Student Life

Counseling/College & Career Center

Main Number: (415) 334-0525 Fax Number: (415) 334-9726

Name/Title	E-mail	Ext.
Terri Driscoll-Law Director of Guidance & Counseling		x240
Kate McCauley Counselor		x224
Rev. Gregory McGivern Counselor		x218
Dori Ryken College & Career Advisor		x231

Parents and students can click on the banner above to access information on the college search and admissions, majors and careers, college representatives visiting Mercy, standardized testing and preparation, summer programs, scholarships and financial aid, tutoring services and outside referrals, learning styles and personality assessments, career and job resources, and much more. Student registered e-mail and password are required to login.

Counseling/College & Career News and Announcements
Click here for the latest news & upcoming events from the Counseling and College/Career Center.
You will also find the monthly College & Career Newsletters as well as Summer Programs, Internships and Course announcements.

Parent Night Presentations
The PowerPoint presentations from our major Parent Night events are available for you to download.
You must have Microsoft PowerPoint on your computer to view these presentations.

College Planning Guides (Updated 3/20/08)

Web Resources

College Admissions

College search and admissions information: www.collegeboard.com
College search, summer programs, majors: www.petersons.com
College search and informative articles: www.princetonreview.com
California Colleges: www.californiacolleges.edu, www.aiccumentor.org

Specialized College Search/Application Resources

The Common Application: www.commonapp.org
First generation and under-served students: www.csopportunity.org

Virtual campus tours: www.campustours.com

College Athletics: www.ncaa.org, www.campuschamps.com, www.naia.org
Catholic colleges: www.catholiccollegesonline.org
Jesuit colleges: www.ajcunet.edu
Historically Black colleges: www.edonline.com/cq/hbcu
College and university rankings: www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm

Standardized Testing Resources

SAT: www.collegeboard.com
ACT: www.act.org and www.actstudent.org
Educational Testing Service: www.ets.org
Colleges which de-emphasize testing: www.fairtest.org

Financial Aid

Free application for federal student aid: www.fafsa.ed.gov
Financial aid search and guide: www.finaid.org
Financial aid and scholarship search: www.fastweb.com
Paying for college (also in spanish): www.edfund.org
Student loans: www.nelliemae.org, www.salliemae.com, www.studentloanfunding.com

Majors, Careers & Jobs

Informational materials on many careers available in the College & Career Center

Engineering colleges and careers: www.engineeringK12.org/students
Medical schools, including accelerated BS/MD programs: www.aamc.org
Architecture schools: www.acsa-arch.org
Accredited arts and design schools: http://nasad.arts-accredit.org
Careers in science: www.science.education.nih.gov/LifeWorks
Occupational Network resources: www.onetcenter.org
Careers in healthcare: www.makeitinscrubs.com
Bay Area job postings: www.craigslist.org
Jobs for high school students: www.ehss.org
Employment and education for youth in SF: www.myeep.org

Health Resources

Center for Young Women's Health: www.youngwomenshealth.org
Health issues for teens: www.goaskalice.columbia.edu
Young Women's Health Conference: www.ywhconline.org
Support for Teens from Teens: www.onyourmind.net
Stress, test anxiety, adolescent issues: http://www.teen-matters.com/textonly/stress.html

Learning Differences

Learning Disabilities: www.schwablearning.org
Comprehensive list of LD resources: www.unc.edu/depts/lds/resource/resources

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