If you want to go to a four-year university, community college, or professional training program, you’ll need to take a few steps to make your dream a reality. Here are some helpful resources to help you meet your college and career goals.
Your Future
- Accelerate Opportunities. GreenLight reduces barriers for college and employment by providing secure, simple, instant validation of official records.
- College Preparatory Kit for High School Students (Materiales de CHCI para Preparar a Estudiantes de Secundaria para la Universidad)
- Plan Your Big Future: A college planning guide from The College Board.
- Make the most of your summer vacation: 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels
- CollegeBoard infographic: How to read literature
- Pre-college suggested reading list
- Starting with the 2014-15 school year, 8th-grade students will choose an endorsement or area of study to focus on when they enter high school. For more information, see Dallas ISD's Pick Your Path: Developing Your Graduation Plan.
Test Preparation
- The SAT and SAT Subject Tests: Talking Points & Template Messages for Higher Ed. College Board has expanded its distribution of electronic fee waiver codes to school counselors, test coordinators, and community-based organizations to make it easier for students to access SAT fee waivers.
- SAT Math Prep at University Crossroads
- Bloomberg Businessweek gives the most-tested math concepts on the SAT
- Register for the SAT and sign up to take practice tests
- Register for the ACT and get tips on college planning, financial aid and career advice
- ACT-SAT Concordance: A Tool for Comparing Scores
- Mountain View College TSI Boot Camp
- ACT College and Career Readiness Workshops
College Admission Strategies
- The College Board offers a step-by-step guide to how to apply to schools
- HuffPost College explains how to stand out on your college applications
- Ten college application essay guiding questions
GenerationTX Year by Year Planning Guides
Apply
- Use one application to apply to multiple Texas public universities and participating community and private colleges with ApplyTexas
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It’s helpful to be around people who are so knowledgeable about the college application process. University Crossroads is partnered with so many universities and they can provide some direction and advice.
It’s helpful to be around people who are so knowledgeable about the college application process. University Crossroads is partnered with so many universities and they can provide some direction and advice. I plan on tapping into that resource.