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College
Search & Financial Aid
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Great
Web Sites
College
Search
- College
Is Possible
College and financial aid information from the Coalition
of America's Colleges and Universities. This site may help
you choose a college, prepare for testing and the application
process, and help you locate potential sources of financial
aid. (http://www.collegeispossible.org/)
- Students.gov
(http://www.students.gov/STUGOVWebApp/index.jsp)
- College
Source
More than 9,000 college catalogs can be accessed in their
entirety through this web site. Search by major, state,
tuition and more. Includes colleges worldwide. (http://www.collegesource.org/)
- College
View
Search for schools by multiple criteria, including: athletics,
ethnicity, special services and the usual location and major.
Offers a wide array of virtual campus tours, as well as
scholarship and financial aid information and more. Nearly
4,000 colleges are profiled. (http://www.collegeview.com/)
- Careers
You Never Knew Existed
You may not know now exactly what you want to do as an adult,
but this site will help you start. Discover who you are,
what you like to do and what you do best.
(http://www.thefunworks.org/)
- After
High School
Resources to find out what kind of person you are, what
your likes are and then matching those with career possibilities
(http://www.champaign.org/teens/afterhighschool.html)
- GED
Testing Centers
Here you'll find a wealth of information about the GED.
Includes a directory of GED testing centers to help you
find a facility in your area. (http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=GEDTS&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=58&ContentID=10194)
- Princeton
Review
Search this database to find information about schools for
undergraduate and graduate students, as well as those seeking
law, business, international vocational or technical schools.
(http://www.princetonreview.com/)s
- Think
College
From the U.S. Department of Education. Lots of good information
and advice here for students and their parents. (http://www.ed.gov/thinkcollege/)
- College
and University Rankings
Controversial, but interesting. This site offers a variety
of ranking systems from a wide array of sources. (http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm)
- CollegeXpress.com
Search here for colleges, scholarships and student loans.
(http://www.collegexpress.com/)
- Community
College Web
Thinking of enrolling at a community college? Check here.
This site links to 1284 community college web sites plus
181 related resource sites. (http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/cc/info.html)
- Study
Abroad.com
At this site, you can check out thousands of study abroad
programs in more than 100 countries. (http://www.studyabroad.com/)
- WorldWide
Classroom
"Worldwide Classroom is one of the largest international
consortia of schools in the world. This site contains information
on over 10,000 schools in 95 countries. Schools are conveniently
listed both by country and by category." (http://www.worldwide.edu/intro.html)
- Office
of Postsecondary Education
Information and resources from the US. Department of Education's
Office of Postsecondary Education. (http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/)
- CollegeNET
Online applications for over 1500 schools. Also college
search and financial aid information. (http://www.collegenet.com/)
Financial
Aid, Scholarships, Planning
- Students.gov
(http://www.students.gov/STUGOVWebApp/index.jsp)
- College
Savings Plan Network
This site, sponsored by the National Association of State
Treasurers, provides students and their parents with information
about college savings plans offered by each of the 50 US
states. (http://www.collegesavings.org/)
- fastWEB
This service allows you to search a database of more than
600,000 scholarships worth more than 1 billion dollars.
Includes a college search service. (http://www.fastweb.com/)
- College
Fund UNCF
Home page of the United Negro College Fund. Provides information
on member institutions, admissions, applications, and more.
(http://www.uncf.org/)
- Sallie
Mae
"For more than a quarter-century, Sallie Mae has been
helping students achieve their dreams of higher education
by providing funds for educational loans, primarily federally
guaranteed student loans originated under the Federal Family
Education Loan Program (FFELP). The company currently owns
or manages student loans for more than seven million borrowers
and is the nation's leading provider of education loans."
(http://www.salliemae.com/)
- FinAid
A comprehensive collection of information about student
financial aid from military aid, grants and special funds,
to scholarship lotteries and more. (http://www.finaid.org/)
- Saving
for College
This site explains 529 college savings plans and gives you
up-to-the minute comparisons of different state's plans,
economic comparisons and analysis, as well as links to request
further information. (http://www.savingforcollege.com/)
Books
in Your Libraries
- Links
to books & other materials in the libraries of the Mid-Hudson
Library System.
- Need
help?
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