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College Search Websites
INTRODUCTION
Timeline
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General Information
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z College Board www.collegeboard.com
z Monster’s Making It Count www.makingitcount.com
Letters of Recommendation
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SELF-ASSESSMENT
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New York Career Zone www.nycareerzone.org
Prentice Hall’s Students Success Career Path http://www.prenhall.com/success/CareerPath/index.html
College 911 Career Test http://www.college911.com/express/precog13/index.asp
Career Key http://www.careerkey.org
Occupational Handbook http://www.bls.gov/oco/
Quintessential Careers: A Career and Job-Hunting Resources Guide http://www.quintcareers.com
Reach4it.com http://www.Reach4it.com
Keirsey Personality Sorter II http://www.advisorteam.com/user/ktsintro.asp
America’s Career InfoNet http://www.acinet.org/acinet/
COLLEGE RESEARCH
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College Confidential http://www.collegeconfidential.com
Colleges That Change Lives http://www.ctcl.com
College View College Search http://www.collegeview.com
New York’s Private Colleges and Universities http://www.nycolleges.com
Campus Tours http://www.campustours.com
The State University of New York http://www.suny.edu
Long Island Colleges http://www.lirache.org
CUNY http://www.cuny.edu
All About College http://www.allaboutcollege.com
US News and World Reports http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/eduhome.htm
Career Search http://www.nycareerzone.org
CollegeSearch From Princeton Review http://www.princetonreview.com
Petersons’s Guide to the Colleges http://www.petersons.com
College Board http://www.collegeboard.com
APPLICATIONS – “WHAT, WHEN AND HOW MANY?”
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The Common Application http://www.commonapp.org
SUNY Applications http://www.suny.edu/Student/applyonline.cfm
CollegeNet Online Application links http://cnsearch.collegenet.com/cgi-bin/APPLY/index
Peterson’s Online Application Links http://www.petersons.com/
National Association of College Admissions Counselors http://www.nacanet.org
Senior Year Timeline http://www.nacac.com/p&ssenior.html
Early Action / Early Decision College Directory http://www.nacac.com/earlyadmission.html
Early Decision / Early Action: Are they right for you? http://www.collegeboard.com/article/0,3868,5-25-0-104,00.html
PARTS OF THE APPLICATION
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Carleton College Top 15 Essay Tips http://www.carleton.edu/admissions/essay/
Wheaton College Essay Writing FAQ http://www.wheatonma.edu/Admission/tips/
Tips on Writing College Essays http://www.lunch-money.com/
10 Tips for Writing College essays http://www.collegeview.com/
Letters of Recommendation UC Davis’s Strategies for Obtaining Letters of Recommendation http://advisingservices.uc
Finding Balance in Student Life http://matrix.scranton.edu/started/gs_co_findbalance2.shtml
STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES
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ACT http://www.act.org
College Board http://www.collegeboard.com
Educational Testing Service http://www.ets.org
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Test of English as a Foreign Language http://www.toefl.org
STUDENT ATHLETES AND THE NCAA
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National Collegiate Athletic Association http://www2.ncaa.org/
National Collegiate Athletic Association Clearinghouse http://www.ncaaclearinghouse.net
American College of Sports Medicine College Search http://www.acsm.org/student/
Campus Champs http://www.campuschamps.com/
FINANCIAL AID
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FAFSA on the web http://fafsa.ed.gov
New York State Higher Education Services Corporation http://www.hesc.org
New York State Financial Aid Administrators Association www.nysfaaa.org
Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid http://www.finaid.org
Sallie Mae http://www.salliemae.com
Nellie Mae http://www.nelliemae.com
Prentice Hall’s Student Success Money Matters http://www.prenhall.com/success/MoneyMat/index.html
New York Saves http://www.nysaves.org
WORDS OF WISDOM
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College Myths Dispelled http://www.southcoasttoday.com/topics/fashion2004/story14.htm
30 College Admissions Myths http://www.collegeboundnews.com/00issues/feb01.html#anchor482829
Recommended Books:
The Fiske Guide to College
Cool Colleges
Rugg’s Recommendations on Colleges
Colleges That Change Lives
Compiled by Jessica Baker 10/04-Edited 10/05
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