Tech Prep Links

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Tech Prep Texas

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Facts:

www.finaidfacts.org

FAFSA:

www.fafsa.ed.gov

Federal Aid Info:

www.ed.gov

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (state grants)

www.thecb.state.tx.us

Student Scoop:

www.studentscoop.com

Scholarships:

www.studentrewards.com or www.freschinfo.com

Loans:

www.estudentloan.com

Scholarship Scams:

www.finaid.com/scholarships

Managing the Price of College:

www.ed.gov/pubs/collegecosts

Career Links

National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Science:

www.iwitts.com

Graphic Comm Central (K-8)--Links to info. on graphics jobs: 

http://teched.vt.edu/gcc/HTML/GCCKids 

Career Consulting Corner:

http://www.careercc.com/

Creative Careers (i.e., graphics, art, etc.):

http://www.creativecareers.com/

Professional Engineers Ontario:

http://www.peo.on.ca/

Exploring Self-Employment:

http://www.exploreselfemploy.ca/gettingstarted/

Career Pro News--Free career-related newsletter:

http://www.careerpronews.com/

Job Recommendation Engine:

http://www.careerbuilder.com

Job locator for PBS stations:

http://www.pbs.org/jobs

Personality Testing/ Life Skills Links

Personality testing and college exploration:

http://www.web.tickle.com/

Mind Tools--Life, career training and management training skills:

http://www.mindtools.com/

Self Creation--Personality and self-assessment:

http://www.selfcreation.com/awareness/index.htm

Resume/Salary Links

10-Minute Resume--Resume writer:

http://www.careeradviser.com/

Salary.com--salary calculator:

http://www.salary.com/salary/layoutscripts/sall_display.asp

Skills Barometer, Resume writer and skills assessor:

http://www.skillsbarometer.com/

Educational Links

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Educational Resources:

http://www.chci.org/chciyouth/resources/links_pr_children.htm

Educational Resources, Scholarships:

www.chciyouth.org

White House Initiative on Ed. Excellence for Hispanic Americans:

www.yesican.gov

College Prep/Test Prep Links

College for Texans:

www.collegefortexans.com www.act.org

SAT:

www.collegeboard.com www.collegefortexans.com

College Applications:

www.applytexas.org

College Career Center Links

Texas Tech University Career Center:

http://www.depts.ttu.edu/careercenter/

Kansas State Univ. Career Center:

http://www.ksu.edu/acic/career/options.html

Bowling Green State Univ. Career Center:

http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/career/students/choose_career.html

Austin Peay State University--Choosing a major and career:

http://www.apsu.edu/careers/majors/index.htm

Business Links

U.S. Small Business Administration--How to write a business plan:

http://www.sba.gov/starting/indexbusplans.html

Labor Market Information Tracer-LMI Program:

http://www.tracer2.com

Lubbock Economic Development Alliance:

http://lubbockeda.org

State labor market and career information:

http://www.cdr.state.tx.us

Texas Dept. of Information Resources:

DIR Store

This site helps you find cheaper prices on computer products and software. DIR store.

How Stuff Works

This site has lots of info related to science, math, and how common items work!

How Stuff Works

Puzzlemaker

This site is just for fun! Make puzzles and mazes on your computer! Puzzlemaker