Useful College Resources

College Admission Blogs/Sites:

• College Admission Profiles
• College Confidential
• NY Times Choice Blog
• On Campus and Online
• The Admission Game Blog
• The College Solution Blog

College Applications:

• The Common App
• Cal State Universities: csumentor or Cal State Universities: calstate
• University of California

College Search/Campus Tour Sites:

• California Colleges
• Campus Tours
• College Board
• College Catalogs
• College Navigator
• Collegiate Choice
• Off 2 College Tours
• Test Optional Colleges
• US News & World Report College Rankings

Financial Aid/Scholarship Sites:

• College Board
• College Net
• College Tool Kit
• CSS Profile
• FAFSA
• Fast Web
• Financial Aid Guide

Standardized Testing/Test Preparation/Tutoring Sites:

• ACT Testing
• Cox Tutoring (Central MA)
• Educational Testing Service (AP Exams)
• Eureka Review
• Princeton Review
• SAT Testing

Other:

• College Fairs
• College of Liberal Arts & Sciences/American Universities
• College Retention Rates
• HECA (Higher Education Consultants Association)
• IECA (Independent Educational Consultants Assocation)
• Inside College (Targeted Lists)
• Internship Programs
• Majors (MyMajors.com) or Majors (Gustavus Adolphus)
• NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Unigo (Review of Colleges by College Students)

Suggested Books:

• Admission Matters: What Parents and Students Need to Know About Getting into College by Sally Springer, Jon Reider, and Marion Franck
• College Match: A Blueprint for Choosing the Best School for You by Steven Antonoff
• College Solution: A Guide For Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price by Lynn O'Shaughnessy
• Colleges That Change Lives by Loren Pope
• Crazy U. by Andrew Ferguson
• Fiske Guide to Colleges: Edward Fiske
• Put Me In, Coach by Laurie A. Richter
• The Big Book of Colleges by College Prowler
• The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College by Jacques Steinberg
• The Insider's Guide to the Colleges by Yale Daily News Staff

Suggested Videos:

• College Admissions Process with Jacques Steinberg
• Waiting for Superman
• YOUniversityTV