School Counselor Resources
COLLEGE TOURS
Professional development on the road! College tours are a great way to meet counselors and visit campuses.
Sweet Tea Tour (June) - A 5-day bus tour of colleges throughout the southern region. Register here. (NC 2016 / SC 2017)
RMACAC Bus Tour (June) - A 3-day tour to learn more about colleges in the Rocky Mountains (AZ 2017)
WEBINARS
Professional development at your desk! Webinars connect you with other professionals and keep your knowledge current.
Learn a Latte Series - The Rocky Mountain association offers a series for members to access and watch videos on various topics within the profession.
Southern Association for College Admission Counseling (SACAC)
Texas Association for College Admission Counseling (TACAC) - Webinar Wednesdays is an opportunity to hear dynamic speakers discuss interesting topics on a quarterly basis.
WORKSHOPS
Professional development in the classroom!
Admission and College Counseling Institute (ACCI) - Texas offers a four-day, in-residence professional development experience where secondary and higher education professionals can build the skills needed to perform their daily jobs.
SACAC offers a Summer Seminar for new secondary school counselors.
RMACAC Roadmap - A one-day workshop to advance your work and help students realize their full potential. Monday, October 23, 2017 in Tempe, AZ
Admissions Clearing House (Test Prep Professionals)
Application Tools
Standardized Testing
Professional development on the road! College tours are a great way to meet counselors and visit campuses.
Sweet Tea Tour (June) - A 5-day bus tour of colleges throughout the southern region. Register here. (NC 2016 / SC 2017)
RMACAC Bus Tour (June) - A 3-day tour to learn more about colleges in the Rocky Mountains (AZ 2017)
WEBINARS
Professional development at your desk! Webinars connect you with other professionals and keep your knowledge current.
Learn a Latte Series - The Rocky Mountain association offers a series for members to access and watch videos on various topics within the profession.
Southern Association for College Admission Counseling (SACAC)
Texas Association for College Admission Counseling (TACAC) - Webinar Wednesdays is an opportunity to hear dynamic speakers discuss interesting topics on a quarterly basis.
WORKSHOPS
Professional development in the classroom!
Admission and College Counseling Institute (ACCI) - Texas offers a four-day, in-residence professional development experience where secondary and higher education professionals can build the skills needed to perform their daily jobs.
SACAC offers a Summer Seminar for new secondary school counselors.
RMACAC Roadmap - A one-day workshop to advance your work and help students realize their full potential. Monday, October 23, 2017 in Tempe, AZ
Admissions Clearing House (Test Prep Professionals)
Application Tools
- The Common App
- The Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success
- The Universal Application
- University of California Admissions
- College Navigator
- 2016 Admit Rates, Application Numbers by School
- Test Optional School List --NACAC
- Ivy League Academic Index Calculator
- Estimating the Return to College Selectivity over the Career Using
- ESSA by State
- US News & World Report “Best Colleges” Ranking Criteria
- How US News Accounts for Test Optional in Rankings
- Financial Aid General Information
- CSS Financial Aid Profile
- Federal Student Aid – http://studentaid.ed.gov/
- Expected Family Contribution Calculator
- http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/ssd and http://www.act.org/aap/disab/index.html
- http://tourcollege.blogspot.com/2010/09/questions-for-office-of-disability.html
Standardized Testing
- Accessing PSAT Scores (for counselors)
- PSAT/NMSQT Score Cut Offs By State – Compass Prep
- PSAT Prep Material – Khan Academy
- State Listing of Assessment Tools – All Grade Levels & Tests – Edweek
- College Board’s Old SAT – New SAT Score Converter – The College Board
- New SAT – Old SAT – ACT Concordance Tables – The College Board
- SAT-ACT, ACT-SAT Score Conversion – Convert Your Score . org
- (old) ACT Writing Test Scores in Relation to Other Scores – pdf – ACT.org
- The ACT Superscore School List – pdf- The Princeton Review
- ACT Writing Test Rubric – ACT.org
- Archived SAT Score Order Form – to get those old test scores
- State-by-state Tests Used (Gr. 3-8) & High School Graduation– pdf
- NACAC Home Page
- Guide to the College Admissions Process, 2015, NACAC
- Student Common Data Set 2015-2016
- Test Optional School List
- College Admissions Timeline Infographic, Bybee College Prep
- Sample Event Planning Timeline | Marketing, – xls –
- College Planning Calendar, Online College Planner
- SAT/ACT Business Positioning Presentation – Test Prep & Tutoring Professionals, June 2015, EDVentures Summit.
- GSV Industry Analysis Factbook 2012 -pdf
- ACT Practice Test 1572C –pdf
- PSAT/NMSQT Practice Test 1 – pdf
- SAT K12 Teacher Training Module
- Report on US Millennials; Literacy, Numeracy, Problem Solving – ETS, 2016
- Turning the Tide on College Admissions – Harvard Graduate School of Education, Executive Report, 2016
- In Defense of Standardized Testing – Harvard Political Review, 2016
- Report on US Millennials; Literacy, Numeracy, Problem Solving – ETS, 2016
- Estimating the Return to College Selectivity over the Career Using Administrative Earnings Data –pdf – National Bureau of Economics Research