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Being college-ready goes beyond showing up for classes and completing your assignments. This website is a resource for students, staff, and parents for college and career planning. It is a place to get information about colleges and universities, testing and test preparation, financial aid and scholarships, career information, summer opportunities, and more.
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College Guides & Tours
Before choosing the best college to attend, it is important for students to test the waters. Making a college visit and touring the campus can be pivotal in a student's decision to apply to school.
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Financial Aid
College can be expensive. Financial aid helps students and their families pay for college or career school and can come from federal, state, school, and private sources.
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Naviance
Naviance Family Connection is a web-based service designed especially for students and parents. Naviance Family Connection is a comprehensive website that you can use to help in making decisions about colleges, scholarships and careers.
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Scholarships
College is expensive, but there is good news – a lot of free money is available! Here you’ll find out how to access scholarships that could help you pay for tuition, books and other education-related expenses.
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Testing & Test Prep
HISD makes it as easy as possible for all juniors to take the SAT test by providing the test at no fee and on the student’s own campus. A proven test preparation course and other prep resources are available to HISD students free of charge.
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Additional Resources
Here is a collection of resources you should check out -- everything from information about STAAR testing and pre-AP and AP courses and how you earn college credit for mastering their content, to assessments and standards, to writing a great college essay. Take a look!
