Useful Links
(OTSD is not responsible for the content of these sites)

 

eChoices

www.echoices.com

This is a wonderful program that OTHS owns that can help you decide on a career, major, college, and more. Stop into the Guidance Office to pick up the “Getting Started With eChoices” handbook and get your site ID and password.

 

College Resources

Campus Tours (http://www.campustours.com/default.aspx) lets you see college statistics, look at pictures, and tour your selected college on-line.

 

College Planning Resources for Teens (http://www.quintcareers.com/teen_college.html) offers over 100 links related to college planning and financial aid.

 

College Board On-line College Search (http://www.collegeboard.com/csearch) lets you search and apply to colleges. This website is from the makers of the College Board books in the Guidance Office.

 

GoCollege (www.gocollege.com) has ideas on financial aid, choosing a college, and SAT/ACT tips.

 

Think College (http://www.ed.gov/students/prep/college/thinkcollege/edlite-index.html) helps people start thinking about applying to college and tells them what steps they should be taking in high school.

 

The Common Application (http://www.commonapp.org/) is a form used at over 200 colleges.

 

The Princeton Review (http://www.princetonreview.com/home.asp) lets you explore different schools and careers and also offers help on the SAT, PSAT, ACT, and AP tests.

 

U.S. Two-Year Colleges (http://www.cset.sp.utoledo.edu/twoyrcol.html) lists over 1,000 2-year colleges in the United States.

 

What Can I Do With A Major In… (http://www.tts.uwosh.edu/career/web%20pages/whatcanidowithamajorin.htm) lets you see career options that people have taken with different majors.

 

 

Education Sites

Reaching Higher on PBS (http://www.mainepbs.org/reaching/index.html) contains links on furthering your education and financial aid.

 

U.S. Department of Education (http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml)

 

 

Links for Educators

Ask Dr. Math (http://mathforum.org/dr.math/) contains math resources.

 

Education World (http://www.educationworld.com/): Lesson planning ideas, school issues, and technology.

 

Discovery Online (http://school.discovery.com/): More lesson plans and a teacher’s store where you can order educational videos from the Discovery Channel.