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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