• Get involved in the planning and advising process: Build a resume, complete on-line surveys, and manage timelines and deadlines for making decisions about colleges and careers.

• Research colleges: Compare GPA, standardized test scores, and other statistics to actual historical data from your school for students who have applied and been admitted in the past.

• Sign up for college visits: Find out which colleges are visiting your school and sign up to attend those sessions.

Family Connection also lets school counselors share information with students and parents about up-coming meetings and events, local scholarship opportunities, and other Web resources for college and career information. In addition, the site includes a link that your child can use to send their school counselor an e-mail message.