Middle Schoolers

It is never too early to think about college and middle school is a great place to start. Here is what you can be doing:

Explore your Interests. Take an Interest Inventory.

Visit BRIDGES

(You may already have an account for this at your school and your own password and user ID. If not, contact your counselor or College for ME-Androscoggin for the necessary codes.)

Once in, Click on CHOICES PLANNER

Next, click on the INTEREST PROFILER under the “WORK” Tab and answer the questions.

Once you are done, look at the careers that match your interests. Be sure to check WHAT TO LEARN and MONEY AND OUTLOOK to learn how much education you will need, the average pay for that career and annual number of openings.

Now that you have found some careers that meet you interests, set up a job shadow, do some additional research, find out where you can study to get a degree that leads to those careers.

Plan a Job Shadow of a career that interests you.

Visit the Peterson’s website or Unigo to “shop” for some colleges and take some virtual tours!