Section

Description

How To Access

Résumé

-Record your high school activities, awards, volunteer experience, etc.

-Rearrange your information into multiple printable versions of a résumé that you can use to present to potential employers or colleges in the future.

1. Click the About Me tab in the top right navigation panel
2. Click the My Stuff hyperlink
3. Click the Résumé hyperlink under the My Stuff section

Career Interest Profile

A career interest survey about interest in types of work activities. Use the results to explore suggested occupations; examine the education, training, and skills required [and where to obtain them], as well as wages typical for these occupations.

1. Click the Careers tab in the top right navigation panel
2.  Click on the Explore button
3.  Scroll to the Career Interest Profiler hyperlink under the What are My Interests section

Personality Survey

Use the results to explore suggested college majors and careers based on your talents and strengths.

1. Click the About Me tab in the top right navigation panel
2. Click the My Assessments hyperlink
3. Click the Strength Explorer

College Search

-Set search criteria to a list of colleges to explore.

 -Save your search to access/modify later.

-Click on the various tabs of the college profile to learn more information.

-Click the heart next to the college name, to make it a favorite and add the college(s). 

1. Click the Colleges tab in the top right navigation panel
2. Click on the Find Your Fit button
3. Click the Advanced College Search hyperlink 

College Maps

Groups of types of colleges by location. Click on a college to view its profile.

1. Click the Colleges tab in the top right navigation panel
2. Click on the Research Colleges button
3. Click the College Maps hyperlink under the Research Colleges section

Section

Description

How To Access

Application History

Summary of PVHS application results (total applicants, students accepted, and students enrolled,) by year.

1. Click the Colleges tab in the top right navigation panel 
2. Click on the Find Your Fit button
3. Click on the College Lookup hyperlink
4. After looking up and selecting a college, click the Admissions tab beneath the college name and look at the Applications from Your High School section.

Graph/GPA/Test Score

Historical application results (accepted, denied) represented in a scattergram graph; applicant average GPA appears on the y-axis and applicant average SAT/ACT scores on the x-axis.

For an applicant to be represented on a scattergram for a given college, three things must be present:

1. An application result (accepted or denied)
2. A GPA
3. A test score

1. Click the Colleges tab in the top right navigation panel
2. Click on the Find Your Fit button
3. Click on the College Lookup hyperlink
4. After looking up and selecting a college, click the Admissions tab beneath the college name, scroll down the page to the Scattergrams section
5. Select SAT or ACT scores from the Comparing drop down menu

Comparing Colleges

Compare your GPA and test scores to the average GPA and test scores of PVHS admitted students for colleges you are considering. School averages are displayed in green when your academic profile is higher and in red when your academic profile is lower than those of past admitted students.

1. Click the Colleges tab in the top right navigation panel
2. Click on the Research Colleges button
3. Click the College Compare hyperlink.