Guidance Recommend Web Links

General College Information/College Search Links:

College Board Online
http://www.collegeboard.org
College Board Online helps students and parents make the transition from school to college. Includes College Board tests, programs, and online registration; a "Test Question of the Day;" a searchable database of colleges; financial aid information (including a financial aid calculator).

College and University Home Pages
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ.html
Courtesy of MIT, this site includes links to the home pages of more than 2,500 colleges and universities worldwide.

CollegeNET
http://collegenet.com/
CollegeNet lets students search for institutions by geography, tuition, enrollment, and college major. Provides separate databases for four year colleges and community, technical, and junior colleges; lists of colleges by category; links to sources of financial aid information .

College Search Service
http://www.collegeview.com
Information on colleges

FastWeb
http://www.fastweb.com

Scholarships, Financial Aid and Colleges

Peterson's Education Center
http://www.petersons.com
Peterson's Education Center includes information about educational programs at all levels and provides searchable databases of colleges and academic programs. All college/university sites provide basic information and many provide extensive descriptive material, online viewbooks and applications.

Financial Aid Information Links:

The Financial Aid Information Page
http://www.finaid.org/
This page (sponsored by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators) provides links to many sources of information about student financial aid. It also includes a "Scholarship Scam Alert" with information about scams and how to avoid them.

Financial Aid Calculator
http://apps.collegeboard.com/fincalc/efc_welcome.jsp
Includes convenient worksheets to help families identify alternative ways to finance college costs.