Guidance Counselor Helps

College Reference Materials:

• US News & World Report (http://www.usnews.com) such as: 

  1. • America’s Best Colleges 

     • America’s Best Grad Schools

• US Department of Education (http://studentaid.ed.gov/resources#funding) 

• The College Board (https://www.collegeboard.org)

Book of Majors
College Costs & Financial Aid Handbook
College Handbook
College Prep Tests (SAT, CLEP, etc.)
International Student Handbook
Parent’s Guide to Paying for College, Krefetz, Gerald, 1995/99
Scholarship Handbook

Other Helpful Books:

Hutchenson, Don; McDonald, Bob, Don’t Waste Your Talent: The 8 Critical Steps to Discovering What You Do Best, Longstreet, 2000/2005 (revised edition).

Kise, Jane; Johnson, Kevin, Finding Your Fit: Dare to Act on God’s Design for You (for teens), Bethany House, 1998.

Kise, Jane; Stark, David; Krebs Hirsh, Sandra, Life Keys: Discover Who You Are, Bethany House, 2005.

Tieger, Paul; Barron-Tieger, Barbara, Do What You Are, Little, Brown, & Co., Boston, 1992/2001. Wadsworth, Gordon, Cost Effective College: Creative Ways to Pay for College and Stay Out of Debt, Moody Press, 2000.

Wadsworth, Gordon, The College Trap 2:Web-based Financial Guide for Students and Parents, Financial Aid Information Services, 2011 (electronic book)

Career Guidance:

• ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery): http://www.asvabprogram.com  

• Career Direct Guidance System (Larry Burkett): http://www.careerdirectonline.org

• The Career Key: http://www.careerkey.org (uses Holland codes) 

• Flag Page: http://www.flagpagetest.com ($24.99 for an online assessment about personality, talents, and identifying what you like to do)

• JIST / Paradigm Education Solutions: https://www.paradigmeducation.com/ 

• John Holland’s SDS (Self-Directed Search): http://www.self-directed-search.com   

• Highlands Program: http://www.highlandsco.com/ (price varies depending on provider of the exam)

• Keirsey Character Sorter/Temperament Sorter: http://www.keirsey.com/

• Personality Pathways: http://www.personalitypathways.com/

• VARK-Learn: http://www.VARK-learn.com  (survey for different learning & study styles) 

• What Color is Your Parachute? (online): http://www.jobhuntersbible.com (book version updated periodically by Richard Bolles)