College

The counselors at Westside High School believe in each and every individual student and his or her capability for continuing success and happiness beyond the high school setting.

As a result, we believe in the concept of making a match between the student and the prospective college or university setting.  We are open to a variety of settings that best fit each individual student.  We strive to develop relationships with our students and serve the best interests of the individual and the family.  

We encourage students and parents to:

• Investigate all options – big, medium, and smaller settings; institutions of varying selectivity; financially affordable options, and places of which you’ve not yet heard.

• Consider and apply to a financial safety school.  As we’ve learned over the years, all kinds of situations can arise that affect a family’s finances, and we hope to keep college affordable and reasonable for families.  

• Consider a geographical safety school.  Again, during the course of the senior year, it is not unusual for students to have a change in their family situation that might make it desirable to be within driving distance to home.

Naviance Student is a comprehensive website that can assist you in researching colleges and careers. Naviance Student provides up-to-date information that’s specific to Westside High School students. 

Naviance Student will allow you to:

• Get involved in the planning and advising process - Build a resume, complete online surveys, and manage timelines and deadlines, and provide information to help you make decisions about college and career options. 

• Research colleges - Compare GPA, standardized test scores, and other statistics to actual historical data from WHS for students who have applied and been admitted in the past.

• Sign up for college visits - Find out which college admissions representatives are visiting WHS and sign up to attend those sessions.

• View scholarship opportunities - view scholarship list, match scholarships, apply for scholarships.

You may access Naviance Student by going to:

• Go to the website: https://student.naviance.com/westside66

• Click on STUDENT

Click on CONTINUE WITH SINGLE SIGN ON

JUNIORS

• Make sure that you have registered for a SCOIR account and have invited a parent to do the same. 

• Research colleges according to your interests using the Preference Search

• Register for College Rep visits through your SCOIR account. College visits will be announced through Junior Notifications, PowerSchool announcements, Home Room announcements and on the College Visit board outside of the Counseling IMC.

SENIORS

• Make sure that you have registered for a SCOIR account and have invited a parent to do the same. 

• Schedule a Senior Interview with your counselor. This will be part of your Senior Seminar grade and should be completed as soon as possible.

• Research colleges in SCOIR according to your interests using the Preference Search and talking with your counselor.

• Register for College Rep visits through your SCOIR account. Each week, college rep visits will be announced through Senior Notifications, PowerSchool announcements, Home Room announcements and on the College Visit board outside of the Counseling IMC. You can view and register for upcoming visits by selecting  'Events & Deadlines' in the dropdown menu. 

• Complete a College Application Worksheet for each college to which you will be applying. This will help determine which supplemental documents are required for each school and how to get them sent. 

Westside High School offers free software that tracks and prepares students academically for playing college sports. Any student interested in competing in intercollegiate athletics should sign up for an account and speak with their high school coach and school counselor to make sure they are on track with their eligibility. In order to sign up for a FREE account, students must fill out the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Memorandum of Understanding using their @westside66.net email address. Once the Memorandum of Understanding form is submitted, students will immediately be given a web link to create their account.

For more information check out the WHS NCAA Initial Eligibility Resources website.

Curious to see if any courses you are taking through dual enrollment will transfer to a Nebraska college/university?  You can find out through this website.  You can also see course codes, numbers and credits.

https://transfer.nebraska.edu/

This website will allow you to check out all other colleges and universities.

http://eceapps.uconn.edu/credit_transfer_database/

Common Application: www.commonapp.org

Big Futures: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/

ACT: Actstudent.org

SAT/AP: collegeboard.org

LGBTQ Student Guide: https://www.bestcolleges.com/resources/lgbtq-student-guide/

WHS Scholarship Database: https://bit.ly/WHSScholarshipNewsletter