COLLEGE AND CAREER PREP LINKS
SEARCHING FOR THE RIGHT SCHOOL
www.campuschamps.com for the college bound athlete.
CampusCompare.com, a website that helps you find the right match school and calculates your chances of getting in!
Organize your Schools: Are they a safety, target, or reach?
Financial Aid Calculator: Because going broke first semester is no joke.
Compare Schools: Slice and dice your way through college selection.
What Are My Chances?: Roll the dice for acceptance advice!
MatchMe Meter: Find your perfect match (schoolwise, that is).
www.cappex.com is a new website that allows you to see which colleges are interested in you BEFORE you apply! The site is free and easy to use. Simply complete your personal profile and go! There is also a wonderful "What are my chances?" Calculator, a powerful tool that you and your counselor can use to find out your chances of being admitted to almost any college in the country!
www.collegeboard.com Known for their administration of the SATs, The College Board web site is an EXCELLENT repository of many reports and articles related to testing, as well as the opportunities for on-line registration and score reporting. In addition, there is SAT preparation information, and an college search engine.
This site is one of the most comprehensive I've seen ANYWHERE. There is an answer to every question you could possibly think of, and it's structured in an easy to access format. There are articles, experts answering personal questions, and a chat post. Find information about any major; any college; and personal opinions by other students and parents.
One of my students told me about this web site recently, and I think it's great. There is a college search
engine similar to others, but then there is a "calculator" which evaluates your chances of being admitted to a particular school. There is also a place for you to store your favorite schools, your scholarships, and interesting articles (There are a plethora of them there--great SAT word ).
College View Online www.collegeview.com/
Are you ready for college? College search, financial aid, scholarship search. unique "special interests" links, career schools and colleges, test prep. Articles on issues and preparation. Excellent multicultural resources!
COLLEGE XPRESS www.collegexpress.com
This is a colorful, easy to navigate site which loaded quickly and had lots of good tools and links. In addition, there is a parents' corner with financial aid information, a scholarship search (fee-based, don't bother), do's and don't's, articles, and a weekly poll.
Exxplore CampusCompare.com, a website that helps you find the right match school and calculates your chances
of getting in! Organize your Schools: Are they a safety, target, or reach?
Financial Aid Calculator: Because going broke first semester is no joke.
Compare Schools: Slice and dice your way through college selection.
What Are My Chances?: Roll the dice for acceptance advice!
MatchMe Meter: Find your perfect match (schoolwise, that is).
College Tool Kit provides facts in more than
seventeen different categories to help you decide
if a school is right for you. It has a search Engine,
College Tool Kit provides facts in more than seventeen different categories to help you decide
if a school is right for you. It has a search Engine, and lots of interesting and useful data.
Information and applications for colleges in Connecticut. (UCONN uses this one.) Financial aid info. Career exploration. Stores your information. Links to anotherweb site called XAP.com.
Your saved information is retrievable there. XAP has similar info and applications for colleges nationwide.
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life www.hillel.org
This in-depth site has international, national, and regional information of interest to Jewish students. A search feature allows you to look up a specific college and find out the number of Jewish students and activities on campus.
GOCOLLEGE www.gocollege.com/
excellent financial aid information links; Advanced search, campus crime stats, hotels near campus, SAT tips; site changes and updates monthly.
http://www.hbcumentor.org for students interested in traditionally black colleges
the road to college, planning jobs and careers, test taking skills, choosing a major, what colleges want, college and scholarship search, parent information center.
A web site designed specifically for exploring the colleges and universities in Massachusetts.
CollegeQuest Gateway (Peterson's) www.petersons.com College Quest, Scholarships
Want to bring your pet to college? Find out the top 10 pet friendliest colleges here:
http://www.petside.com/photos/top-10-pet-friendly-colleges/top-10-pet-friendly-colleges.php#gallery
www.School Soup.com is a comprehensive website that has a huge database of scholarships, college searches, vocational school searches.
StudentsReview: Dynamic University & College Rankings
A constantly evolving site which changes its rankings monthly. School comparisons, discussion forums, career info, summer programs, and info about various majors. An excellent supplementary resource.
U.S.News Online
This site has an extensive collection of valuable tools and information sources for researching college, career, and financial aid.
You can even search colleges by majors.
I love this website! Enter all your personal information once, and store it to do on-line applications to hundreds of different schools. Includes a college search engine and a scholarship search engine. (UCONN uses this one for their application.)
Yahoo Education
A very comprehensive site which tells you everything you would want to know about a particular college. Just type the name into the search, and continue.
www.Zinch.com helps you prepare for the college admissions process. Prepare a home page (similar to face book), that colleges can peruse--and they will recruit you based on your profile. Invite your counselor to take a look before you publish--AND use the
website to do a preliminary college search.
TEST PREPARATION
March 2 Success
Free test prep program. Designed in conjunction with The Princeton Review, there is an assessment portion, practice drills and specific lessons. Cumulative evaluations are given at the mid-point in the program and at the end to measures progress. Feedback is provided regularly, and test-taking strategies are given as well.
Number2.com
This site claims to be the internet's first source for absolutely free SAT and ACT test prep. One needs to register there to take advantage. Make sure to check their "privacy policy."
review.com (from Princeton Review) www.review.com/
Great site! Interview and admissions hints, career assessment, search for majors; student match lets schools recruit you! cost calculator, SAT tips, search links; has APPLY (on-line college applications)
CAREER INFORMATION
The Black Collegian Online www.black-collegian.com/
online national career opportunities magazine. An excellent resource!
Connecticut Board of Governors for Higher Education
Education & Employment Center
www.ctdhe.org/EEIC/default.htm
free information about college, careers, and job training. Hotline phone numbers, publication links, financial aid,
and information for adult learners as well.
Mapping Your Future
www.mapping-your-future.org/ or
mapping-your-future.org/espanol
information about higher education and career opportunities. Also available in SPANISH!
o*net OnLine Find occupations matched to your skills.
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Outlook Handbook - provides assistance in understanding everything you
want to know about specific jobs.
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration
Job Corps - training and education for at-risk youth ages 16-24
FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION
Collegescholarships.com (College Connection) www.collegescholarships.com
This site displays updated scholarship lists weekly. They also have a pay for search service.
(It's really not necessary to pay someone when you can do it yourself!)
Connecticut Student Loan Foundation www.ctdhe.org/SFA/sfa.htm
An excellent resource with links related to financial aid--what it is, how it works, how to get it, and more!
FastWeb! www.fastweb.com/fastweb/
Get your own personalized scholarship search account. FastWeb notifies you of scholarships that fit your personal profile (which you've filled out in advance). Then, as new scholarships become available you'll be contacted by e-mail.
SCHOLARSHIPS.COM http://scholarships.com
financial aid information and tips; claims to be the largest and fastest free scholarship search on the internet. Also information on loans and grants
Wells Fargo Bank's website offers lots of financial aid information, tips for completing the FAFSA, and scholarship information. http://wfefs.wellsfargo.com/jump/collegeready.html
COMPLETING YOUR COLLEGE APPLICATION
The Common Application: This application is used by nearly 400 institutions. Many colleges and universities use this INSTEAD OF havingtheir own unique application. Go to: www.commonapp.org
The Universal College Application: The Universal College Application is an "online admissions application consortium for college-bound students." The Universal College Application tells member colleges that it "promotes a more inclusive admissions application consortium college membership." Currently, 84 schools subscribe to this application method. Go to: www.universalcollegeapp.com
GENERAL INTEREST
Campus Tours: Virtual College Tours! www.campustours.com/
virtual tours of hundreds of colleges, webcams, web links
CollegeNET - (Online College Applications and Free Financial Aid Search) www.collegenet.com
advanced college search
Encouraging Students to Attend College
The U.S. Department of Education recently launched a Web site, www.College.gov, aimed at motivating
students to go to college. The site, which features video testimonials from students, includes links to
statistics about how much more money college graduates earn, pointers on how to find academic
and financial support and a customizable checklist of steps for students to take.
CollegeSourceOnline www.collegesource.org/home.asp Nearly 13,000 college catalogs in complete cover-to-cover original page format;
search engine for selection process isn't great though. Free (?) trial (does this cost money in the future?)
Know How 2 GO Connecticut is an interactive website that gives you the steps you should follow and the information
you need to know to get ready for college! Click on the logo on the left to get started. (www.knowhow2goct.org)
EN ESPANOL: http://knowhow2go.org/es.php
U.S. Department of Education (ED) Home Page www.ed.gov/
Education headlines; most requested items-research, financial aid, Order publications online, and more.
College and University Rankings
www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm
The information and controversy over the college ranking system.
IPEDS COOL
From the National Center for Education Statistics; search tools
College Opportunities On Line http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/
direct links to over 9000 colleges and universities in the U.S.
Want to know what's going on at various college campuses? This link brings you to hundreds of
college newspapers, organized by
state. Click here.
HAPPY SURFING!!
Fran Levin, WHS, 10-14-09