Resources
Below is a listing of web resources you may find helpful during the college admission process:
College Exploration
- You University : Video tours of campuses
- Unigo : Independent student review of numerous colleges
- CollegeTours : Virtual tours of over 800 colleges
- BigFuture : This is a great site for researching colleges
- College Express : A free website filled with information, including hundreds of searchable college lists - everything from majors to colleges with meditative spaces
- Colleges That Change Lives (CTCL) : Profiles of the 44 member Colleges and Universities of the CTCL group.
Testing
- College Board : SAT registration and college search engine
- ACT : ACT registration and information
- Number2 : Free online practice tests
- 4Tests : Free online practice tests
- Free-Test-Online : Math and Science practice tests
- Varsity Tutors : Free practice tests
- Khan Academy : SAT prep from Khan Academy
College Applications
- The Common Application : Used for most private schools
- University of California Admissions
- CSU Mentor : Cal State University System Application
Financial Aid and Scholarship Information
- Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) : The Federal Student Aid Website
- CSS Profile : Financial aid form required by many private schools in addition to the FAFSA
- Fast Web : Scholarship search engine
- Scholarship.com : Scholarship search engine
- Merit Aid : A comprehensive directory of merit scholarships
- Lynn O'Shaughnessy's "The College Solution" book
