General Sites for Planning
Brain Track
www.braintrack.com/us-colleges
Help find a good college and set you on your right path to your career.
Next Step
www.nextstepu.com
Magazines for colleges, careers and life!
Xap
www.xap.com
Prepare, plan, search and apply for colleges right here!
Adventures in Education
www.adventuresineducation.org
Start planning in middle school for your college and career
Prentice Hall’s Student Success
www.prenhall.com/success
Great site- covers majors, career options, money matters and lots more!
Mapping Your Future
www.mapping_your_future.org/
Planning a career, selecting a school, paying for school.
Information to Help Choose
The Princeton Review
www.princetonreview.com
College test prep. Choose from many different college tests and then prepare for them.
Campus Tours
www.campustours.com
Your source for virtual tours, webcams, campus maps, college videos and pictures.
College Board
www.collegeboard.com
College searches, college match, SAT info- it’s endless!
Collegiate Choice
www.collegiatechoice.com
Campus walking tours and videos
American Universities
www.clas.ufl.edu/au/
University granting BA or aboved- some International
College NET
www.collegenet.com/elect/app/app
Complete, file, and pay for admissions applications entirely through the internet. Over 350 schools represented. Financial aid also.
All About College
www.allaboutcollege.com
Links to college and university homepages.
Peterson’s: Colleges and Universities
www.petersons.com
Links to college and university home pages.
Univ Source
www.univsource.com
Featuring links and resources for domestic and international students interested in attending college in the US- includes a listing by state of graduate schools.
Web US Higher Education
www.utexas.edu/world/univ/
This page of UT Austin Web Central contains links to Web servers at universities and community colleges in the US. The one server is listed for each campus to the actual course catalog.
College and University Rankings
www.library.illnois.edu/edx/rankings/
Rankings of colleges and universities of all different kinds of majors.
College Bound
www.collegebound.net
Everything you need to know to get into your college.
Get Ready for College
www.eduprep.com
Different preparations to get you ready for college.
Super College
www.supercollege.com
Helping you to get into and pay for the college of your dreams.
Financial Aid Information
Estudent Loan
www.estudentloan.com
Find the college you want a lone for and search all the loans and tuition prices.
Free Scholarship Search and Information Service
www.freschinfo.com
Search for scholarships and financial aid.
Broke Scholar
www.brokescholar.com
Look for scholarships. Over 2 million scholarships to choose from.
FinAid
www.finaid.com
A great site for financial aid and scholarships. It has everything, applications are only the beginning.
ThePell.com
www.thepell.com
Information on the Pell Grant Program and links to other financial aid resources.
Federal Student Aid
www.studentaid,ed,gov
Financial Aid from the US Department of Education
FastWeb
www.fastweb.com
Provides access to over $1 billion in scholarships. Both state and federal aid and information about receiving aid through tax credits. Tips on filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and writing winning scholarship applications.
College View
www.collegeview.com/index.jsp
Includes information on scholarships and state-sponsored grants. Includes tools to estimate your family’s financial aid eligibility.
Sallie Mae
www.salliemae.com
Provides an overview of education loans, a basic guide to financial aid and allows online access to accounts.
Scholarships Scam Warning Signs
www.lapl.org/ya/life/scholar-scam.html
Find out if your scholarship is a scam with these warning signs.
Test Prep Sites
YAHOO! Education
www.education.yahoo.com
A popular search engine helping in the most common adventure in a teenagers life: Colleges and Careers, here you can search by what you want to make the process easier for those who don't really know what college they prefer. The reference section has a dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus, and even a Spanish-English dictionary.
ACT Online Practice
www.actstudent.org/onlineprep/order.html
Be sure to talk to your parents or guardians before purchasing this but we definitely recommend the personal version verse the school version because the variety that it offers. Different essays are available that will be timed just like the real thing.
SAT Online Prep
www.majortests.com/sat
This site is loaded on what you could see on the test, between the structure to 1,000+ vocab words you will be more then prepared for the test. For those who have busy schedules and look to check lists as a source of accomplishment check out the 8-week Prep Plan, this will keep a track record of what you have done each week getting the most out of studying as possible.
AIMS Practice
www.triumphlearning.com//c/@ue9B3Ho_UcU2Q/Pages/home.web
From grades 3 to 12 you can practice with workbooks regarding Math, Social Studies, Science, and Language Arts. Be aware that in order to receive these booklets you must have them ordered and shipped to you; let your parents or guardians know that you want to do this.
4Tests
www.4tests.com/main/home.asp?gohome=1
A great online resource for taking, scoring, practicing major tests, some include, SAT, ACT, and GED. If you don't understand a question then you can check the box in the corner and review it later, it even shows how to correct the problem if its wrong right away, instant feed-back is one of the best ways for students to learn.
College Board
www.collegeboard.com/student/index.html?student
You can register or practice for free the SAT test, send you scores, and college planning. Making an account will insure better organization for one of the most thoughtful tests a young adult could take.
The Princeton Review
www.princetonreview.com
Here is a website with both college prep, like tests and practice tests, and career scoping, like searching for a type of college. By creating an account you can be recommended schools based on your interests, view school profiles and ranking, and the access to free online practice tests.
Kaplan
www.kaplan.com/Pages/default.aspx
They want to see that your educational goals are fulfilled and that your success will provide you with a better future. They offer personalized approach to their education an strive to help you meet three points, professional training, higher education and test preparation.
Kaplan K-12 Learning Services
www.kaplank12.com/az/home
Find booklets with the fundamental education for grades K-12 such as, reading, math, and test readiness. College preparation is another place were you can find booklets on majors tests like, ACT and SAT.
Study Abroad
Colleges and Careers – Your Guide to a Successful Future.
www.careersandcolleges.com
4,000+ Colleges in their search engine, easy to find and search for used textbooks at low costs, finding the perfect major or degree and much more are waiting for you to explore the opportunities. By completing the registration you are automatically entered into the annual contest for a scholarship of $10,000.
Learning Abroad Center
www.umabroad.umn.edu/ci/index.html
From the University of Minnesota, curriculum integration brings a new experience of internationalism to undergraduate with the help of faculty, professionals and academic advisers. This website offers suggestions on how to best prepare for studying abroad.
Residential Colleges Worldwide – The Collegiate Way
www.collegiateway.org/colleges/
Colleges around the world offer on campus residents to the students. Many of the student refer to this system to be very much like the way “Harry Potter” lives, though each and every student is sure to have their own magical adventure with friends and the knowledge they gain for a future full of benefits.
Study Abroad
www.studyabroad.com
Different programs available such as volunteer, internship, language and even summer programs.
Transition Abroad
www.transitionsabroad.com
This website offers many opportunities like work, study, travel, and living abroad. TAzine, their magazine, is another excellent way to get more information about all these great chances and can be easily located meaning no need to order through the mail.
World Wide Classroom (WWC)
www.worldwide.edu/index.html
For the past 41 years, WWC has been sharing information around the world about other world wide programs offered for students to overcome the prejudices and be open minded about other cultures. You are welcome to look though the information just be aware that if you want to be a member there is an annual fee.
Career Information
CareerInfoNet
www.acinet.org/acinet/default.asp
Info to make informed career decisions.
UniXL
www.unixl.com/dir
Provides High quality and relevant education and career related resources.
NY Career Zone
www.nycareerzone.org/graphic/resources
Lots of information-on colleges, financial aid and options for what to do if you don’t want to go to a 4 year college.
Miscellaneous
Listings of Community Colleges across the US
www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/cc/info.html
An online community college application website. Also search community colleges across all of America.
