Gayle Ostrom, College/Career
Specialist
Located in Room C 101 with access from the C hallway
and the cafeteria
Hours 7:00 a.m. – 3:00
p.m. Monday - Friday
Appointments available.
703-446-1915
CEEB #471-251
The Career Center is a service of the Student
Services Department. The Career Center provides a framework of
career awareness, career exploration, and career preparation
activities for students to make the essential connection between
school and career. They are prepared for this transition by understanding
self and others, exploring occupations, making decisions, acquiring
work skills and planning for life. The success of this transition
depends on the cooperative effort of students, parents, teachers,
counselors, and the community.
Career Center Calendar
10th Grade Career Unit
First 10th Grade Survey
Last 10th Grade Survey
The following includes websites
that are outside the FCPS network. Neither FCPS nor South County
Secondary School controls the content or relevancy of these
pages.
Career Planning and Investigation:
Career and Technical
Education in Virginia
Virginia
Career View - Vital Information for Education and Work
Career Voyages
Virginia Education
Wizard
College Selection Process:
College
Visits
When
to Visit
Campus
Visit Checklist
College Selection Websites:
http://www.princetonreview.com/home.asp
www.petersons.com
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm
www.collegeboard.com
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ.html
Virginia Colleges and
Universities for Students with Disabilities
The Commission on Colleges of the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
College Results
College Application Help:
Common Application
Essay
Writing Tips
Virginia Colleges: Costs and
Deadlines
Virginia College Visit Information
2009
Virginia Colleges Application Essays
2009
Out of State College Application Essays
Senior Handout Packet:
Senior Handout Packet
Additional Resources:
Career
Connections
FCPS
Junior/Senior Handbook
SCSS Senior Handbook
Decision Making:
What’s
next? Life after high school
Resources
Employment:
Finding
the Job
The
Resumé
Volunteer Opportunities:
Volunteer
Fairfax
Volunteer
Match
Volunteer
Family
Northern Virginia Regional Park
Volunteer
Arlington
Do
Something
Summer Opportunities:
Enrichment
Alley
Outward Bound Programs
Peterson’s
Guide for Summer Camps and Programs for Teens
Peterson’s
Study Abroad Programs
Summer Jobs for the
United States Government
Summer Programs
for Students with LD
Test Prep and Testing Information:
Local ACT/ASVAB/PSAT/SAT
Prep Courses
SAT/PSAT
SAT
Subject Tests
ACT
ASVAB (Armed
Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test)
Financial Aid
and Scholarships:
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
The Project on
Student Debt: Keeping College within Reach
Resources
for Borrowers and Their Families
Student
Loan Repayment Calculator
Spending
Plan Worksheet
Financial
Aid Programs for Undergraduate Students
Expected
Family Contribution Calculator
Scholarship Search Websites:
http://www.finaid.org
http://www.fastweb.com
http://www.petersons.com/finaid/file.asp?id=806&sponsor=1&path=ug.pfs.scholarships
http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp
http://www.collegeanswer.com/index.jsp
http://www.collegenet.com/mach25/app
http://www.hsf.net/default.aspx
http://www.uncf.org
Professional Technical Option:
Apprenticeships
Military:
Service
Academy Addresses
Military
Enlistment
Considering a
Military Academy
ROTC Scholarship
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