Schoolinks

St. Mary’s County Public Schools uses SchooLinks for college planning.

SchooLinks provides the District with an innovative college and career platform to support secondary students’ career exploration and post high school readiness for opportunities within the college, technical school, and military realms.

SchooLinks supports interactive experiences from interest discovery, academic and post-secondary planning, internship matching, industry partner management, and other features that help school districts broaden the definition of college and career readiness. Modern technologies, including machine learning, virtual reality, and mobile-enabled experiences, power their platform.

St. Mary’s County Public Schools is proud to partner with SchooLinks to ensure that every student has a post-graduation plan tailored to their desires, strengths, and experiences. 

What is SchooLinks?

SchooLinks is a modern, college and career readiness platform to prepare students for what comes after graduation. SchooLinks helps students discover their interests and strengths, explore colleges and careers, and create an individualized career and academic plan that best reflects their post-secondary goals. SchooLinks at St. Mary’s County Public Schools is accessible in grades 6 through 12 by students and their parents.

SchooLinks features are incredibly user-friendly and were designed to streamline the college and career readiness workflow for counselors and staff.

Using SchooLinks, students and families can:

• Access career interest, strength and mindset surveys
• Explore 2-year and 4-year colleges
• Take virtual reality college campus tours
• Search for scholarships
• Learn about financial aid
• Find internship and volunteer opportunities
• Explore traditional, emerging and military career fields
• Create digital portfolios / resumes
• Communicate with counselors

Using SchooLinks, teachers, counselors and staff can:

• Track students’ college applications
• Post internships, scholarships and career fairs
• Send electronic transcripts and supporting documents

College Application Using SchooLinks 

The College Application Manager is a tool used by students to:

• request application documents, such as transcripts and letters of recommendation,
• manage & track application requirements,
• add application results, and
• indicate enrollment decisions

The College Application Manager is not where students submit their college applications. Applications are submitted directly on college websites or through application portals such as Common App, Coalition, Questbridge, etc.

SchooLinks has a partnership with Common App. This partnership simplifies the process of requesting and tracking application documents onto a single dashboard for students. 

The following resource links can only be reached while logged into your Schoolinks account:

• How to Set up Your College Application Manager
• How to Connect your Common App Account
• How to Add a College Application and Request Application Documents
• How to Indicate Your Enrollment Decision & Request a Final Transcript