College & Career Planning

Family Connection by Naviance

Shaker High School proudly offers Family Connection by Naviance, a comprehensive website that gives students an opportunity to investigate, research, track and plan for future careers and the college admissions process. Students receive log-on information in February of 9th Grade. If you do not have your log-on information, please stop into the Guidance Office today!

North Colonie Schools - District Website

The North Colonie District website offers a link to Shaker High School. The Shaker High School site features a wealth of information ranging from a pdf version of the Guide to Program Planning (includes course descriptions for every course offered at the High School), to a link to Naviance.

Peterson’s Education Center

Peterson’s includes information about educational programs at all levels and provides searchable databases of colleges and academic programs.

Princeton Review Online

This extensive college and career information site includes a comprehensive college search engine.

NCAA Guide for College-Bound Student Athlete

Important information and registration materials for students interested in participating in
Division I or II college athletics.

America's Job Exchange

This comprehensive site provides links to numerous job opportunities. Use it to research careers, create and post resumes, search for specific jobs by location, agency or position, and examine job market information such as occupational trends.

Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation

A nonprofit, organization dedicated to providing individuals with knowledge of their aptitudes in an effort to help them in making decisions about school and work.

New York State Career Zone

Learn about your skills and talents and explore many exciting colleges & careers in New York State

SAT/ACT Information

College Board Online

A top site for comprehensive college information. College Board Online includes College Board tests, programs and online registration, a “Test Question of the Day,” a searchable database of colleges, financial aid information , career planning information, and more.

ACT

This site provides a wealth of information about the ACT tess as well as an opportunity to register on-line.

Student Financial Aid

Fast Web - Scholarship Search Site

Students may register for scholarship information at Fastweb, one of the Internet’s largest free scholarship search sites.

United States Dept. of Education's FAFSA on the Web - Required for all applicants seekings aid

Families may use this site to complete and submit directly over the Internet the FAFSA Application for Federal Student Aid.

CSS Profile - Required by some colleges

Provides colleges with more detailed information than appears on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page

This page (sponsored by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators) provides links to many sources of information about student financial aid. It also includes a Scholarship Scam Alert http://www.finaid.org/finaid/scams.html, with important information about scams and how to avoid them.

College Applications

Common Admissions Application

Application form is completed once and submitted to hundreds of participating colleges, including most SUNY schools.

SUNY Website and Common Application

Detailed information on each college and university within the SUNY system. Please note: The Shaker High School Guidance Office recommends using commonapp.org when applying to participating SUNY schools.