Counseling
Schedule A Meeting with a Counselor (click on Counselor's name below)
Class Selection & Power Point Presentations Spring 2025 ** Please refer to CANVAS page for the latest
- 2025-2026 Course Selection Information
- Incoming 9th-12th Grade Course Selection Presentation 25-26
- RHS Four Year Plan Template
- Spring 2025- Understanding Your Transcript
FAFSA, CSS Profile & CSAC- Form your Future Booklet Link
- Form Your Future Magazine online English y Español
- Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form to apply for financial aid for college. FAFSA Opening Soon Students will be able to submit their Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2022-2023 academic year beginning October 1, 2021. Learn more here.
- Sallie Mae: Paying for College
- Each year CSS Profile gives access to more than $9 billion for thousands of undergraduate, graduate and professional students.
- Need Cash for College? Have questions about FAFSA or CADAA? Attend one of our CSAC Statewide Cash for College Webinars! These webinars will provide students and their families information on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and California Dream Act Application (CADAA). All students welcome! Bring your questions!
- Fast Facts about the FAFSA
- FastWeb.Com Helpful Resources/Timelines
Scholarship Links (Deadlines Vary)
- Xello: Log onto CLEVER and Apply through your Xello Account and do Scholarship Searches
- The San Diego County Salute to Education program is a corporate sponsored scholarship program funded by the San Diego County Ford dealers and Ford Motor Company.
- FastWeb.Com Helpful Resources
- Top 175 Scholarship Searches
- Fast Web Scholarship Search
- CAPPEX
- Imagine America Foundation
- The Coca-Cola Scholars Program Scholarship
- Sallie Mae: Paying for college resource
- QuestBridge Scholarship Program
- Each year CSS Profile gives access to more than $9 billion for thousands of undergraduate students.
- GE-REAGAN FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
- Scholarships to incoming first-year students who are majoring in Chemistry or Biochemistry at CSUSM
- The Jackie Robinson Foundation scholarship application is now available!
- COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM The San Diego Foundation Community Scholarship program provides scholarship opportunities for local students to help pursue their educational goals and achieve their higher education dreams.
- Many Scholarship Opportunities Through Going Merry
- Cox Scholarship
- High School Heisman Scholarship Opportunity
Some Resources for Enrichment and Career Exploration
- San Diego Media Arts Center (Teen Producers Project and Film Classes)
- Coalition Application Free, college-planning tools to learn about, prepare for, and apply to college
- What Can I Do With A Major In...?
- Job vs. Career
- Tool for career exploration and job analysis!
- Careers Research
- Discover a career path
- Find your next volunteer opportunity!
- Carnegie Mellon University: Apply Today for the Summer of a Lifetime.
Up Coming Online College Fairs
- Harvard, Princeton, UVA, Wellesley, and Yale Information Session in San Diego Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 7:00 PM until 8:30 PMPacific Daylight Time
- BYU Admissions biggest Livestream airs Tuesday, October 18, 7:00 PM MT:
- DISCOVER YOUR DREAM COLLEGE VIRTUALLY Chat LIVE 1-1 with admissions counselors - and in groups with other students too. Ask them the questions that matter to you, access relevant information and discover your best fit opportunities!
- CSU Week College Nights: all 23 campuses
- The Regional Admission Counselors of California (RACC): SESSIONS AND DATES:
- Verto Education Virtual College Fair
- San Diego/Imperial Cal-SOAP Virtual College Fair
- America East Conference Virtual College Tour
Palomar College's Satellite campus at Mountain Valley High School
UC Fall Preview Days 2023 & Links to UC Comprehensive Review Resources by Campus
- UC Berkeley
- UC Davis
- UC Irvine
- UCLA
- UC Merced
- UC Riverside
- UCSD
- UCSB
- UCSC
- UC Admissions Comprehensive Review Resources
How to Support each other emotionally
- SDCOE Building a Virtual Safety Net
- Self Care Guide
- Mental Health Teen Guide
- Link to The Coalition to Support Grieving Students
- Yellow Ribbon Suicide Awareness
- Suicide Prevention Hotline
- The Trevor Project: Saving young LGBTQ lives
- Up2SD designed to empower San Diegans to talk openly about mental illness, recognize symptoms, utilize local resources and seek help.
- See Your Inner Strength (Video)
- Youth Leadership Summit 9/15/20 An exciting opportunity to inspire and educate youth on suicide prevention, resiliency, and hope!
- San Diego Domestic Violence Council
- Links if you or a loved one is going through Domestic Violence
- Enlaces de sitios para familias de Violencia Domestica
- Being a teen can be really stressful! Mindfulness is a powerful way to handle stress, and live life more fully.
SAT and ACT Practice Tests and Companies that specialize in these Tests (* Fee Associated with some resources)
- College Board: SAT I,II, PSAT, AP Information
- ACT Testing Services
- Free Khan Academy SAT Test Prep. (Sign up for an account or use your PSAT Account (College Board)
- Free SAT Practice Tests and Events Attending a Princeton Review event is a great way for you to see our teachers in action. You’ll get vital information about the SAT, the college admission process and more. Check out events near you.
- KAPLAN: SAT PREP - LIVE ONLINE Enjoy the same kind of support and structure of a physical classroom from your favorite study space with our Live Online prep course for the SAT.
- USD's ACT and SAT Classes Offer Comprehensive Preparation to Help Students Master Their Exam.
- METHOD Test Prep (Company): SAT & ACT RESOURCES Our resources page will help answer common questions about the ACT and SAT as well as inform you of the process and structure.
- SAT and ACT 2024-2025 Test Dates
College Virtual Visits to RHS
3 months ago
College visits
Please keep checking as Colleges and Universities are contacting us and we are contacting them to set up dates and times.
Here are some College Fairs that you should check out!
The Regional Admission Counselors of California (RACC) College (Out-of-State)
TBD: All visits occur during lunch period unless otherwise noted. Announcements will be made and emails will be sent to the students. This is a great opportunity to ask questions about admissions, programs, financial aid and much more!
Financial Aid Information and Events
3 months ago
By Victoria Mackenzie
The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is open to all Seniors starting October 1st. Click the link below to be directed to the application.
Need Cash for College?
Have questions about FAFSA or CADAA? Attend one of our CSAC Statewide Cash for College Webinars! These webinars will provide students and their families information on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and California Dream Act Application (CADAA).
All students welcome! Bring your questions!