College Searches

College Board Online - contains over 1,000 pages of information
www.collegeboard.org

My Road dot com - St. Croix Country Day's personal college search source. Must have an account through Country Day in order to use.
www.myroad.com

Colleges that Change Lives - Highly recommended website inspired by Loren Pope author of the book, Colleges that Change Lives. List of about forty schools not included in "US News Best Schools" or other ranking sources, but are excellent schools with sound environments in which students are academically, emotionally, physically and spiritually nourished.
www.ctclonline.com

College and University Home Pages - MIT provides access to alphabetical and geographical listings of college and university sites worldwide. A great place to start! www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ.html

CollegeNet - a searchable database of colleges, scholarship opportunities, and academic resources.
www.collegenet.com

Peterson's Education Center - college database as well as links to 4,000 schools and summer programs, language study, and study abroad options.
www.petersons.com

The Princeton Review - conduct a college search.
www.princetonreview.com

US News Best Colleges
www.usnews.com

Admissions Testing & Test Prep

College Board Online - test prep and SAT registration site.
www.collegeboard.org

ACT dot org - ACT registration and information site.
www.act.org

Number 2 dot com - free standardized testing prep (SAT, ACT, PSAT).
www.number2.com

Testprep - free site to help you study for the SAT 1.
www.testprep.com

Kaplan Educational Centers - offers commercial test prep.
www.kaplan.com

The Princeton Review - commercial test prep
www.princetonreview.com

Special Group Searches

The Alternative Higher Education Network
http://www.educationrevolution.org/ahenmain.html

Associated Western Universities Incorporated
http://www.awu.org/

Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
www.ajcunet.edu

Hispanic Serving Institutions
List provided by the Office for Civil Rights
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCR/minorityinst.html

Historically Black Colleges and Universities
List provided by ed.gov
http://www.ed.gov/inits/commissionsboards/whhbcu/list.html

Ivy League Universities
This link goes to the only official Ivy Leaque site, with a focus on sports, but has useful infomation about each school, with links to official school sites.
http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/

National Liberal Arts Colleges
List provided by usnews.com
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/ranklibartco_brief.php

Financial Aid

FAFSA - FAFSA opens the door to the federal aid process. Every step you can take gets you closer to achieving your education goals. Find out what you can expect from beginning to end.
www.fafsa.ed.gov

Scholarship Scam Alert - Don't get ripped off! There are scam artists out there who prey on students and their families seeking financial aid. Here's a site to help you avoid getting stung!
www.finaid.org/

Expected Family Contribution - Fill out the simple forms (have your financial data ready) and find what your family will be expected to contribute toward your college expenses.
http://apps.collegeboard.com/fincalc/efc_welcome.jsp

College Choice Website - Information and links to other financial aid sites, such as ROTC Scholarships, Scholarship Search Services, Index of Minority Scholarships and Fellowships, and Student Loan Information from Banks.
http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/mm/cc/home.html

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators - an award winning site that provides excellent links in Internet sources of information.
www.finaid.org/

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