South Dakota CollegePrep Project

Information available for South Dakota Counselors

The SDCollegePrep Project is a statewide collaborative effort of the Board of Regents, its six public universities, school superintendents, counselors, and professional organizations that are dedicated to the same goals: helping our children and their families plan and prepare for the option to attend college and succeed. The website is at http://www.sdbor.edu/sdcollegeprep/ .

The Project includes two parts:

1. Each fall and spring collegeprep flyers are mailed to approximately 56,000 seventh through twelfth grade students. The publications include information regarding how, why, and when to plan for college, whether it is to attend a public or private university or a technical school. It also includes information on how an education can make a difference in salaries throughout an individual's lifetime, and a model plan of study that recommends classes students should take at each grade level, in preparing for college. After the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship was enacted information on qualifications were included in the spring flyer.

2. The SDCollegePrep website's goal is to communicate to South Dakota students, their parents, and educators with accurate, high quality information about courses that will help prepare students for college-level entry, personal and academic growth, financial resources, and planning skills needed to prepare well for college and to make informed decisions.

Students have the ability to logon to the website, enter courses and grades into their own personal planner, and compare these courses to university admissions standards and SD Opportunity Scholarship criteria. They can participate in the "College Information Filing System" which allows the student to enter and keep track of their test scores, scholarship and financial information, admissions application information, immunizations, transcripts, college visits and orientations, housing and meals deadlines and selections, college registration information and books and supplies needed.

The website has links to public and private universities, tribal colleges and technical institutes in South Dakota as well as national college search engines. Students have the ability to perform degree searches by selecting a desired major from a drop-down list and the results will show which public universities in South Dakota offer that particular degree.

There is also a resource area where students can select links to other websites which contain information on math, science, English and social studies, as well as references and facts. These links are excellent tools for students to use for studying and learning information outside the classroom.