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
