Colusa High School - Helpful Websites

Helpful Websites

Exploring College Options

http://www.californiacolleges.edu – Your one stop shop for college opportunities, financial aid, etc. in California
http://www.collegeboard.com - College Board home page containing college, testing and financial aid information
http://www.peterson.com – Peterson’s education center with a wide range of information and services
http://www.collegenet.com – Provides college and financial aid search options
http://www.review.com/college - Princeton Review’s site of 331 Best Colleges
http://www.wiredscholar.com – a comprehensive site with college search options, scholarships, test prep information and career assessments
http://www.mycollegeguide.org – College search options as well as numerous articles and information about the college search process
http://www.anycollege.com – a free, non-biased and easy to navigate web site accessing over 5400 colleges
http://www.collegexpress.com – College search options as well as financial aid and admission info
http://www.yahoo.com/Education - Many web sites related to the college selection process
http://www.embark.com – College, career and financial aid options including online applications
http://www.collegelink.com – Website to find and apply electronically to hundreds of schools
http://www.gocollege.com – Database containing free college and scholarship search options
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/au - Links to all college and university home pages
http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator - A college search provided by the Federal Government
http://www.mass.edu - The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education’s home page with information about higher education and admission requirements at the state universities and colleges
http://www.massmentor.com - Information and search options of the 53 independent schools
http://www.aesmentor.org - Information on college searching, financial aid and career planning
http://www.myfootpath.com - Admissions information as well as general articles and newsletters
http://www.braintrack.com/us-colleges - A comprehensive directory of United States colleges and universities, since 1996.

Exploring Financial Aid & Scholarships

http://www.finaid.org - A comprehensive site with hundreds of links
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov – File the FAFSA electronically through this site
http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/completing_fafsa/2007_2008/index.html - Detailed information about completing the FAFSA
https://profileonline.collegeboard.com/prf/index.jsp - Electronic version of the CSS Profile
http://www.fastap.org - Large database with search options for scholarship information
http://www.fastweb.com - Financial aid and scholarship information
http://www.wachovia.com/personal/page/0,,325_496,00.html – Financial aid information for both students and parents
http://www.college-scholarships.com - Provides information on colleges, test preparationand free scholarship and financial aid searches
http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/financial_aid - An online scholarship search for private scholarship sources
http://www.teri.org - A private, not-for-profit organization providing education financing and loan info
http://www.nelliemae.com - A non-profit corporation providing college loans and information
http://www.salliemae.com – The home page for the Student Loan Marketing Association
http://www.collegenet.com/mach25 - Free scholarship database sponsored by College Net

Test Preparation and Information

http://www.collegeboard.com – College Board’s home page with links to SAT registration and info
http://www.act.org – Information and registration for the ACT’s
http://www.kaplan.com – Test preparation information and more
http://www.testprep.com – SAT study guides and information about raising one’s score
http://www.gocollege.com – Free ACT and SAT prep information
http://www.princetonreview.com - Princeton Review’s site with course offerings and study guide
http://www.powerprep.com/collguid/collbd.htm - Website that provides strategies for tests
http://fairtest.org/university/optional - The National Center for Fair and Open Testing compiled a list of over 700 schools where the SAT/ACT is optional

Miscellaneous

http://www.commonapp.org – Access to the Common Application accepted at over 200 private schools
http://www.nacacnet.org – The National Association of College Admission Counseling home page including a list of national college fairs and college related articles
http://www.zdnet.com - Lists America’s “100 Most Wired Colleges”
http://www.ncaa.org – Information regarding eligibility for college bound athletes
http://naia.org - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ home page
http://www.smart.net/~pope/hbcu/hbculist.htm - Links to historically Black college and university home pages
http://www.uncf.org – Website for the United Negro College Fund that includes scholarship information and lists of affiliated schools
http://www.makoa.org/education.htm - Links to resources for the learning disabled
http://www.hillel.org – Information about Jewish life on college campuses
http://www.christiancollegesearch.com – Information about over 700 “church related” colleges
http://www.catholiccollegesonline.org – A comprehensive listing of Catholic colleges and universities
http://www.ajcunet.edu – Links to Jesuit college and university home pages
http://www.greekpages.com – A listing of national and local fraternity and sorority chapters
http://www.co-op.edu – Information on colleges with cooperative education programs

Majors and Careers

Majors Search on The Princeton Review http://www.princetonreview.com/Majors.aspx
Peterson's College Search http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/searches/srchCrit1.asp
Collegeboard Major & Career Profiles http://www.collegeboard.com/csearch/majors_careers/profiles
Rutgers College Majors and Career Information http://careerservices.rutgers.edu/CareerHandouts.html
Massachusetts Career Information System (MassCIS) http://masscis.intocareers.org

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