Suggested College Resources
- College Navigator provides searchable college facts and figures
- FairTest identifies colleges that are fully or partially test optional – do not require the ACT or SAT
- Niche summarizes student and parent inputs to review colleges with letter grades
- Unigo has college searches, statistics and reviews
- Colleges of Distinction gives a different perspective of prominent colleges and hidden gems
- Colleges that Change Lives describes a group of student centric colleges
Application and Testing Links
- Common Application – streamlines the college application for over 600 colleges
- Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success – tools for college applications and financial aid
- SAT test information, registration and scores
- ACT test information, registration and scores
Enrichment Resources
- TeenLife lists enrichment, summer and gap programs, community service and more
- DoSomething.Org – Volunteer opportunities and ideas to start your own nonprofit or fundraiser
Financial Aid
- Learn about the federal financial aid process and file FAFSA at the Federal Student Aid website
- FAFSA4Caster allows you to calculate your Estimated Family Contribution (EFC)
- CSS/Profile is required by a subset of selective colleges
- College Data provides detailed financial and general admissions information
- NextGenVest provides one-on-one money mentorships for scholarships and financial aid
College Guide Books
- Fiske Guide to Colleges by Edward Fiske
- The Best 380 Colleges by The Princeton Review
- Colleges That Change Lives by Loren Pope
- The Insider’s Guide to the Colleges by Yale Daily News Staff
- Colleges that Create Futures by Robert Franek
Books for Mom and Dad
- Where You Go is Not Who You’ll Be by Frank Bruni
- Make Your Kid a Money Genius by Beth Kobliner