Five Career Planning Ideas for High School Students – Five easy steps that students can use towards gaining insight into career possibilities. Students should begin by reflecting on their strengths and interests. Taking a career assessment test will offer career suggestions which might help guide them in a particular direction. Enrichment classes, job shadowing, and volunteering are also options towards discovering a career path.
Focus on Majors: Human-Centered Design – Majoring in human-centered design is ideal for students who like to think outside of the box and are interested in studying a broad range of disciplines, such as engineering, psychology, design and art.
Financial Matters: It’s Time to Complete the FAFSA and CSS Profile – It has been announced that the newly designed Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will open December 31st. This form is required if applying for need based financial aid. The CSS profile has been open since October 1st and is only required by 400 colleges.
Responding to Deferrals – Remember that a deferral is not a “no”. It may mean colleges need more information from you such as mid-year grades. Be sure to tell your high school counselor about any new achievements (academic and co-curricular) so they can mention these in their mid-year report which should be sent to the college admissions office.
