Career preparation
Scholarships
ATTENTION — All local scholarships must be filled out and turned into Mr. Allen by March 16th, regardless of the date listed on the scholarship.
Please, when you fill out these scholarships, make sure you type them, not hand write them. The committees want them typed and neat. Use good quality bond paper. Good luck!
MCIS
Montana Career Information System
The Montana Career Information System is an extremely valuable tool for job junting and finding related information.
Student Username: Plains
Student Password: plan7ing
Financial Aid
The following links are hosted by the United States government Student Aid website:
College Goal Montana
Reach Higher Montana is an opportunity for parents and students to get assistance with filling out their FAFSA forms. For more information click on the link below.
www.reachhighermontana.org
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
WUE is the Western Undergraduate Exchange, a program of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). Through WUE, students in western states may enroll in many two-year and four-year college programs at a reduced tuition level: 150 percent of the institution’s regular resident tuition. WUE tuition is considerably less than nonresident tuition.
To visit the WICHE site, click the link below
FAFSA on the web
To access online FAFSA forms online click the link below:
Falcon Managment Group, Inc.
The Pepsi-Cola Company has selected Plains High School as one of the few schools in the country to receive the Tuition Funding Sources Program and access to TuitionFundingSources.com during the 2006-2007 school year.
Pepsi has paid all access fees so that students at PHS can register and login to the TFS website free of charge. This private website contains the world’s largest scholarship database – at least five to ten times larger than any other source of scholarship information along with coolege and career information.
Unlike other scholarship search websites, the TFS website does not collect student’s names and other personal information for resale making it the only safe place to search for scholarships on the intenet. And there is no advertising – not even for Pepsi-Cola products – even though Pepsi pays for the program.
Take advantage of this great opportunity. Visit the TFS website by clicking on the link below, click Login then the “first time user” link. Select the state and school you attend. Enter your email address for your username and create a memorable password
Testing
Important Testing Dates and Info
Below is a list of testing information for this year. There is also a list of sample tests that can be found on the Student Assistance Foundation website which can be reached by clicking on the link on the “Career Prep Info” page.
http://www.quizlet.com/ can be used to learn vocab for the ACT and SAT.
ACT
Free practice ACT tests at www.smartaboutcollege.org and through the MCIS website found on our website.
www.act.org – register, locate testing centers, take practice exams.
http://www.actstudent.org/regist/nextdates.html– dates for tests
The ACT will be given at Plains High School on October 23—- Registration must be completed by Sept. 25, 2021. The cost is $85.00 with the writing assessment. Late registration is until October 1, 2021 and will cost an extra fee. Fee waivers available in Mr. Allen’s office.
SAT
Free practice SAT tests at www.smartaboutcollege.org
www.collegeboard.com – register, locate testing centers, prepare for the exam
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/calenfees.html dates for tests
Plains High School does not administer this test. Thompson Falls is the closest testing sight. The cost is $55.00.
Fee Waivers available in Mr. Allen’s office.
ASVAB
ASVAB testing date: March 15th 2021, at 9:20 AM
www.asvabprogram.com – general information and planning.
PSAT
October 13th, 2021
Beginning in mid-December, students will be able to access this exciting new tool by visitingwww.collegeboard.com/psatextra, creating an online account, and entering the access code found on their official paper Score Report Plus.
For questions contact [email protected]
