St. Francis High School - Guidance - College Visits and Tours

Guidance
College Visits & Career Exploration

2nd Annual Troubie College Day
and Mini College Fair

Saturday, September 19, 2009
8:30 am-12:00 pm
St. Francis High School Campus

Great Advice for Students & Parents of all Grade Levels

Choose from a variety of workshops on college admissions, financial aid,
community colleges, CSU’s, UC’s, private colleges, being a student athlete,
writing your college essay….plus LOTS more!

Colleges Represented

California State University, Sacramento
University of California, Davis
Drexel University
Hawaii Pacific University
Dominican University of California
Sacramento City College
St. Mary’s College of California
University of the Pacific
The Art Institute
University of San Francisco
University of California, Merced
Stanford University

Visiting College Campuses

Visiting college campuses is one of the more important means of discovery when evaluating your college options. Here are a few tips:

Include visits while vacationing with your family.
Call colleges ahead of time and request a guided tour.
Visit a variety of colleges - big and small, public and private - so that you can compare diffferent types of institutions.

Colleges Visiting St. Francis

Fifty colleges and universities send representatives to visit the St. Francis campus each year. It is important that students meet with a representative from the colleges/universities they are considering for admission. However, it is equally important that students attend all of their classes and prepare well for college. We recommend that students choose wisely the times and dates to sign up for a visit with a college representative. It is critical that students do not miss tests or important lecture information. Students are asked to limit their visits, only signing up for schools in which they have substantial interest.

Students can visit Naviance or see their counselor for information on dates and times of visits and to sign-up for a meeting.

College Fairs

Free and open to the public, college fairs allow students and their parents to talk to admission representatives from many colleges and universities in one location. You can discuss course offerings, admission and financial aid requirements, and other information pertinent to the college selection process. It's like a nationwide college tour in your own backyard!
Make connections, get questions answered, and have fun too!

Career Exploration/Interest Inventories

Seniors, have you completed the "Do What You Are" Personality Inventory and the
Career Interest Profiler available on Naviance?

These assessments will not choose a career for students; however, they do help students understand how their interests compare to those people satisfactorily employed in more than 100 different occupations. Having similar interests of people who have made successful career choices is a good indicator that you might enjoy similar occupations.

Counselors will discuss the results of these inventories with students during counseling meetings.

The following websites also provide interest inventories, career and college information:

Students may also use myroad.com's Insight, an internet magazine, to research colleges and careers, and to find interviews with dynamic leaders in a variety of careers.