Summit’s programs, starting in ninth grade, prepare and qualify our students for college admission. Our college preparatory education integrates rigorous academic training with the development of critical thinking and time management skills. In addition to individualized College Guidance sessions for ninth through twelfth grade students and parents, our dedicated College Guidance Counselor helps them find, apply for, and receive thousands of dollars in scholarships.
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This website offers helpful information for one who is applying to Texas schools. One will find information about preparing, applying, and paying for college or technical school.
College Board/SAT
The College Board offers a wealth of information on researching, selecting, and applying to colleges, locating scholarships, grants, and loans, researching majors and careers. The high school code for Summit is 440292.
General Information for Parents: http://www.collegeboard.com/parents/
General Information for Students: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/index.html
Student Researching Majors and Careers: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/csearch/majors_careers/index.htm
My Road (discovering the colleges, majors, and careers that best fit you): http://apps.collegeboard.com/myroad/navigator.jsp
Information on the ACT exam. The high school code for Summit is 440292.
This site allows you to complete one application and apply for admission to any Texas public university and other participating community or private colleges. If you are applying to colleges or universities outside of the state of Texas, you may choose to use www.commonapp.org which allows you to apply to many schools both in Texas and in other states.
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College Answer
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Mapping Your Future
MyCollegeGuide
Princeton Review
OffToCollege.com
Super College
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Xap
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The Best way to Save for College
A Complete Guide to 529 Plans: 2007 #1 resource for all 529 programs and other college savings strategies Publisher: Savingforcollege.com, LLC. Available: www.savingforcollege.com and bookstores.Funding Your Education: The Guide to Federal Student Aid, Do You Need Money for College? Federal Student Aid at a Glance, and Counselors and Mentors Handbook are additional resources which have been updated recently by the federal government. Save Your Money, Save Your Identity, a brochure warning students about financial aid fraud and identity theft, is available at www.studentaid.ed.gov/pubs. Additional helpful publications may be found at www.edpubs.gov.
Family Guide to College Savings
This guide explores planning and savings options available to families saving for a child’s college education. The areas covered include: affording the college of your choice; comparing college savings accounts, UGMA/UTMA accounts, and taxable investment accounts; transferring assets between accounts; financial aid considerations; and putting your college savings plan together Publisher: Savingforcollege.com, LLC
Military Resources
Free E-Newsletters
These websites offer free e-newsletters to help students and parents during the journey to college:
CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE
To create a financial aid profile, visit www.collegeboard.com. Click on “For Students” and then on the CSS/PROFILE link under “Pay for College”. Colleges, universities, and scholarship programs use the information collected on the PROFILE to help them award private grants and scholarship funds. Note: The College Board does not award scholarship money or other financial aid.
FastWeb is a scholarship search engine that helps find scholarships for the student based on an individual profile. FastWeb is one of the largest sources of local, national, and college-specific scholarships. If you supply an email address, they will notify you when new awards that match your profile are added to the database. You can submit an electronic application to some of the scholarships listed in the FastWeb scholarship database which can save you time and money. FastWeb also includes a college search and numerous other student resources.
Student Scholarship Search provides students and parents with a free searchable database of college scholarships and grants. No registration is required and new scholarships are updated daily.
Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Students and parents must complete the FAFSA as part of the application process for financial aid. You may complete a FAFSA application either via the web or on paper to apply for federal funding. To obtain a paper copy of the application, see the guidance counselor.
UAspire offers many resources for the FAFSA application. Find ways to pay for college and manage costs to stay on your postsecondary path.
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
The Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA) is used by participating institutions of higher education in Texas to collect information to help determine a student’s eligibility for state financial aid. This page is a rich resource of information that will help you understand your eligibility and help walk you through the ins and outs of applying.
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