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Guidance Links

Visit our Career Development site.

Colleges and Trade Schools
degreedirectory.org/
Find colleges and trade schools to jumpstart your career (free).
Education Search Engine
education-portal.com/search/find.html
Find information about hundreds of colleges, schools, and universities. Independently researched and categorized.

FinAid
www.finaid.com

This page provides a free, comprehensive and objective guide to student financial aid.

Preparing Your Child For College
www.ed.gov/pubs/Prepare

This is a resource guide for parents from the Federal Government.

Resources and Links for College-Bound Studentswww.ivyessays.com/resource/source.htm

Many, many resouces for testing, online college applications, student services, financial aid links, grants and scholarships, etc. Includes sites for teens, study abroad programs and college guides.

CollegeEdge
www.CollegeEdge.com/

This site is for high school/secondary school, international and transfer students who want to find the right college or university and inform the right college about themselves. Plus, information and guidance on scholarships, careers, majors, financial aid and more!

Virtual Guidance Counselor
web.syr.edu/~amweiler/ist553/guidpage.htm

Puzzled about your future? Here is some useful information to get you started!

Financing Your Education Slide Show
www.uwsp.edu/stuserv/finance/wasfaa/show.htm

This presentation is simply a collection of slides that are used at high school financial aid nights. The slides on this web page make reference to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) which will be used in the 1998-99 year. Slide shows are also available for downloading.

Test Prep
www.testprep.com

Dozens of free tests and solutions to problems for both the verbal and math sections of the SAT I.

The College Board
www.collegeboard.org

Excellent tips on taking the SAT I and II.

Princeton Review

www.review.com

Information and advice regarding the SAT I and II and the ACT.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm

The definitive guide to occupations published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the past fifty years. The handbook includes thousands of job descriptions, labor market projections and a wealth of career related information.

Career Planning Process

www.cba.bgsu.edu/class
/webclass/nagye/career/process.html

Among many features, this site provides a lifestyle inventory which may be helpful in determining what you want from a career.

College View

www.collegeview.com

A large database of both two- and four-year colleges and an e-mail option to receive more information.

Minority Online Information Services
(MOLIS)

web.fie.com/web/mol

College information of special interest to African-American, Hispanic, Native American and Asian-American students.

World Alumni Net
www.infophil.com/World/Alumni/

Contact by e-mail graduates of the schools you are interested in attending.

School Psychology Resources
mail.bcpl.lib.md.us/~sandyste
/school_psych.html

School Psychology Resources Online for the school psychology community. Information on learning disabilities, ADHD, gifted, autism, adolescence, parenting, psychological assessment, classroom management, special education, k-12, mental health, reading, research, and more.

Cynthia Good's
College and Career Planning

www.fallriver.mec.edu/goodhomepg.html

Many links to colleges, careers, financial aid, college applications, SAT prep and study skills.

Commission on Independent Colleges
and Universities

www.college-guide-nys.org/

This is an online guide to New York's Independent Colleges and Universities! New York State is home to more than 100 independent (private) colleges - more than anywhere else in the world. But which college is the right choice for you? This On-line Guide can help!

The Center For All Collegiate Information
www.collegiate.net/text.html

An extensive listing of extremely useful collegiate links organized into broad categories with descriptive subcategories. From this site, you can find universities by criteria, name or location, access financial aid information, browse through majors and programs and search for distance learning courses.

Community College Web
www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu /cc/index.html

This searchable index of over 850 community college websites is easy to use and updated frequently.

University Links
www-net.com/univ/univ-t.html

Are you looking for a listing of women’s colleges or business schools? Historically Black Colleges or Catholic schools? University Links provides links to the home pages of these and other academic institutions including art, culinary and music colleges, medical schools, technology schools, and Ivy League universities as well as student newspapers, student governments, school libraries and financial aid offices

America's Most Wired Colleges
www.zdnet.com/yil/content /college/intro.html

A survey by Yahoo! Internet Life reveals the colleges with the greatest computer resources available to students. A good resource for technologically sophisticated youth.

eStudentLoan
www.estudentloan.com/

LoanFinder sorts through a database of lenders and finds the best fitting Private/Alternative loans or federally guaranteed Stafford and Parent (PLUS) loans, with a minimum of effort on the user's part. And again it's absolutely free.

Admissions Office
www.theadmissionsoffice.com/

This site claims to link to every college and university in the US. They also have "Lisa" available to answer questions that students and counselors might have about admissions. ( "Lisa" is an acronym that stands for Live Internet Selection Assistance.) Worth a look both for the link collection and the available expertise.

MusicSchoolSearch
www.MusicSchoolSearch.com
This is a specialized search engine based around helping students find a college level music school that fits their needs. Students can search by desired music major, location, tuition range and more! You can also search for a school by name to get the contact information right away. The site should also be helpful for music educators and high school guidance counselors helping students to make a good choice of schools.
Embark
www.embark.com
Free, one-stop higher educational portal that helps you find a US community college, technical program, four-year college or university, or graduate school that is right for you.
Parental Stress Center
www.pscfamily.net
A community based nonprofit that supports and strengthens families. PSC provides parenting education, family centered counseling, and solution-focused support to any parent looking for assistance in stressful times.
Private School Review
www.privateschoolreview.com
We are the first and only site to offer free, detailed information on US private schools combined with useful community data (e.g., housing costs) and maps of the surrounding areas.

Education Online Search
www.education-online-search.com/

 

Education Online Search is a free college portal online, helping you learn about careers and the colleges offering career education and degrees for the fields you choose.
SAT Prep
www.satprepplan.com/
This site contains a wealth of free SAT study content including streaming video, a custom study plan creator, and many practice problems.



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