Check out the new handbooks, listed below, that CHAMP donated to the High School College and Career Planning resource area in the Media Center. Parents and students, alike, may check-out any of these titles.

While you're there, pick up CHAMP's 3 page guide to web sites that offer information about High School, College and Career Planning, or click here.


CHAMP Resource Materials for High School, College and Career Planning

CHS Media Center

College Guide

U.S. News & World Report Ultimate College Guide 2005

College Board College Handbook 2000

The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2000

Kaplan’s College Catalog 2000

Peterson’s 2 Year Colleges 2000

Cool Colleges, Asher. 2000

The Best 331 Colleges 2000

Colleges that Encourage Character Development

Christian Colleges and Universities, Campus Life 1998

Field Guide to Colleges, ARCO 1999

Vocational and Technical Schools, Peterson’s 1999 (lost)

Wright Stare University 1999-2001 Undergraduate Guide, 1999

Colleges that Change Lives: 40 Things You Should Know About Even if You’re Not a Straight-A Student

How to Write Essays

Writing a Successful College Application Essay, Barron’s 2000

Money-Winning Scholarship Essays and Interviews 2003

The Best College Admission Application Essay

Write Your College Application Essay

Essays That Worked, 1990

College Search, Application and Planning

New!  Extraordinary Jobs, 12 volume set: Agriculture & Nature; Animals; Creative People; Entertainment; Food Industry; Government; Health & Science; Leisure; Media; Service Sector; Sports; Adventurers

Get a Jump! What’s Next After High School? Peterson’s 2003

Get a Jump - Your Guide to College Planning & Career Exploration, Peterson’s  Midwest 2001

College Countdown/The Parent’s and Student’s Survival Kit for the College Admissions Process, VonGruben  2000

Taming the Paper Monster/The College Game (and it starts in 8th grade), VonGruben 1998

Head Start to College Planning/Get a Jump on College Admissions, Barron’s 2004

Parent’s Guide to College Admissions, Kaplan 2000

Get into Any College, Tanabe 2004

Winning the Heart of the College Admissions Dean/An Expert’s Advice for Getting into College, Mitchell 2001

Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Questions about Getting into College, Shanley & Johnston 2004

College Comes Sooner than You Think

A Student’s Guide to College Admissions: Everything Your Guidance Counselor Has No Time to Tell You - 2 copies

College Planning for Dummies: A Reference for the Rest of Us

Smart Parents’ Guide to College

Internet Guide for College-Bound Students

Resumes for High School Graduates - 2 copies

ARCO’s Reading Lists for College-Bound Students

Index of Majors and Graduate Degrees 2000

But What if I Don’t Want to go to College?

Young Person’s Occupational Handbook

10 Minute Guide to Getting into College, Turner

Surviving a Layoff - Downsizing

Kaplan How to Get Into College, 2001

ARCO 50 Things You Can Do to Get Into the College of Your Choice 1997

Scholarship Application

The B Student (or Lower) Complete Scholarship Book

College Board’s Scholarship Handbook 2000

College Board’s College Costs & Financial Aid Handbook

Peterson’s Scholarships, Grants and Prizes 2000

Music, Dance and Theater Scholarships

The Minority Women’s Complete Scholarship Book

Sports Scholarships & College Athletic Programs, Peterson’s

College Money Handbook, Peterson's, 2000

Testing Practice

Kaplan ACT, 2006

Kaplan IQuest SAT ACT and PSAT,2003

Pass Key to the ASVAB, 2003

How to Prepare for the ASVAB, 1993

Cracking the New SAT, 2004

Cracking the ACT, 2003

Introducing the New SAT, 1993

Cracking the SAT and PSAT, 1999

The Princeton Review SAT, 2003

The Princeton Review ACT, 2002

The Princeton Review ACT, 2000

Petersons ACT, 2000

Kaplan ACT, 2004

The Princeton Review ACT, 2004

Kaplan SAT, 2005

Summer Fun

Summer Fun Learning Programs, 1999

Summer Fun Travel and International Programs, 1999

Occupational

Young Person's Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1999

Guide to Carriers Without College,1988

Carriers of the Future and the Present, 1972

Yourself 10 Years From Now: A Carrier Planning Book, 1977

Money Making

How Kids Can Earn Cash, 1970

Cash for College, 1999