College Planning
Salem Academy offers full-service college planning. What does that mean for your student?
Discuss Direction: Most students have a difficult time answering the question of what do you want to major in or what do you want to be when you grow up? Salem Academy explores these questions starting their freshman year with aptitude and personality tests, career fairs, and work study opportunities for older students.
Pinpoint Priorities: Every family is different. Priorities can range from academic options and selectivity to affordability or geography. Whichever category you fall into, Salem Academy is here to help. We offer comprehensive college planning, guiding our students through the entire college admission journey. Our highly individualized approach helps our students find the “right fit” for a college, academically, socially, and financially.
Essay Excellence: Your student’s essay is one of their only opportunities in the application process to become personal and to tell their story to the admission committee. During your student’s junior year, they will develop a strong personal statement essay for their college application. Salem Academy’s English teachers correct and perfect their college essay, so it is ready before they apply to a college.
At Salem Academy we are determined to create a strong career & college going culture in our high school. Salem Academy has embraced the State of Oregon’s ASPIRE program that offers education, support, and resources for all students. ASPIRE provides student support for future planning, in addition to activities or events that focus on career exploration, career and college research, admissions applications, scholarships, and financial aid.
- COMMUNITY SERVICE
Service hours are often a helpful addition for both scholarship and college applications. For help tracking them throughout your time at Salem Academy, (this link opens in a new window)submit hours year round (above and beyond the 10 hours per year for SA graduation requirements).
- COLLEGE SELECTION
GENERAL SITES
- U.S. News College Rankings
- Affordable Colleges Online
- Council for Christian Colleges
- Princeton Review
- National Catholic College Admissions Association
- National Center for Educational Statistics
- Peterson’s Education Center
- Scoir
- Khan Academy SAT test prep help
REGIONAL SITES
SPECIFIC COLLEGES
- Abilene Christian University
- Chemeketa Community College
- Corban College
- Grand Canyon University
- George Fox University
- Hardin-Simmons University
- Oregon State University
- Pacific University
- Portland State University
- Seattle Pacific University
- University of Richmond
- Western Oregon University
- Whitworth University
- COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
Here is a list of general scholarship websites for students. There is a variety of local, state, and national scholarships. Students are responsible for reviewing scholarship requirements, note deadlines, and review the instructions on each scholarship.
Oregonstudentaid.org
Studentscholarships.org
GoingMerry.com
Scholarships.com
Niche.com
OregonGoesToCollege.org
JLVCollegeCounseling.com
OregonGearUp.org
Avoid Scholarship Scams- STUDENT ATHLETES
Athletes who are wanting to play sports at the collegiate level need to be aware of college athlete participation requirements set forth by the NAIA and NCAA. These requirements can be found on the websites listed below.
We recommend students, along with their parents review these requirements at the beginning of freshman year of high school as there are specific high school course requirements that need to be met. Students will need to register with the NAIA and/or NCAA Eligibility Center (for Division I and II) during their junior or senior year of high school. Students will also need to work with their high school coaches to compile the proper materials to assist them in the pursuit of participating in collegiate athletics.