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Useful Resources & Links
General
Career Exploration
- Trades Academy – Explore North Coast trades careers
- Health Careers Exporation Program – Learn about health careers on the North Coast
- www.californiacolleges.edu
- www.cacareerzone.org – Career exploration tool for middle and high school students
- www.bls.gov/ooh/ – Career exploration for high school students
- Job Corps – a free education and training program
College Exploration/Planning
- www.californiacolleges.edu – name specifies “California” but they now have information about higher education throughout the US
- admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/ – UC campuses
- https://www.calstate.edu/attend/campuses/Pages/default.aspx – CSU campuses
- www.aiccu.edu/ – Private non-profit colleges/universities in CA
- www.cccco.edu/ – CA Community Colleges
Financial Aid
- www.csac.ca.gov/ – Cal Grant program – everything you wanted to know (and more)
- www.studentaid.gov/ – Federal Student Aid – everything you wanted to know (and more)
- www.fafsa.gov – FAFSA – Free Application for Federal Student Aid
NOTE: do NOT go to www.fafsa.com – it’s a commercial site that will charge students a fee to fill out their FAFSA - dream.csac.ca.gov/ – California DREAM Application (financial aid application for AB540 students)
- student.collegeboard.org/css-financial-aid-profile – CSS Profile – financial aid application for some private colleges/universities
- www.collegeoptions.org/#!financial-aid/c8k2
- www.benefits.va.gov/gibill/ – GI Education benefits (“GI Bill”)
- www.intelligent.com/student-loan-best-practices/