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Financial Aid & Scholarships:
Finaid
- Provides helpful information on where to find scholarships and how to save for college.
CSS Profile
- Creates an account that colleges can view to let you know scholarship eligibility.
Fast Web
- Gives very specific information on where to find scholarships.
Scholarships
- Scholarship search engine [has many choices]
Fast Aid
- Gives very specific information on where to find scholarships.
Funding Your Education
- This site is solely a guide to student aid.
FAFSA
- The main site for acquiring information and forms for applying for financial aid and scholarships.
Fresch! Free Scholarship Search
- A search engine for a multitude of scholarship opportunities
College Search:
College Board College Search Site
- Offers many choices in different variations for college preferences. Refers to financial aid, GPA, & SAT each college requires.
Princeton Review
- This site discusses standardized testing [SAT & PSAT], with helpful hints. Also evaluates different colleges and prospective majors for students.
College View College Search
- Lists a plethora areas of study, provides tuition costs, able to search schools based on location and academic interests.
College Information:
Peterson’s
- Detailed college information [admissions, majors, student body, campus life, etc]. Offers information on scholarships, financial aids, and sells study guides for all standardized tests.
College Board
- This site is beneficial for any information regarding college information. Whether is be prospective schools, certain majors, standardized tests, internships, personal matches, etc.
College Express
- Find thousands of college scholarships and grants worth over $7 billion with search engine
Standardized Testing:
SAT Question of the Day
- This site is beneficial in preparing for the SAT each day by answering an SAT question. This site provides a lengthy explanation and helpful hint as to why the answer was correct.
Test of English as a Foreign Language
- This allows an ESOL student to prepare for the best [by offering tools of improvement] and registering for the test. This website can also let one access their test scores on the test.
ACT Home Page
- Provides general facts for the test [subjects covered, number of questions, scoring system] and allows one to register for the test.
SAT II Learning Center
- This site discusses strategies and practice questions for the SAT subject tests. Covering over 20 subjects, one can download a free SAT practice booklet.
College Board Test Dates
- This site provides the test dates and deadlines for registration for the SAT.
SAT Online Registration
- This is the site that one must use to register for any of the SAT tests.
ACT Online Registration
- This is the site that one must use to register for the ACT test.
Number Two
- A good test preparation site. (FREE)
Classic Hangman – SAT Vocab Words
- Effective and fun way to learn important vocabulary for the SAT.
Special Needs and Learning Differences:
Health Resource Center
- Good site for students with disabilities in planning their college career
LD Online
- This site helps parents and students with learning disabilities, mainly students with ADHD
College Planning for Students with Learning Disabilities
- Helps children with learning disabilities develop and appropriate educational program.
- Characteristics of the post secondary institution
Resources for Special Interests:
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
- This is a good search engine for Christian Colleges
- Scholarship opportunities and further career opportunities discussing Christian services
Hillel
- This site is most beneficial to Jewish students who want to explore and celebrate their Jewish identity in college
ASPIRA Association Inc.
- An investment in Latino Youth
United Negro College Fund
- UNCF provides operating funds and technology enhancement services for 39 member historically black colleges and universities
Native American College Services
- Students are able to look into Native American studies and major.
- Does not explore other majors, only one focus
Junior Achievement
- Educating youth on business, economics, and succeeding in a global economy
Maryland Higher Education Commission
- Education commission of Maryland [states the basics]
NAIA
- This site is for students who want to do a college sport but also want a greater focus education as well
NCAA
- This site is beneficial for students who want to play a sport in college
- Students can look into different schools and chose the best fitted school [talks about schools statistics]
Service Academies:
U.S. Military Academy at West Point
- Home page for West Point
- States the schools philosophies, policies, and describes admission requirements
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
- Lists different athletic programs
- Provides all the requirements needed in attending Merchant Marine Academy
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
- Lists different athletic programs
- Provides all the requirements needed in attending Coast Guard Academy
U.S. Air Force Academy
- This website is a vital source for the U.S. Air Force Academy [listing the services and admission requirements]
U.S. Naval Academy
- This website is a vital source for the U.S. Naval Academy [discusses admissions, academics, athletics, etc]
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