College & Financial Aid Websites

Resources for Standardized Testing:

• The College Board
• ACT Test Information
• Number2 (free SAT and ACT practice)
• Apex Learning (AP test prep)
• TOEFL® Test Information
• College Prep 101 - Preparing for Standardized Tests
• FairTest

Resources for Financial Aid:

• The College Board
• Free information for Federal Student Assistance from U.S. Department of Education
• The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
• Information about how to finance education
• MEFA - Not-for-profit site with advice on financing higher education

The Department of Education's Student Aid Website includes an early estimator that allows families to use current earnings as a basis for estimating what they will be expected to pay for their child's first year of college.

Educational Opportunity Centers: displaced or underemployed workers from low-income families are given counseling about career and postsecondary options, and are directed towards financial aid opportunities.

Mapping Your Future an initiative of the financial aid industry that provides college, career, and financial aid information to students, families, and schools.

General Resources:

• The College Board
• Campus Tours
• College Search Engine
• UNIGO - College students review their schools
• The Common Application
• Peterson's College Search
• Graduation Rates
• Online college fairs

The Gatekeepers, Jacques Steinberg
        Steinberg, a journalist spends a year with an admissions counselor from Wesleyan University. The novel gives an inside look into the admissions process at an elite college.