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Resources
Websites:
www.princetonreview.com (Info about colleges and majors)
www.collegeboard.com (Online database - by location, majors, more)
www.ctcl.org – Colleges That Change Lives by Loren Pope
https://www.gainserviceacademyadmission.com Service Academy Information - LTC Rob Kirkland
https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/choosing-vocational-school-or-certificate-program Vocational School information
https://www.goingmerry.com (helps with application and generates scholarships based on self-reported information)
Good Reads:
America's Best Colleges for B Students by Tamra B. Orr
Cool Colleges: For the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just Plain Different by Donald Asher
Creative Colleges: A Guide for Student Actors, Artists, Dancers, Musicians and Writers by Elaina Loveland
Paying for College Without Going Broke by Kalman Chany
The College Solution: A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price by Lynn O'Shaughnessy
Letting Go: A Parent's Guide to Understanding the College Years by Karen L. Coburn and Madge L.Treeger
College Match by Steven R. Antonoff, PhD
The Insider's Guide to the Colleges by the Yale Daily News Staff
Standing Out By Stepping Back, The Zen of Getting Into Selective Colleges, Elisabeth Gardner
The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College, by Harlan Cohen (There's one for parents too!)
Testing:
SAT Reasoning and Subject tests (Register online)
ACT (Register online)
Princeton Review (Test prep and tutoring)
Educational Testing Service (AP, GRE, PSAT/NMSQT, SAT, others)
www.fairtest.org (provides a list of schools that don’t require test scores)
Financial Aid:
FAFSA (Free Application For Federal Student Aid)
FinAid (The financial aid information page)
FastWeb (Scholarship Search)
CollegeNet (Scholarship Search)
US News (Financial aid information)
Going Merry
Scholarship Information:
www.fastweb.com is a comprehensive scholarship search engine
www.collegescholarships.org - view scholarships by student type, degree, subject, state, athletic, minority, etc.
www.collegeanswer.com/paying/scholarship_search/pay_scholarship_search.jsp - Free scholarship search site created by Sallie Mae
www.cappex.com - scholarship overview and search assistance
denverscholarship.org - scholarship directory links to a wide variety of scholarships
ROTC Scholarship Information
Goingmerry.com
Our experienced tutors provide one-on-one test prep for the SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, and more. We offer flexible scheduling and customized study plans to help you achieve your best possible score.
Test Prep:
Mind Fish – ACT and SAT Preparation
Denver Test Prep- ACT and SAT Preparation
Number2 – Free ACT and SAT Preparation
The College Board – College Preparation
ACT Student – Register for the ACT
College Readiness – Register for SAT
FairTest– minimize the role of standardized tests as gatekeepers to higher education.
*For additional resources, please ask.