{"id":130,"date":"2016-07-01T07:52:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T07:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2016-07-25T10:57:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T17:57:29","slug":"essential-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/essential-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"

Explore these essential resources to expand your understanding of the college admissions process.<\/p>\n

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ADMISSIONS:\"Laptop,<\/strong><\/p>\n

Applications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

www.commonapp.org<\/a>
\nwww.universalcollegeapp.com
\n<\/a>http:\/\/www.coalitionforcollegeaccess.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Standardized Testing:<\/strong><\/p>\n

www.collegeboard.org<\/a>
\nwww.act.org<\/a>
\nwww.fairtest.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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College Search:<\/strong><\/p>\n

College Prowler\u00a0 (By Students\/For Students)\u00a0www.collegeprowler.com<\/a><\/p>\n

College-Bound Community on the Web:\u00a0\u00a0www.collegeconfidential.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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TUITION PLANNING:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scholarship Websites:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fastweb.com: \u00a0http:\/\/www.fastweb.com<\/p>\n

Scholarships.com: \u00a0http:\/\/www.scholarships.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Financial Aid:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Federal Application for Student Aid:\u00a0www.fafsa.ed.gov<\/a>
\nFSA ID: \u00a0https:\/\/studentaid.ed.gov\/sa\/fafsa\/filling-out\/fsaid<\/a>
\nStudent Aid on the Web:\u00a0\u00a0www.studentaid.ed.gov\/completefafsa<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1-800-4FED-AID (1-900-433-3243)<\/p>\n

CSS\/Financial Aid\u00a0 PROFILE\u00a0www.profileonline.collegeboard.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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General:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Social Security Number:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0www.ssa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Selective Services:\u00a0www.sss.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

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Print:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fiske Guide to Colleges
\nThe Insider’s Guide to Colleges\u00a0 (Compiled by the Staff of The Yale Daily News)
\nCollegeboard’s College Handbook
\nThe Best 376 Colleges, The Princeton Review
\nBarron’s Profiles of American Colleges<\/p>\n

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FOR PARENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Almost Grown:\u00a0 Launching Your Child from High School to College, by Patricia Pasick, M.Ed., Ph.D., (March 17, 1998)<\/p>\n

Letting Go:\u00a0 A Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years, by Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger, (Fifth Edition, March 17, 2009)<\/p>\n

When Your Kid Goes to College:\u00a0 A Parents’ Survival Guide, by Carol Barkin, (March 9, 1999)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Explore these essential resources to expand your understanding of the college admissions process.   ADMISSIONS: 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\u00a0 (By Students\/For Students)\u00a0www.collegeprowler.com College-Bound Community on the Web:\u00a0\u00a0www.collegeconfidential.com   TUITION PLANNING: Scholarship Websites: Fastweb.com: \u00a0http:\/\/www.fastweb.com Scholarships.com: \u00a0http:\/\/www.scholarships.com   Financial Aid: Federal Application for Student Aid:\u00a0www.fafsa.ed.gov FSA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/130\/revisions\/261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}