BRIDGES
Bryan High School subscribes to BRIDGES, an online program that can help you figure out careers that suit you and help you explore college options throughout the United States.
You can access this program from home or in the GO Center, located in the Commons on the Blue Campus. Below are instructions for logging in, creating and account, and accessing the various services. Be sure to save your searches! Don't be shy -- visit Ms. Kerr or members of the GForce in the GO Center if you need help.
To set up an account, click "Create a New Portfolio".
The Site ID is 1009165 and the password is viking (all lower case).
If you are trying to figure out what career might match your interests, look under the Work heading and click Start With A Quick Quiz. Once you have completed the quiz, click on More Information to learn details about the career.
If you already know what career interests you, click Find Other Ways To Explore Careers. You can use the search box at the top right or search for your career by alphabet under Find Careers By.
Other ways to search are to click Career Zone or search under the school subjects you enjoyed or did well in -- Your School Subject.
CHOOSING A COLLEGE MAJOR
You may know that you want to attend college, but perhaps you have not yet chosen your major. The college applications you fill out will be asking you for your choice of major. Before you panic, keep in mind that people do change their majors (and their careers, sometimes more than once), so identifying a major on your college application is not a declaration to which you are bound for a lifetime. Furthermore, most college offer the option of "Undeclared" or "Undecided" or "General Studies" for students who just can't decide what they want to study in their first year of college.
* You will need to register (the service is free).
* You will need to know your GPA.
* If you have taken the SAT or ACT, you will need to know your score.
* You will answer questions about your grades & interests in high school, select from a LONG list of subjects what IS and IS NOT of interest to you, rank your preferences about the kind of work you would like to do.
* Finally, you will receive a list of 6 majors that may be right for you, based on your answers.
OTHER CAREER RESOURCES
The Bureau of Labor and Statistics has a website aimed at helping K-12 students explore careers based on their areas of interest: http://www.bls.gov/k12/
Additionally, the GO Center houses several books that can help you find information on careers. You are welcome to come browse through these books.
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