Westbrook High School

Test Preparation / Registration:

www.CollegeBoard.org  Register for the SAT, send scores, take practice tests and plan for college.

www.KhanAcademy.org  Pair your College Board with Khan Academy to receive free, personalized SAT preparation.

www.ACTstudent.org  Register for the ACT, send scores, take practice tests, and plan for college.

Post-Secondary Searching / Planning:

www.Naviance.com  Your guide to cultivate career knowledge and grow college knowledge. 

www.CollegeView.com  This website provides helpful information related to college search, financial aid, careers and majors, campus life and more.

www.CampusProgram.com  A comprehensive education and employment guide to American colleges and universities.

www.USNEWS.com  U.S. News Rankings of the “best” colleges and universities.

www.bls.gov/ooh/  U.S. Department of Labor, occupational information

www.State.CT.us  Government Services and information

Information for Student Athletes:

 www.EligibilityCenter.org  NCAA Eligibility Center for requirements and information on Division I, II and III recruiting rules.

www.CollegiateDirectories.com  Information on National Directory of College Athletics which includes a database of email addresses of coaches from different schools across the country.

Additional Options for After High School:

Gap Year Opportunities  https://usagapyearfairs.org/fairs/   Some students choose to take a year off between high school and college for personal growth through travel, internship, work experience, and/or community service.

Military  www.todaysmilitary.com  Armed Services Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, National Guard, and Navy offer many options for high school graduates such as opportunities in a wide area of skills that later transfer into jobs and careers in civilian life. Alternatively, it is possible to make the Armed Services a life career.  Discuss these opportunities with a recruiter and weigh carefully the options and commitments.  

Reserve Officers’ Training Corp (ROTC) https://www.todaysmilitary.com/education-training/rotc-programs  This form of college-based military officer training allows students to have a traditional college education while also going through training leading to commissioned officer status in a branch of the US military. In exchange for scholarship benefits, the student has a contractual service obligation to be met upon graduation.

Advanced Placement (AP) Program

APstudents.CollegeBoard.org  AP courses and exams provides students the opportunity to tackle college-level work while they're still in high school.  AP courses and exams allow students to challenge themselves, explore their interests. Participating colleges, in turn, grant credit and/or appropriate placement to students who have done well on the AP Examinations held in May.

UConn Early College Experience

ECE.UConn.edu  Students will receive full credit for their ECE UConn classes. All students will receive an actual numerical grade if the student achieves a 75 or higher.  Any grade below a 75 will become an audit on their UConn transcript. This grading system is only for the UConn part of the course. Westbrook High School will keep the earned numerical grade the student has in the class and that grade will be reflected on the WHS transcript.

Paying for College Basic facts and links for student financial aid, loans, grants and scholarships.

Federal Student Aid ID (FSA ID)   The student and parent FSA IDs are required to complete the FAFSA.  Please register for your ID through this link.

FAFSA Application and Information  File for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid online.

CSS Profile Application and Information  The online application that collects information used by nearly 400 colleges and scholarship programs to award non-federal aid.

CHESLA Financial Aid Presentation   CHESLA created a Financial Aid Basics presentation. This presentation highlights information about the FAFSA, Financial Aid Award Letter, comparing colleges financially, understanding how interest works, and more. The purpose of this presentation is to provide students and families with the information they need to go through the financial aid and paying for college process.

www.StudentAid.gov  Provides straightforward and ways to understand information about planning and paying for college.

www.FinAid.org  A free, comprehensive independent and objective guide to student financial aid.

www.FastWeb.com  Scholarship Search Engine

www.Scholarships.com  Scholarship Search Engine