For enrolled Westview students, please check out our College & Career Canvas and website pages for more information. 

Future Planning Slides review the many options available to you after you graduate.

Book an appointment with your Westview School Counselor (through your Class of Canvas page) to discuss your options.

Westview Pathway options provide students with a "road map" with information on which courses to take related to a career of interest.

Check out Westview's Career Technical Education Programs.

ASPIRE Program for juniors and seniors. Matches students with a one on one volunteer to support their post high school plans. See you WHS counselor for more information.

Visit Beaverton School District's Career & College Readiness page for more information.

Beaverton School District students also have a Career Information Systems, or CIS, free account to use for career and college exploration and planning, including occupation, college, scholarship searches as well as resume and other employment readiness tools.

Beaverton School District Career Technical Programs

    Full Day High School Option Programs, including Early College High School where eligible juniors and seniors take their coursework at PCC and tuition is paid for by the district.

      Opportunity Knocks is a district program that allows juniors and seniors to take up to one class per term at PCC in addition to taking classes at their home high school.                                               

Career Encounters is a class for interested juniors and seniors to take at Portland Community College that offers hands-on career experience in high-demand, high-wage careers.

Hillsboro Chamber & School to Career Events. They facilitate Career Related Learning Experiences for Washington County high school students.

Oregon Goes to College: A helpful and informative website to help students prepare for college.

Western Underground Exchange: The Western Undergraduate Exchange is an agreement among WICHE’s 16 member states, including Oregon, and territories, through which 160+ participating public colleges and universities provide steep nonresident tuition savings for Western students.

ASPIRE Oregon Career Options offers resources around career and college information and exploration, including 2-year Path & 4-year Path.

Oregon Youth Corps builds on strong connections between positive experiences, work skills, personal responsibility, commitment to education, and future employment for Oregon's youth.

Explore Oregon Apprenticeship programs.

                                Pacific Northwest Association's National Fall College Fairs

CollegeBoard BigFuture College Search

CollegeBoard Career Finder

You’re a What? Interesting occupations

Occupations That Have it All: Many Openings, Fast Growth and High Wages

Careers for People that are Creative

Apprenticeships: Outlook and Wages in Selected Occupations

Career One Stop: Get My Future

Schmoop gives you the real scoop on career paths.

Engineering: Go For It

CollegeBoard: SAT & PSAT

ACT

from Oregon Goes to College 

When a college or university is “test optional” for admissions, it means that they don’t require an SAT or ACT score from all applicants to be considered for admissions. Many colleges, including all of Oregon’s public colleges and universities and many of our private, not-for-profit colleges, do not require students in the class of 2021 and beyond to submit test scores with the application. Due to coronavirus, most students planning to start college at any Oregon college in the fall of 2021 will not need to take the SAT or ACT.

Students choose whether they want to submit their test scores with their application. In most cases, if you do send scores, the admissions committee will use them when making admissions and scholarship decisions. If you do not submit test scores, you will not be penalized for admissions. While the majority of applicants have a choice, some students may still be required to submit scores (Note: Because of testing interruptions as a result of the coronavirus, applicants for Fall 2021 & Fall 2022 may not be required to submit test scores). At some colleges, you may be required to submit additional information if they choose not to send test scores. It’s important to know the requirements for each college where you plan to apply.

from Oregon Goes to College

Check the admissions requirements to find out if the colleges and universities you may apply to are test-optional, meaning they do not require you to submit SAT and/or ACT scores.

If you plan to take one or both tests for admission purposes, scholarships and other programs, you should verify which test is accepted (SAT only, ACT only or both). If the organization accepts both tests, it is up to you whether you wan to take the SAT only, the ACT only or take both. Read this article to help you determine which option is right for you: SAT vs ACT: 11 Key Differences to Help You Pick the Right Test article

If possible, take the test in the spring of your junior year. If you like, you can take the test again in the summer or fall of your senior year.

If you take a test more than once, most colleges and universities will “super score” your tests. They will use the highest score you earned on each section when evaluating your application.

Both tests are offered on some Saturdays at testing sites around the state. Westview hosts the ACT test for all juniors in February.

Whether you take it on a Saturday or during an all-school testing day, take it seriously. Get plenty of rest the night before, eat a good breakfast, and do your best on the exam.

If students are on free or reduced lunch, they qualify for 2 fee waivers for the SAT and 2 fee waivers for the ACT. See your school counselor for more details. You must be a current junior or senior to request the fee waivers.

CollegeBoard has additional benefits for students that are eligible for the fee waiver. Check out this link for more information.

Per act.org, fee waivers cover only the basic registration fee and late fee for your test option on a national test date, including up to four college choices. After registration, the student can request any number of additional score reports for free.

When you register for the SAT and/or ACT, you can request up to 4 score reports for free to colleges, universities or other programs of your choices such as the NCAA.

Students can log in to their SAT and/or ACT account to send official scores, for a fee, to the colleges, universities, and other programs that may require them.

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