Essential Resources

Explore these essential resources to expand your understanding of the college admissions process.

 

ADMISSIONS:Laptop, Glasses, Books

Applications:

www.commonapp.org
www.universalcollegeapp.com
http://www.coalitionforcollegeaccess.org

Standardized Testing:

www.collegeboard.org
www.act.org
www.fairtest.org

 

College Search:

College Prowler  (By Students/For Students) www.collegeprowler.com

College-Bound Community on the Web:  www.collegeconfidential.com

 

TUITION PLANNING:

Scholarship Websites:

Fastweb.com:  http://www.fastweb.com

Scholarships.com:  http://www.scholarships.com

 

Financial Aid:

Federal Application for Student Aid: www.fafsa.ed.gov
FSA ID:  https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa/filling-out/fsaid
Student Aid on the Web:  www.studentaid.ed.gov/completefafsa    1-800-4FED-AID (1-900-433-3243)

CSS/Financial Aid  PROFILE www.profileonline.collegeboard.com

 

General:

Social Security Number:       www.ssa.gov

Selective Services: www.sss.gov

 

Print:

Fiske Guide to Colleges
The Insider’s Guide to Colleges  (Compiled by the Staff of The Yale Daily News)
Collegeboard’s College Handbook
The Best 376 Colleges, The Princeton Review
Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges

 

FOR PARENTS:

Almost Grown:  Launching Your Child from High School to College, by Patricia Pasick, M.Ed., Ph.D., (March 17, 1998)

Letting Go:  A Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years, by Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger, (Fifth Edition, March 17, 2009)

When Your Kid Goes to College:  A Parents’ Survival Guide, by Carol Barkin, (March 9, 1999)