College Search Websites Page 1 of 2 College Search Websites INTRODUCTION Timeline z Link Up Parents Guide www.linkup-parents.com/collegetips.htm General Information z US News and World Reports http://www.usnews.com/usnews/eduhome.htm z College Board www.collegeboard.com z Monster’s Making It Count www.makingitcount.com Letters of Recommendation z UC Davis’s Strategies for Obtaining Letters of Recommendation http://advisingservices.ucdavis.edu/pregrad/pdfs/strate 27-05.pdf SELF-ASSESSMENT z z z z z z z z z 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 z z z z z z z z z z z z z z 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?” z z z z z z z z 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 • • • • • • 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 • • • ACT http://www.act.org College Board http://www.collegeboard.com Educational Testing Service http://www.ets.org http://www.pob.k12.ny.us/pobjfkhs/guidance/collegesearch.htm 1/30/2009 College Search Websites • Page 2 of 2 Test of English as a Foreign Language http://www.toefl.org STUDENT ATHLETES AND THE NCAA z z z z 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 z z z z z z z z 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 z z 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 http://www.pob.k12.ny.us/pobjfkhs/guidance/collegesearch.htm 1/30/2009