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- 2006 Colleges
- The 2006 Colleges, Universities and Scholarships Page is designed to offer college-bound students, parents, and counselors easy access to information on colleges and universities throughout the United States, free scholarship and financial aid searches, SAT and ACT test preparation tips, and more.
- Admissions Advice
- High quality blog written by a mother after she helped her daughter with her college search. While she came to realize that there is plenty of information available, finding the best resources can be time consuming.
- The Admissions Office
- Comprehensive site assist college bound students in selecting, getting admitted and paying for college.
- Any College
- Use this database to search for colleges by program, state, school type, sport and school name.
- Apply!
- Download free software for applications to more than 1,000 US colleges and universities. The site also includes tips that will make the admission process less stressful, and help you find financial aid.
- Black College Common Application
- Apply to twenty historically black colleges with one application for $30.
- C3 Apply
- This site sponsored by ACT has a college search feature, college applications on line, ACT's Financial Aid Estimator, and virtual college tours.
- Campus Program
- Comprehensive site organizes colleges by location and/or major and also has articles on how to survive at college. and improve academic skills.
- Campus Security
- The OPE Campus Security Statistics Website is a direct link to reported criminal offenses for over 6000 colleges and universities in the United States. If you are thinking of attending college in a large urban city, a small liberal arts college, a specialized college, or a community college you can find their security statistics here. Website is maintained by the Office of Post secondary Education of the US Department of Education.
- Campus Starter
- Searchable data base for colleges and universities in Canada.
- Campus Tours
- The Campus Tours Index provides fast and easy access to interactive tours of colleges across the United States.
- Careers and Colleges
- Comprehensive, but somewhat commercial site on a variety of post secondary opportunities.
- The Center for All Collegiate Information
- Portal with links to college information sites; department sites;student, graduate and faculty sites; sports sites, and collegiate organization sites.
- Choosing and Using Your Major
- Site from the University of Virginia has sound advice on choosing your major. Pdf file includes separating myth from fact, strategies for choosing a major, and evaluating the majors/ careers you are considering.
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Since 1992, all colleges have been required by federal law to compile annual statistics about crime on their campuses. Each year The Chronicle asks all colleges with enrollments of more than 5,000 for copies of those security reports.
- College Answer
- This site is sponsored by Sallie Mae, a large provider of student loans for college. Students wondering where to go to college and how to get there, or parents trying to unravel the mystery of the college and the financial aid application process can find answers here.
- College Base
- Offers help on the SAT & ACT, has a collection of college stories, and evaluations of colleges from the student's perspective.
- College Board Online Home Page
- Students, parents, & counselors will find a comprehensive menu of information to aid in the transition to college. Includes EXPAN - for free - college, career & financial aid database.
- Get Into College
- Information on preparing quality college applications including : getting organized, online applications, the Common Application, Early Admission Programs, getting great recommendations, writing college essays and preparing for interviews.
- College Compass
- Huge site contains links to careers and majors, college selections, financial aid, scholarships, test preparation, and summer programs.
- College Confidential
- Comprehensive site guides you through the entire process from researching colleges to getting in and paying for them.
- College Data
- Comprehensive site includes information on finding a college that fits your needs, getting into it, and paying for it.
- College Mom Advice
- Written by moms (OK dads too) who have experienced the pursuit of the college adventure with their teenagers. Topics covered will relate to high school, getting ready for and college activities.
- College NET
- Wide variety of college info including searching for matching characteristics, graduate programs, financial aid, scholarships, featured schools.
- College News
- Free campus new wire includes text from many college newspapers in the Chicago, New York Boston, and Philadelphia areas.
- College Planning
- Comprehensive site to help students prepare for college is especially strong in highlighting programs that promote support services underprivileged students.
- College Planning Center
A complete college planning and preparation site. It includes planning calendars, financial aid summary notes, downloadable application forms, and links to a product engine to customize your financial aid package.
- College Profiles
Features in-depth profiles with information about academic programs, athletics, campus life, and financial aid, along with geographic search,directories for honors programs, women's colleges statistics on minority enrollment and numerous other resources for prospective college students.
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- College Results
This site allows students to: examine overall graduation rates and see how those rates have changed over time, learn about universities' records graduating diverse groups of students and compare the graduation rates of similar institutions - colleges and universities that share many characteristics and serve similar student populations
- College and University Rankings
The University of Illinois has gathered links to a collection of sites that rate colleges with various criteria. The site also discussed the philosophical difficulties with the whole process of ranking colleges.
- Colleges of Distinction
Colleges of Distinction is a college guide with a unique approach. Instead of looking for the richest or the most famous schools, it considers topics such as - Which colleges are the best places to learn, to grow, and to succeed? You’ll find both prominent names and “hidden gems” on their list. What they have in common is their excellent reputation among high school guidance counselors and education professionals, not to mention employers and graduate schools. Their classrooms are among the most exciting in the country; their programs are some of the most innovative.
- Collegiate Choice Walking Tour Videos
Tours are simple, non-promotional videos of the student guided campus tour offered at over 350 colleges and universities across the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, and Scotland. These videos are not professionally produced. Guidance counselors, not commercial film makers, are doing the recordings. $15/college tour + shipping
- Common Application
Visit this site to download a pdf file (Adobe Acrobat needed) of the Common Application accepted by 276 colleges and universities.
Common Music Application
Apply to nine music conservatories with one application.
- Essay Edge
This commercial site offers to assist students with writing essays for college applications. It also offers free access to admissions essays accepted by top colleges.
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- The Essay Wizard
This commercial site is rich in free information that a student should consider in writing an essay for a college application and offers suggestions and strategies, as well as suggesting other books to read.
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- Establishing Residency
The College Board has gathered residency requirements from all fifty states for students who want to establish residency in another location.
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- Fairtest
Listing of colleges and other post secondary schools that do not require ACT or SAT scores.
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- Go College
Comprehensive commercial site has information on selecting a college and paying for it.
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- Graduation Watch
What are the graduation rates at the colleges you're considering? This site allows you to find out how quickly students graduate before you apply.
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- Historically Black Colleges
Dedicated to providing information and services related to historically black colleges and universities, site offers students the opportunity to connect worldwide.
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- How College Admissions Works
The admissions director of Duke University gives real life examples of how the admissions process works.
- Illinois Virtual Campus
Connect to hundreds of online and other distance learning courses and programs offered by Illinois colleges and universities. The IVC is a directory of distance courses and degree and certificate programs offered by Illinois universities, a link to participating Illinois universities, and a link to student support services for
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- International Student
Site offers advice and services of all sorts, including links to information about being a student in another country, an international scholarship search, student loans and insurance.
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- iTransfer
This site offers course selection information for students who plan to attend a community college and transfer to a university in Illinois. It identifies schools that are members of the Illinois Articulation Initiative and have agreed to a common core of general education courses that will transfer.
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- Ivy Edge
This commercial site offers to help you edit your college application essays for a fee. However, this part of their site has helpful free guides to writing essays and applying to colleges that may be downloaded for free.
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- Ivy League Admission
Commercial essay writing service also gives free writing advice for competitive admissions programs.
- Kaplan
Test Prep on line. College application software, career info, self tests plus many more topics.
- Kiplinger's Best Public Universities
Site sponsored by noted finance magazine sorts the schools in their survey of public colleges by overall rank, cost, quality measures or financial aid measures. Clicking on the college names after the search will take you to their Web sites. the site also has a similar search for private universities.
- Making College Count
This site gives advice for college success -- to survive college, get a degree, and have great opportunities available after school. Many topics including picking a major, managing money, acing finals, etc.
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- Mapping Your Future
On this site you'll find information to help you plan your career, select a school & plan for your future.
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- Mr. White's Guidance Book
Extesnive and detailed step by step advice on preparing for college written by a high school guidance counselor.
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- My College Guide
This site has a college search section as well as articles about admissions, getting money for college, and doing well once you are admitted.
- My Majors
Take a short quiz on this site and it analyzes this information and suggests six majors to think about because they match your interests and high school experience. It can also give you more information about what these majors are, what type of courses you would take to get a degree and what jobs are available to graduates with various degrees.
- NACAC
The National Association for College Admissions Counselors maintains a site with a variety of resources including a directory of early decions colleges, when and where college fairs are held, their montly newsletter for students, and student's rights in the college admissions process.
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- Next Step
Comprehensive college information site.
- Pathways to College
The Pathways to College Network is a national alliance of organizations committed to using research based knowledge to improve the college success of underserved students, under represented minorities, low income students, those who are the first in their family to go to college and students with disabilities.
- The Princeton Review
The Princeton Review helps people find and get into the right college or other school. They have great resources to help with testing, admissions, financial aid etc.
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- Scholar Stuff
Offers a little something for everyone; a comprehensive list of colleges from around the world, chat rooms, financial aid sites, and links to information on college prep exams.
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- Schools in the USA
Search for colleges using a variety of criteria such as: business , teacher education , health , engineering and technology , nursing , distance studies, and learning overseas. Comprehensive site also includes scholarship info and career profiles.
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- Security on Campus
Campus safety is a topic that should be considered by students and parents as part of the school selection process.
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- Steps to College
The National Association for College Admissions Counselors (NACAC) distributes a bimonthly newsletter with timely college advise. New topics are highlighted. Archived topics are also readily available.
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- Students.gov
US Government - wide initiative to deliver electronic services from government agencies and organizations to post secondary students. The site has links for information on: planning and paying for your education, internships, community service, career development, and military service.
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- Students.net
Incredibly comprehnsive portal to all the information a student planning to attend collee needs to consider.
- Super College
Comprehensive college guidance site has sections on searching for a college, admissions & tests, and scholarships.
- US College Search
A searchable database of 9734 4-year universities, 2-year colleges, junior colleges, vocational schools, job training programs, and technical certification programs. Search by state/city, degree program, major / degree program, and school name.
- What Can I Do With a Major In?
Site from the University of North Carolina links career to the majors available on campus.
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- What Can I Do with this Major?
Site from Purdue University links careers tothe majors available on campus.
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- What Now Grad?
Comprehensive site includes information on deciding on a career (fee involved), applying to college, financial aid, and researching job outlooks.
- XAP
Comprehensive site allows students to search for colleges, take virtual tours, apply online, get financial information and plan a career.
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