Counseling Department

FEATURES:
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IMPORTANT NOTICE...
 

PARENT EXPO (...for College!)

WHEN: Saturday, May 8th

WHERE: UC San Diego - Center Hall

TIME: 9am to 1pm
 

ALL PARENTS AND STUDENTS INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT PREPARING FOR COLLEGE ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND.

TEST PREPARATION WEB SITE

The newest FREE test prep website!

These video lessons are designed to help students prep for the ACT, SAT I, SAT II, and New SAT.

Please view these lessons at your convenience (you will see some familiar faces!)

To get to the test prep site, click HERE (http://www.sdcoe.net/sat.asp)

Please click on any of the topics below to get more information:
(Note - The links listed below will open up in seperate windows in your browser program)\

	Financial Aid Informati on	Takes you to some of the many financial aid pages available for parents and students.
	COIN 3	The COIN3 web site is a great tool when you need specific information on a career including the average salary in San Diego (over 400 careers arelisted in the database). It also provides a nationwide listing of colleges and links to college web sites. Make sure you use Internet Explorer to access this web site. The URL listed will take you to the login page. The Site ID is lca14110 & the login # is 338546. Following the login page you'll have five (5) areas to choose. The Exploration Area is where you'll find information on careers and colleges. You can download (i.e. print) any information but you're not able to save. If you have any questions please contact Mr. Loessel at 223-3121/x166 or e-mail: mloessel@mail.sandi.net.
	College board.com:	Takes you to the home page of CollegeBoard.com. Site also offers information onavailable scholarships as well as financial aid. An invaluable reference source.
	ACT Home Page:	Takes you to the American College Testing (ACT) web site.
	Tutor Cafe	Takes you to a web site where you can get that "extra help" on just about any subject. An excellent source for all students!
	The California College Explorer	Takes you to the ultimate online catalog of California's Institutions of Higher Education! Here you can get valuable information such as academics, financial aid and career information offered by all of the major colleges in California.
	US News College Info	Takes you to the official education pages of the US News web site. Here you can get information on colleges such as rankings as well as other related information.
	CSU Mentor	This web site provides a comprehensive guide to the 23 campuses that comprise the California State University system.
	UC Pathways	Takes you to the on-line admission information and application network of the University of California's College system.
	SDSU's UPWAR D BOUND / TRIO Pages	Takes you to the Community-based TRIO Program pages at the SDSU Web Server. The TRIO programs are designed to help youth prepare for college. Their focus is on developing college survival skills and career awareness through a variety of activities.
	Braintrac k.com	This is a great resource web site containing information about colleges and Universities world-wide.
	California Colleges	A Web site that contains information about all of our California State Colleges.
	College and Character	This comprehensive web site contains information about colleges and universities on a variety of issues as they relate to academic, curriculum, voluntary service, substance abuse, character and sexuality programs. A national inititiative site of the John Templeton foundation.

TUTORING ASSISTANCE

Need Help with a subject? The counseling office has a list of tutors available to help you. Stop by and see us for more information.

College and Career Information... What kinds of questions are you asking yourself?

CLICK ON THE GRAHIC BELOW TO GET THE ANSWERS YOU NEED NOW!

(Note- Our college scholarships, information and represenative visit schedules appear below)

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Important Dates and Deadlines:

COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVE VISITS 

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Students:

You are advised to sign up in the Counseling Office at least two days in advance of the meeting you wish to attend. Have your teacher sign the yellow request form. Bring this signed form to the meeting. Permission to attend any college representative meeting is subject to teacher approval.

Starting in September, colleges will be at PLHS for individual contacts with college representatives. All students need to come to the counseling office to get form for permission to attend from your teacher. You will not be able to attend without prior approval!

Students... Need A JOB?????
A New Part time Employment Opportunity Web Site is now available!

Snagajob.com (www.snagajob.com) is the newest web site for part time employment opportunities for students 16 years and older and it's FREE! From Food Service to Sales jobs, SnagAJob.com has listings for part time and seasonal work opportunities in San Diego. For more information see Mr. Loessel.

CAL-SOAP

The California Student Opportunity and Access program, otherwise known as CAL-SOAP, is a post secondary information and enrichment program. Our goal is to provide information about post secondary education and financial aide, and raise the achievement levels of students from low income families, schools or geographic areas with documented low-eligibility or college-participation rates, or families in which they would be the first to attend college.

Check back with us soon for an update to this section.

Seniors:

Please remember during this very busy semester and year there are resources available. For the Early Outreach Program at UCSD we have an Outreach Counselor available.

Nancy Jurado (Room 903) - Available 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. every Friday.

Grade Reporting Schedule:
 
Check back with us soon for an update to this section.

Get Information About Colleges and Universities:

College catalogs and videos are available to check out from the library.

Contact your counselor for a computer college search in their office.

See the counseling office for help with scholarship search.

Testing Dates:

For a PDF version of the test dates, CLICK HERE.

2003 AP Exam Schedule:

Check back with us soon for an update to this section.

Tutoring Schedules:

Library Tutoring:Monday through Thursday, 2:15-3:00 p.m.

CSF Tutoringis available in most subject areas for all Point Loma High School students who need academic assistance. A schedule for tutoring will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

This page last updated Monday, December 8, 2003 @ 8:25 a.m.