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The Mission of the San Luis Obispo High School College & Career Center
The Mission of the San Luis Obispo High School College & Career Center
is to enhance student educational goals, career development & related life planning skills through a variety of resources so all San Luis Obispo High School graduates
is to enhance student educational goals, career development & related life planning skills through a variety of resources so all San Luis Obispo High School graduates
are college and career ready.
are college and career ready.
Resources at the Career Center:
California Colleges Guidance Initiative Coordinator (CCGI)
California Scholarship Federation (CSF )
College Admissions Assistance
College Entrance Testing Information ( ACT & SAT )
College Rep Visits
College & Vocational Program Information
Community Service Opportunities & Awards
Financial Aid Assistance
Gap Year & Summer Enrichment Programs
Military Recruitment
Collegiate Sports Information
Parent Nights
Scholarship Program
Voter Registration and Selective Service assistance
Work Permits & Work information
Mental Health Resources
Elks Student of the Month / RYLA / Boys & Girls State
CLASS of 2024 College DECISION DAY
Wear your college t shirt or sweatshirt to school
Write your name on the Library/ Career Office window and share the good news of your future plans!
Recommended Reading List
Recommended Reading List
* SAN LUIS OBISPO HIGH SCHOOL , nor SLCUSD does not endorse any of the following organizations but is sharing this information as a service to our families.
Recommended Reading
The Truth About College Admission: A Family Guide to Getting In and Staying Together (Barnard & Clark)
The College Conversation: A Practical Companion for Parents to Guide Their Children Along the Path to Higher Education (Furda & Steinberg)
The Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Road Map for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make (Lieber)
Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions (Selingo)
Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be (Bruni)
College Admission: from Application to Acceptance (Mamlet & Valdevelde)
College Unranked (Thacker)
The College Solution (O'Shaughnessy)
Colleges That Change Lives (Pope)
The Fiske Guide to College (Fiske)
The College Finder (Antonoff)
College Essay Essentials (Sawyer)
The Naked Roommate (Cohen)
Also, explore the following Blogs
DIY College Rankings (check out their 50-50 lists!)
The College Solution (about paying for college)
Podcasts
College Essay Guy (podcast features many more topics than just essay advice)
Alternatives to Rankings
National Survey of Student Engagement - Information from hundreds of four-year colleges and universities nationwide about student participation in programs and activities that institutions provide for their learning and personal development.
What Will They Learn - "Exploring the state of general education, those courses designed to give college students a firm grounding in the areas of knowledge they will use for a lifetime."
The Outcomes Survey - "Provides rich insights on how recent grads fare immediately after commencement and at three, six and 12 months after finishing their studies at specific schools."
Keep a LOG of your activities throughout high school. You'll be glad you do come college application time or scholarship season. It's not that easy to remember freshmen year!
Student Activities Log.pdf
<---- CLICK on the IMAGE to REGISTER to VOTE. Online Voter Registration in California available through the Secretary of State website.
If you are 16 or 17 years old, you may pre-register to vote. when you turn 18, you will automatically be eligible to vote.
If you are 16 or 17 years old, you may pre-register to vote. when you turn 18, you will automatically be eligible to vote.
Regularly, students at SLOHS provide lunch time tables to inform students of their opportunity to pre- register to VOTE at 16 years old.
preregister.pdf
Men, citizens, and non-citizen immigrants, living in America must register for the SELECTIVE SERVICE within 30 days of their 18th birthday.
Men, citizens, and non-citizen immigrants, living in America must register for the SELECTIVE SERVICE within 30 days of their 18th birthday.
It's the law!
It's the law!
<----- CLICK IMAGE to register for the SELECTIVE SERVICE .
<----- CLICK IMAGE to register for the SELECTIVE SERVICE .
SLCUSD does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or disability. Related California laws also provide added protection on the basis of actual or perceived ancestry, age, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, immigration status, religion, sexual orientation, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
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