Colleges

The Mountain Vista High School Counseling Department is a comprehensive guidance and counseling program facilitating student growth in academics, career, and personal / social development. We are committed to serving and supporting students, families, and staff through listening, problem-solving, informing, guiding, nurturing, for the purpose of inspiring all toward extraordinary efforts.

Where To Start

Office Hours: 7:00 AM to 3:15 PM

How To See A Counselor

~Students - Counselors have sign-up sheets on a clipboard that hangs next to their door. Sign-up in the time slot you want to see your counselor. Mrs. Neely will give you a pass to return on the day of your appointment.
~Parents - Please call 303-387-1526 to make an appointment or to speak with your student's counselor.

Sites	Descriptions
All About College	Web links & E-mail addresses for colleges in the US as well as some international locations.
Alphabetic List of US Universities	List of U.S. universities, ordered alphabetically.
Alternate Therapy Schools	Links to schools organized by state for learning massage therapy, acupuncture, aroma therapy, etc.
Architecture Programs	The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) is the sole agency authorized to accredit US professional degree programs in architecture. Most state registration boards in the United States require any applicant for licensure to have graduated from a NAAB-accredited program. This site lists currently 111 schools offering NAAB accredited professional programs in architecture, leading to the Master of Architecture or Bachelor of Architecture degree.
Association of Boarding Schools	Directory of boarding schools.
Braintrack	Index to universities all over the world, organized by continent and country.
Business Week's Ratings for Business Schools	Graduate programs in business rated by Business Week.
Canadian Universities	Alpha list of colleges with links to home pages.
Christian Colleges Mentor	The complete planning guide for those looking to attend a Bible or Christian College.
College and Character	While this site is affiliated with a book that is for sale, it has lists by alpha and by state of colleges that have exemplary college programs that inspire students to lead ethical and civic minded lives. It also organizes the programs into categories such as volunteerism, substance abuse prevention, academic honesty programs, civic education programs, etc.
Community College Web	Index for 879 community colleges and 123 related resource sites.
Evangelical Lutheran Colleges and Universities	Links to affiliated university pages.
FairTest	Lists links to the home pages of colleges that list 4-year colleges and universities, ranging in size and mission from small private liberal art colleges to large state university systems, that do not use the SAT or ACT to make admissions decisions about some or all of their applicants seeking admission as freshmen. Some of these school require all applicants to submit test scores whether or not they use the test scores to make admissions decisions.
Forensic Science	Links to colleges in the United States and the United Kingdom that offer forensic science programs.
Historically Black Colleges	Alpha list with links to home pages.
Homeschooling Friendly Colleges	This is an incomplete list of colleges that have accepted home schooled teens. If you don't see a college/university that you want to apply to, contact them to find out about admissions for homeschoolers.
Hillel	Guide to Jewish life on campus. Search for colleges around the world that have Hillels on campus.
LGBT Campus Resource Centers	Listing of homepages for and information about college and university offices staffed by members of the National Consortium of Directors of LGBT Resources in Higher Education.
Medical Schools	List of schools offering combined college/physician programs.
Pharmacy Schools	This is the official site of the Federation of International Pharmaceutical Schools. The list is in the form of a searchable database.
Seventh Day Adventist Colleges and Universities	List of colleges and universities with SDA affiliation around the world.
Tribal Colleges	Click on the map to go the college links for the 33 institutions that were created in response of the higher education needs of American Indians.
University Links	Each week University Links searches the web for colleges with exceptional home pages and rates them based on content, graphics, and overall usefulness. List of Categories gets comprehensive lists of colleges and universities sorted by alphabet, state, and type. Other information includes college newspapers, student governments, catholic schools, historically black schools, women's colleges,business schools, etc.
US Two Year Colleges	Click on a map of the US to find homepages of community colleges.
Veterinarian Colleges	Site sponsored by the American Veterinary Medical Colleges lists all the universities that offer graduate degrees in veterinary science.
Women's Colleges	Information about women's colleges as well as links to their web sites.
Yahoo Guide to University Home Pages	Also has links to American tribal colleges, historical black colleges, men's colleges, women's colleges, private colleges by state, public colleges by state, and community colleges.