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COLLEGE RESOURCES
College Resources
Juniors and Seniors! Use the following Web resources to help you with your most important research project yet--your college decision. Remember, you are not alone. While you can cover much ground on the Web, you'll definitely want to visit your guidance counselor for advice and help with the application process. And make it a family project. You'll want to involve your parents early on!
Interactive Search Tools
If you don't have a clue about which schools best meet your needs, in terms of academics, selectivity, diversity, environment, costs, distance, etc, start with an interactive search.
- College Board Matchmaker
- AES Education Planner School Search
- Princeton Review Advanced School Search
- College Toolkit
- Career Explorer.net
- College Board LikeFind
- CollegeNet
- College View
- Peterson’s
- NCES College Search
- College Search
- StudentsReview
- US College Search
Comparing your Selections
Collegeboard.com Side by Side Comparison
College Planners
Use these planning tools to make sure you don't miss important opportunities and deadlines.
- College Board Starting Points
- US News College Planning Guide
- US News Planner
- About.com College Admissions Timeline>
- US News Forums
- Ten Steps to College Articles videos, other cool stuff
Testing
- About the SAT
- SAT Subject Tests
- About AP
- ACT Test
- ACT Practice Tests
- Yahoo! Test Prep Center
- Google Test Prep
- Testing Helps
College and University Directories
These gateway sites provide easy access to the home pages of all the universities, where you can get tons of background information, download applications, even apply online.
- Google University Search Search within the pages of a university's site
- AES
- Pennsylvania Mentor
- U101
- University Links
- Universities Worldwide
- Center for All Collegiate Information
- University of Texas at Austin
- Yahoo! Colleges and Universities
- All About College
- Braintrack University Index
- Gradschool.com
- US News A-Z Direct
- Educations.com (Great website if you want to study aboard)
Forms
Don't miss these valuable forms. The Common Application is accepted by a growing number of institutions. FAFSA is required for most college aid applications if you are seeking aid. The PROFILE OnLine is used in addition to the FAFSA by scholarship services and a number of private schools.
- Common Application
- Free Application for Federal Student Aid
- College Board’s PROFILE OnLine (financial aid)>
Essay Help
Your essay is a critical component of your application. It offers you an opportunity to make your personal voice heard, to separate yourself from thousands of other applicants.
- College Admission Essay
- Three Steps to a College Essay (College Board)
- Essay Edge Admissions Essay 101
- College Essay Tips
- Teen Ink College Essay (student submissions)
- About.com Application Essays
- Art of Writing the College Essay
- College Essay Questions (InfoPlease)
- International Students: Sample College Essays
- What Makes a Good Essay? (Monash College)
- Tutor Hunt
Security
These sites offer another way of ranking schools by providing detailed campus crime statistics
OPE Campus Security Statistics Website
Career Advice
For many students the college choice is closely tied to your career choice. The following sites will help you explore careers and majors.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Career Browser
- Career Explorer
- What Can I do With this Major?
- Princeton Review Choosing a Major
- College Journal (Wall Street Journal)
- StudentJobs.gov
- Career City: Self Assessments
Career Inventories
Special Interests
For some students the college choice may be tied to religious, racial, or social interests.
Online School Information
For some students online school may be the best way to go.
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For College Bound Athletes
- NCAA Online An annotated list of free and fee-based services
- NAII National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
- US News College Sports Programs
Two Year and Technical Schools
- American Association of Community Colleges
- Bucks County Community College
- Community College Web
- Montgomery County Community College
Campus Newspapers: Get the Scoop
On campus climate as reported by students
Financial Aid
- About.com Financial Aid
- All About College Financial Aid
- AES: Paying
- College is Possible
- College Board Paying for College
- FAFSA on the Web
- Fastaid
- Scholarships.com
- Student Guide: Financial Aid
- SallieMae College Answer
Resume Links
- Purdue OWL Resumes
- Damn Good Resume
- JobStar Resumes
- JobWeb
- Riley Guide: Resumes
- College Grad.com Resumes
- Job Hunters Bible: Resumes
- Career Babe Resumes
- Career City
- Career Lab: Cover Letters
- Your Resume Online
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