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College Planning Websites

 Comprehensive Guides
  • Admissions Office
    This directory offers links to schools, rankings, tests, applications, financial aid, scholarships, summer opportunities and foreign student resources.

  • CollegeNet
    This resource features a college search engine, information on financial aid, a scholarship search, a college recruiting feature, links to college resources on the web, and also hosts official admissions, housing and tuition forms that allow students to apply to colleges on-line.

  • Cynthia Good's College and Career Planning
    This site is a directory of web resources. Information is divided into six categories: colleges, college applications, financial aid, SAT prep, careers, and study skills.

  • Learn More Resource Center
    This center offers a wealth of information on the career, education and financial aid choices for Indiana students.

  • Peterson's Education Portal
    This is a portal to information on colleges and universities, graduate programs, admissions essays, test preparation, financial aid, private secondary schools, distance learning, corporate training, career education, resume services, summer opportunities, and study abroad programs.

  • Princeton Review
    This site features options to explore various schools, raise your test scores, online applications, and financial aid resources.

  • U.S. News
    In addition to their annual college rankings, this site offers college, school, financial aid and career information. Each subject has articles, links, an online discussion forum and tools such as the application organizer, college personality quiz, and career self-assessment test.

  • XAP
    This resource offers the tools to plan how to get to college, visit colleges electronically, and apply to the colleges of your choice.

 Rankings and Statistics

  • College and University Rankings
    This site discusses the pros and cons of rankings and provides numerous links to online college ranking services for undergraduate, graduate, business, law and international programs.

  • National Center for Educational Statistics
    Use this resource to compare the size, tuition, and type of financial aid offered at various colleges and universities throughout the country.
 Scholarships and Financial Aid
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 Miscellaneous
  • Adventures in Education
    At this site you will find answers to frequently asked college-planning questions in both English and Spanish.

  • AnyCollege
    This site is a comprehensive college search engine.

  • Braintrack University Index
    This site has information on more than 7,800 universities around the world. It is a good resource for those looking to go to college outside the United States.

  • Campus Tours
    This site is the source for virtual college tours, webcams, campus maps, and college videos.

  • College Bound Network
    This site combines cool graphics and solid information with its network of affiliated sites: Celeb101.com, CollegeBoundMag.com, CollegeSurfing.com, Go-Girl.com, StudentRewards.com, and StudentScoop.com

  • College Profiles
    This site provides brief sketch of thousands of colleges and universities.

  • College Source
    This site is a virtual library representing 30,282 college catalogs.

  • Community College Web
    This site offers a searchable index of community college web sites and related resources.

  • Hobson's College View
    This site has a Campus Tours feature that offers multimedia tours, including audio and video clips of various college campuses.

  • Institute of International Education
    This site offers an index of study abroad programs that is searchable by country, field of study, or instructional language.

  • Outstanding Book for the College Bound
    This site provides a list of suggested readings for college bound students.

  • Where Are You Headed?
    This site assists students in planning not just for the college admissions process, but also taking time off and alternative educational opportunities.

 
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