College Connections
College/University Visitations
Many colleges and universities visit York Catholic to make presentations and answer questions about their institution. Juniors and seniors must sign-up in their homeroom to attend these presentations. All presentations are held in the Career Room.
For off-site college visits or career shadowing:
See College Visit - Shadowing Request - Forms & Documents section.
College Board now has a NEW toll-free customer service number that students and their families can reach from anywhere in the US...it is 866-756-7346!
FREE SUPPORT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION & CAREER PLANNING
PHEAA's Award-winning career and college planning website is designed to equip youth (6th - 12th graders) and adults with practical higher education and career planning guidance.
EducationPlanner.org provides a variety of free services:
Career assessments, national under-graduate and graduate school searches, trade and technical school searches, a virtual career center (resume and cover letter writing tools, job search strategies and interview tips, etc.), financial aid services including one of the world's largest scholarship databases, practice exams for the PSAT/SAT/GRE/GMAT/MCAT, and many other helpful features. In May 2005, Forbes.com voted EducationPlanner.org the best college planning website in America (www.Forbes.com/bow).
College Fairs For more College Fair information, visit www.pacac.org
Helpful College Links
Financial Aid Sites:
PA Institutions of Post-secondary and Higher Ed Map!
The map lists all degree-granting institutions approved to operate in PA!
The map may be viewed on the PA Deptartment of Education's website: www.pde.state.pa.us
click on yellow tab at top - Higher/Adult Education
click on left - Colleges and Universities
click on left - PA Institutions of Postsecondary and Higher Education Map