Counseling Department
College/Career Center

Cheryl Feldsott
College/Career Coordinator
240-497-6327   FAX 240-497-6325

Contents

• Welcome to the College/Career Center
• Barons Listserv
• College/Career Crier
• College/Career Center Scholarship List
• Scholarship Deadlines
• Career Exploration Resources
• College Fairs
• College Open House and Information Session
• College Summer Opportunities for High School Students
• CollegeTracks
• College Visits
• MCPS Career Center Website
• MCPS Financial Aid Workshops Schedule
• MCPS Scholarship Database
• Military Scholarship Opportunities
• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Summer Opportunities
• Private Career Schools
• Work Permits – New Procedures

• Financial Aid 101: No Need and Need-Based Financial Aid, by Carl Buck (PowerPoint presentation of October 27, 2005 financial aid program at B-CC.)
   
• Quick links to Federal Student Aid websites
            
            
            
   
• CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE® – the financial aid application service of the College Board, used by many of the member colleges and universities to help them award nonfederal student aid funds.
   

Welcome to the College/Career Center

The Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School’s College/Career Center is a resource room for college and career planning. It is located in Room A-217 in the Counseling Suite (enter through A-201). The Career Center is open to students, staff, parents, and area residents from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm daily, including summers, under the supervision of the College/Career Information Coordinator. One-on-one conferences are available but must be scheduled in advance.

B-CC Counseling/Testing Information Bulletin

This bulletin, published by the Counseling Department’s College/Career Center, contains extensive information on testing, financial aid, and colleges and career choices that is helpful to all grades.

B-CC Counseling/Testing Information Bulletin 2006-07
 

Barons Listserv

Barons Listserv is a message board for B-CC Juniors and Seniors set up by the Career Center to keep students up to date on job opportunities, colleges coming to visit in the fall, financial aid info for colleges, scholarships, etc.
If you are interested, please email Ms. Cathie Goltz, Guidance Secretary. By sending her your email you give her permission to add your email to the listserv.

College/Career Crier

•   Career/College Crier 2007-08 Issue No. 1
•   Career/College Crier 2007-08 Issue No. 2
•   Special Career/College Crier 2007-08 Issue No. 3: Financial Aid for the 2008-2009 School Year
•   College/Career Crier 2007-08 Issue No. 4:  New Scholarships
•   College/Career Crier 2008-08 Issue No. 5: More 2008 Scholarships
   

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College/Career Resource Information

The College/Career Resource Library
The College/Career Resource Library has information on careers. From able seamen to writers, they have nearly 360 career videos showing real people doing real work. See occupations grouped into broad industry areas or find which careers have similar characteristics such as: working outside; require only On-the-Job Training; or, are eligible for apprenticeships. Sample careers: veternarian, musician, and civil engineers. The includes information on wages and trends, outlooks. There is also an alphabetical listing of videos for specific occupations. The videos are streamed in RealPlayer format. etc. http://www.acinet.org/acinet/library.asp?category=1.2

Career Exploration
Developed by the Department of Education and the Department of Labor, this website has lots of career exploration information on it, including links to labor markert information for individual states. Visit the site at: http//www.careervoyages.gov/

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National College Fair

The National College Fairs are free to the public and allow students to interact with admission representatives from a wide range of postsecondary institutions to discuss course offerings, admission and financial aid requirements, college life in general, and other information pertinent to the college selection process. There is usually one in Montgomery County, one in Washington, D.C., and one in Baltimore every year. For a listing of college fairs and dates, go to
http://www.nacacnet.org/MemberPortal/Events/CollegeFairs/

Montgomery County National College Fair
This is usually held in the spring. For dates and location, go to
http://www.nacacnet.org/MemberPortal/Events/CollegeFairs/NCF/SpringNCF/default.htm

If you have any questions, come to the Career Center at B-CC. For a list of all college fairs in our area, please check the College/Career Crier.

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College Open Houses and Information Sessions

Open House are sessions held on the college campuses for prospective students to tour the campus, get financial aid and other information, visit the dorms, and talk with faculty and students. Generally lunch is served.

Information Sessions are sessions that colleges/universities hold away from their campuses (in places like hotels, etc.) for students in a geographic area where a college has received responses (applications, requests for info, etc.). In some cases, the sessions have been requested by parents in that area.

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College Visits to B-CC

Every fall, from the third week of school up to Thanksgiving, B-CC hosts over 200 college admission representatives from schools all across the country as well as from Canada and Europe. A benefit of attending these visits is meeting a college's admission officer for the Maryland area who, in all likelihood, will be the first person to review your application. Your participation indicates your interest in their school and makes a favorable impression when your application is reviewed.

A list of college admissions representatives who will be visiting B-CC's juniors and seniors this fall is maintained on the Naviance web site. To view this dynamic list, go to http://connection.naviance.com/bcc . Key in the personal password you received from the counseling department or key in the guest password barons using lower case letters only. Click on the "visit schedule" link in the purple column and a chronological list will appear. To get more detailed information about a visit click on the corresponding magnifying glass. To view the list in an alphabetical format to see if a specific school is coming to B-CC, click once on the link "College" at the top of the left column.

Details about a visiting college are available by clicking on the school's name in the left column. Links on that new page will lead you to the college's web site, to an email address, to B-CC's admissions history, and to lots of facts and figures about the school.

If you are a junior or a senior who is interested in participating in a visit you must bring your handbook ahead of time to the College/Career Center to pre-register. You will sign up in a logbook and then write the appointment in your handbook, which will be stamped and signed by Mrs. Feldsott, B-CC's College/Career Coordinator. You are then responsible for obtaining the signature of the teacher whose class you will be missing, indicating that your absence from class is excused. Upon your arrival in the College/Career Center for the visit, Mrs. Feldsott will check your handbook to be sure that this process has been followed.

Remember, attendance at any college visit is always at the discretion of your teacher and all class work missed is expected to be made up. Attendance will be taken for every visit and the Attendance Office will be given a daily account of all students who attended these sessions. Questions? Contact Mrs. Feldsott at 240-497-6327.

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Military Scholarship Opportunities

Information on careers in the military can be found at Introduction to the U.S. Armed Forces, http://www.militarycareers.com/occ/intro.htm

Military Academy Appointments

Congressman Chris Van Hollen

The application for high school students in the class of 2008 who are interested in applying for a nomination to the Uniformed Service Academies' Classes of 2012 is available on Congressman Van Hollen's website on service academies at http://vanhollen.house.gov/HoR/MD08/Constituent+Services/Service+Academy+Nominations/

Congressman Van Hollen will be hosting a Service Academy Information Night on Monday, April 30, 2007 from 7:30-9:00 p.m. at the Rockville Library, 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, for prospective applicants to learn about the service academies and their admission requirements.

If you have questions about the application process, please contact Char Rosnick in Congressman Van Hollen's Rockville office at (301) 424-3501 or char.rosnick@mail.house.gov.

U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski

You will need to complete an application and fax or mail it to Senator Mikulski's Baltimore Office in order to be considered for a nomination. Applications will be available on July 1st. All required materials should be sent together - not individually. All students who complete the application will be interviewed by the Senator's Service Academy Review Board. Interviews are held in the fall. Students are notified of the nomination by late December. You must also contact the Academy you wish to attend, as they have a separate application process that you must also complete.

For more information and to apply for nomination, please see the Senator's web site on academies at: http://mikulski.senate.gov/academy.html

U.S. Senator Benjamin Cardin

A nomination to only one service academy will be considered for each applicant. Submit an application at the service academy for which you are seeking a nomination in one complete packet by the deadline date or the applicant will not be considered for a nomination. A complete packet will include:
•  Basic Fact Sheet
•  Questionnaire
•  Essay
•  SAT scores (official SAT notification)
•  Official high school and college transcripts
•  Three letters of recommendation.

See http://cardin.senate.gov/services/academy.cfm for more information and to download a Service Academy Nomination Form.

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Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)

The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) college scholarship program targets students pursuing technical degrees, such as certain engineering and science programs. AFROTC scholarships are awarded on the basis of individual merit, not financial aid. See http://www.afoats.af.mil/  

The Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) scholarships are offered at hundreds of colleges and universities across the nation. They are awarded on a competitive basis to entering freshmen. Application packets, eligibility information can be found http://www.armyrotc.com/ 

The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) scholarships are offered at for an education at a service academy or the hundreds of colleges and universities across the nation. For questions, call 1-877-323-9399.

The Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) program offers young men and women an opportunity to qualify for commissions in the Navy and Marine Corps while attending college. This four-year scholarship is available to recent high school graduates and is awarded annually on the basis of high school class standings, college entrance test scores, extracurricular activities, and leadership skills. For additional information see http://www.cnet.navy.mil/nrotc/nrotc.htm

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Links to Private Career Schools

Private Career Schools in Maryland http://www.mhec.state.md.us/career/pcs/progs.asp  

Private Career Schools in Montgomery County http://www.mhec.state.md.us/career/pcs/montgry.asp  

College Summer Opportunities for High School Students

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