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For High School Students and Guidance Counselors

Contact the ACM colleges

For more information about individual ACM colleges, contact their admission offices or visit their websites.

Resources for high school students and their parents

ACM has materials to help high school students and their parents as they explore college options,  including: 

  • The Pre-College Planner, information for students about the college selection process;
  • Guia para padres (the Pre-College Planner for Parents in Spanish);
  • College Guides on a variety of topics: Going to a college fair, campus visits, writing a college application essay, a college evaluation chart, and questions to ask colleges about financial aid.

Resources for guidance counselors

Breakfast for counselors in Milwaukee

ACM will host a breakfast on October 26, 2010. More information

ACM Publications

ACM publications are available in PDF format to help students and families understand the college selection process!

  • The Pre-College Planner provides a concise overview -- from self-assessment through application -- of how students can find colleges to match their goals.
  • Guia para padres (the Pre-College Planner for Parents in Spanish) takes parents through the college search, step by step. 
  • The two-page College Guides are available to download and distribute. They cover topics such as going to a college fair, visiting a campus, writing a college application essay, and asking colleges about financial aid.

  • Two additional College Guide handouts give advice for counselors and teachers on writing recommendations for students applying to college.

ACM Summer Institute for Counselors

Handouts used at the ACM Summer Institute for Counselors on June 23, 2010 in Chicago are available to download.

 

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