UtahMentor High School Students

Career Interest Survey - Explore and identify your work-related interests and match those interests with your Holland Codes (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional).

Assessments - Links to additional online assessments (free of charge) to help guide you in developing a career pathway and college program that meets your needs.

• Learning Styles Assessment - Find out your learning style - active or reflective, sensing or intuitive, visual or verbal, sequential or global.

• Work Skills Profiler - Identify your skills and match skills important to you with occupations to find out what type of training you may need.

• Personality Assessment - Discover your personality traits and find out which careers match your personality traits.

  • Short Version - Personality Quiz
  • Long Version - Jung Typology Survey

Career Matching Assistant - Search for careers based on your career interests and educational goals.

Search Careers - You can view comprehensive lists of career descriptions and view Utah career trends (data provided by Utah Department of Workforce Services and the U.S. Department of Labor).

• List of Careers by Occupational Cluster - View career lists sorted by O*NET occupational cluster.

• Alphabetical List of Careers - View O*NET careers sorted alphabetically.

• Fastest Growing Careers in Utah - View jobs in Utah that are in demand.

• Utah 5-Star Jobs - What are the best jobs in Utah?

• Links to Career Resources - Visit other web resources for information on jobs, internships, and volunteering resources.

• Save Careers to Your eBackpack - Store the results of your career exploration.

Career Information for High School Students - Advice and resources for high school students

Learn what you should be doing and what classes you should be taking to prepare for a college education

• 9th Grade
• 10th Grade
• 11th Grade
• 12th grade

UBSCT (Utah Basic Skills Competency Test) - Looking for some help on passing the UBSCT? Try these two websites for the additional help you may need to pass the reading, writing, and mathematics exams for your regular high school diploma.

• Utah Basic Skills Competency Test - Find general information about the test and previously released versions of the exam.

• Electronic High School - This website includes a noncredit class that will help you prepare to take and pass the UBSCT.

How to Earn College Credit during High School - Research AP, concurrent enrollment, and IB courses and how you may earn college credit by taking advantage of courses your high school offers.

• AP Transfer Guide and Concurrent Enrollment Articulation Guide - Find out how much college credit you have earned by taking college-level classes.

Free Interactive ACT/SAT Test Prep - Subject and timed exams for the ACT/SAT

UtahMajors Guide - This guide will show you the different courses of study at each of our colleges and universities.

College Campus Tools - Tools for you to explore Utah colleges

• Virtual Campus Tours - You can visit Utah schools over the internet.

• Compare Colleges in Utah - You can view the similarities and differences between Utah colleges.

College Q&As

• General Q&As - Common questions about college
• Freshman Admission Q&As - Common questions about college admission
• Financial Aid Q&As - Common questions about financial aid
• Student Life Q&As - Common questions about student life in college
• Early Enrollment Q&As - Common questions about early college admission

Trying to remember how to study and the skills that you need to be a successful student? Take a look at How-To-Study.Com.

UtahMentor allows you to save career and college information in an integrated online portfolio.

You can apply online for admission to participating colleges.

Online Applications

Applying online through UtahMentor has its benefits. UtahMentor's online applications are:

1. Easy to use
   • When you have a UtahMentor account, information from your profile will automatically complete sections of the application.
   • Information saved from one application will automatically populate fields on subsequent applications.
   • You can save your work and finish completing an application at a later date.
     
     
2. Free of charge
   • The Personal Application Manager is free to use but each college has an application fee that must be paid in order for your application to be processed.

Financial Aid - "Money for College"

Financial aid is the money you receive from a variety of sources to cover the cost of your education. The good news is that, regardless of income, most people are eligible for some form of financial aid. Now is also the time to start learning about scholarships, grants, and work-study programs. There is no need to pay for scholarship and financial aid searches.

Financial aid is split up into two categories based on the reason the money is awarded:

Achievement-based aid is awarded to students who have a special characteristic, skill, talent, or ability. Typically achievement-based aid is in the form of scholarships.

Need-based aid is provided to students who demonstrate financial need. Most financial aid, particularly public-funded aid, is awarded on the basis of financial need determined through the application process and in accordance with a prescribed federal formula.

The financial aid sources available to a student attending college in Utah include:

• Free College Scholarship Search
• FAFSA-on-the-Web
• Interpreting Offers of Financial Aid and Student Loans
• Calculators
• Ethnic Minorities
• Special Groups and Populations
• Saving for College (UESP - Utah Educational Savings Plan)