Homestead High School
College & Career Center

Located in Room A108 - across from the School Library
(408) 522-2521 w priscilla_chan@fuhsd.org w
Please call or email to schedule an appointment

OPEN HOURS: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Homestead High School's CEEB/College Board Code is 053462


For complete college and career information, visit GUIDANCE CENTRAL, the
FUHSD guidance website covering college and career topics.


CURRENT SENIORS

SENIOR AWARDS NIGHT: Please help us celebrate your achievements at Senior Awards Night on Wednesday,
June 4 at 7pm in the Large Gym. If you have received any awards/scholarships for outstanding achievement or talent during your senior year please let the Homestead community recognize your honors. Report your honor or award on the Senior Recognition Form. Please return the form to the Career Center by Friday, May 23. 

Please plan to attend the Senior Awards Ceremony with your family and let them share your honors and awards with you.  Please dress semi-formal.

CURRENT JUNIORS

To get a headstart with your college planning, begin by:

1. Creating an email address using your first name and last name to use for college and financal aid applications only. If you are not one of the two hunderd juniors who already sent their college email address to Ms. Chan please send it to her now at priscill_chan@fuhsd.org. You will receive college news, admission tips, reminders, etc.

2. Filling out the Brag Sheet, which will be used for teacher, guidance counselor and school administrator recommendations. Send it to Ms. Chan at priscilla_chan@fuhsd.org to put in your college folder.

3. Scheduling a college planning meeting with Ms. Chan. You will be required to bring My Mustang Resume, the results from two college search engines and a career planning inventory.

4. Following the timeline and things to do as listed on the College Planning Calendar for 2009 Seniors.

5. Volunteering! Service work benefits both the community and the individual. A wide variety of services may be performed, like working with the elderly, volunteering at a non-profit day care center, working at an emergency food or housing program, performing hospital work or joining environmental clean up and restoration projects in your neighborhood. To help you to record community service hours please use the Community Service Hours Log form.

LINKS

College Representative Visitations On Campus
College Reception and Open House Events Off Campus

College Planning Guide (under construction)

Internships
Work Permit Application

College Admission Testing Information
ACT
SAT Reasoning Test and Subject Tests
TOEFL
PSAT
List of "SAT Optional" Colleges
Free online Test preparation:
http://www.collegeboard.com
http://www.uccp.org
http://www.maxthetest.com
http://www.number2.com
http://vocabulary.com

College Interview Information
Virtual Interview
Interview Basics

Additional College Application Information
Writing the College Application Essay
Writing the UC Essay
Application Essay - The Element of Style
Recommendation Basic

College Tours

College Newspapers

College News

College Admissions Information
California Private Colleges
High School Gradution, UC & CSU Admission Requirement Comparison
University of California
Personal Statement
 "a-g" Course Requirement
California State Universities
California Community Colleges
Common Application
Historical Black American Colleges and Universities
Western Undergraduate Exhange Program

College Majors
What can I do with a major in . . . ?
Everything you ever wanted to know about majors.
College Bound Athletes
College Fairs (under construction)

Career Search
Northern California Community College Career Guide
SF Bay Career Map
U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
Career Interest Inventory and Job Description
College Board Career Browser
My Cool Career
Career Voyages

Other Information
Financial Aid Information
Community Scholarships on File
Scholarship Resources:
FastWeb
Finaid
Scholarship Help
Volunteer Opportunities
Summer Opportunities

Time Out
California Conservation Corp
LEAP Now
Americorp
City Year
Military