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Dual Enrollment

Carroll High School is proud to offer numerous courses through our dual enrollment program with Des Moines Area Community College.  Dual enrollment means a student earns high school credit and college credit for taking a course.  The instructor must have a master’s degree or higher to be eligible to instruct the course and have a minimum of 12 credit hours of master’s level credit in the subject area to be eligible to teach the course.

Kudar - College & Career Planning System

http://www.dmacc.kuder.com/

Useful Websites

http://www.fafsa.ed.gov --FAFSA website that provides on line financial aid applications.

http://www.pin.ed.gov --This website works in conjunction with www.fafsa.ed.gov.  You apply for financial aid on line the parent and student must have a pin number that you can apply for at this website.

http://www.act.org -- American College Test (ACT) website.  This site provides valuable test prep information and college resources.

http://www.collegenet.com --College Net is a college database that also provides numerous scholarship opportunities.

http://finaid.org --Finaid provides over 180,000 scholarship opportunities.  This site also provides information on federal student aid programs and is a scholarship scam alert site. Features financial aid resources, including a searchable database of scholarships, financial aid calculators and advice on saving for college.

http://www.campustours.com --This site provides visual tours of hundreds of colleges across the United States.

http://www.careers.org --Career Net is a great source for career exploration.

http://petersons.com/ugrad --Offers career search information and matches appropriate colleges with career goals.

http://www.collegeplanning.org --Offers tips on preparing for college and applying for admission and financial aid.

www.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool-- Features a searchable database of thousands of colleges and universities

www.collegeboard.com-- Allows student to make side-by-side comparisons of colleges and universities

www.studentaid2.ed.gov/gotocollege/campustour-- Offers financial aid and admission information, such as average financial aid packages awarded.