Part of making students ready for college, career, and life involves helping them realize their unique talents and the value they can bring to their workplace and community. Some of the tools on this list help students self-reflect on their own strengths and interests, as well as browse the wide variety of careers and jobs available to them. Other tools help students build portfolios to show their work, search and connect with universities, earn scholarships, jump-start the college application process, and learn good test-prep habits.
Expert feedback and tools designed for individual learner profiles
Bottom Line: This impressive tool uses normed digital assessments to create a specific learning profile and provide authentic tools for individual learners.
Female engineers give girls career advice on this visually appealing site
Bottom Line: Empowering tool encourages girls to explore engineering but is mostly static and best-suited for choosing courses and looking at colleges.
Resource-filled career and college planning site can feel overwhelming
Bottom Line: Teachers and students willing to invest some time will find tons of resources in this one-stop shop for nearly all things career-, college-, and interest-related.
College and career readiness course helps students think and plan ahead
Bottom Line: This site will build high school students' future planning skills, but the design falls a bit short of offering a truly compelling learning experience.
Proactive tool lets students earn scholarship money in high school
Bottom Line: This tool takes some mystery out of the financial aid process, and the ability to earn early may motivate financially strapped or otherwise reluctant students to dream bigger.
Useful app for students beginning the college admissions process
Bottom Line: Guides high school students (and teachers and counselors who want to help them) who are unsure about how to navigate the search for the right college.
