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More NYPL Career Panels
- NYPL Career Panels: Legal Professions
- NYPL Career Panels: Business Professions
- NYPL Career Panels: Healthcare Professions
- NYPL Career Panels: IT Professions
- NYPL Career Panels: Fashion Professions
College Search & Application Process
- Why College?
- Beginning the College Search
- Types of Colleges
- Download worksheet one and worksheet two
- Download worksheet one and worksheet two
- HBCU 101: An Introduction to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, presented by Collegewise in partnership with The New York Public Library
- Online CUNY Admissions Information Session and Q&A, presented by Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library
- Navigating Scholarships
- Opportunity Programs
- Writing the College Essay
- College & Career Pathways: College Life Panel
Career & Life Skills
Money Management
For Parents
- SHSAT (Specialized High School Admissions Test) Parents Guide, presented by Grand Central Library and The Princeton Review
More College & Career Pathways Resources
Do you want to go to college? Are you having a hard time figuring out how to prepare to apply? The New York Public Library offers resources and programs to help you on your path to higher education.
College & Career Pathways has been made possible thanks to the generous support of The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation.
These programs and initiatives are part of the Library’s overall commitment to our branch patrons and education programs, led by the Merryl and James Tisch Director of Branch Libraries and Education. Major support for educational programming is provided by Merryl H. and James S. Tisch.