Student & Family Connection
Oasis College Connection, Financial Aid, and the rest of your life!
The college search process can be a frustrating and difficult process. It can also be fun and rewarding to find that perfect fit for after high school. The Student and Family Connection is an online tool that you can use develop your plan after high school. You can get yourself ready to take the ACT with online test preparation, search colleges that might fit you, and explore careers and majors at colleges around the country.
But, like any tool, it doesn't do anything unless you use it. We explore the online resource with you to help you discover your options and possibilities.
Online Software Services
Current OCC Students can link to OCC's software site here: Family Connection.
Students and parents who would like to explore our software can enter as a guest to see a limited version (college search only) of the sofware.
The Guest Password is "guest."
Only OCC students have complete access to the site.
OCC youth have access to numerous online services including:
- An online ACT prep course including a pre-test evaluation, audio lessons for every subject, sample questions, and two full-length ACT tests
- College exploration and search
- Submit online college applications
- Career interest assessments
- Career and up-to-date career salary information
- Learning styles surveys and personality profile
- Resume builder
- Local Scholarship database and links
Staff Recommended Links
- College for TN - one stop shop for Tennessee Colleges/online applications: http://www.collegefortn.com/
- Unigo - College Reviews by College Students: www.unigo.com
- NashvilleScholarships.com - local scholarship database: http://nashvillescholarships.com/
- Quest Bridge - linking low-income students to the nation's best colleges - www.questbridge.org
- Colleges That Change Lives - 40 great schools doing things different - www.ctcl.org
- Colleges that guarantee $0 Loans - http://projectonstudentdebt.org/Type_and_Coverage.vp.html
- Chegg - Rent text books if you can't afford to buy them - www.chegg.com

