theater, choir, orchestra or band production. (Fine arts program where you are not a member)
27. Register to vote.
28. Take a photo of yourself every month for senior year.
29. Dress up for spirit days.
30. Take a picture with your friends wearing our future college's t-shirts.
31. Eat lunch in the cafeteria.
32. Take a career interest inventory and talk to your counselor & college advisor about your results.
33. Meet with your counselor frequently to talk about your post secondary plans.  I-lunch is a great time!
34. Thank the cafeteria workers and custodians for their hard work.
35. Create your high school brag sheet or resume early...it's part of the Counselor recommendation packet!
36. Ask your favorite teachers/staff write a recommendation letter for you early in the year.  Don't forget to thank them!
37. Take a college entrance exam in the fall. (ACT/SAT)
38. Befriend the quiet kid in one of your classes.
39. Buy someone's meal at your favorite fast food restaurant.
40. Give your friends a challenge to donate to a local charity.
41. Plan a senior scavenger hunt. Come up with some fun ideas for you and your friends to gather items from the school.
42. Open a bank account.
43. Take an online class.
44. Do you own laundry.
45. Fill out the FAFSA.
46. Treat your parent or guardian to a dinner you prepare.
47. Learn how to sew a button.
48. Wake yourself up using an alarm clock or your phone.  (Note...this should have started in 9th grade!)
49. Take a first aid course if you haven't already.
50. Keep up with all your senior fees and activities for your parents/guardians.