CollegeView
www.collegeview.com
This Web site is a comprehensive online resource providing students with accurate, up-to-date career and college information. CollegeView.com allows students to view virtual tours of hundreds of campuses, discover the secret to finding financial aid, and even apply to schools online.
The College Board
www.collegeboard.org
"The College Board created the SAT Advanced Placement Program and the PSAT/NMSQT. Its web site has a wealth of resources and tips on planning for college, taking the tests, finding the right college and paying for college. Check out the Step-by-Step Career Worksheet, Making the Most of High School, Recommended Classes and Time Management Tips and more."
Kaplan's
www.kaplan.com
"Kaplan, Inc. is one of the nation's premier providers of educational and career services for individuals, schools and businesses. Kaplan has helped transform the for-profit education industry, setting professional standards in an era of educational innovation, global expansion and technological advancement. Visit the one-stop resource for test prep, admissions, school and career information."
Peterson’s Guide to College Info
www.petersons.com
"A very comprehensive education resource on the Web, brought to you by Peterson's-the nation's leading provider of educational content, including college search and selection, test preparation, and lifelong learning.
Check out Best College Picks, online practice tests for the GRE, GMAT, SAT, and TOEFL, and the QuickStart Career Wizard Career Assessment, provide consumers with the depth and breadth of information they need to make informed decisions about their education or career. Peterson's information, such as its financial aid database of nearly $5 billion worth of scholarships, grants, and prizes, is fully index on the Web and available in printed guides. The range of test preparation offered by Peterson's has recently expanded into civil service, licensing, certification, and military preparation with the acquisition of ARCO."
The Princeton Review
www.review.com
"More than half a million students, parents, and counselors visit www.review.com each month to take advantage of the free interactive tools designed to help them find schools, submit applications, and research career and financial aid options. Students aren’t the only people who find Review.com a valuable resource. Parents and college counselors can also log on to the site to manage their responsibilities to each student’s application.
Admissions professionals market to Review.com's audience of students to find the best prospects and turn them into applicants. Colleges can reach prospective students with customized profiles on the Review.com site and in Admissions Services' printed college admissions guidebooks. The division authors over 150 print and software titles published through Random House."
College Link
www.collegelink.com
"CollegeLink.com Incorporated provides a range of pre-college services, including: college searches, test preparation, getting into top schools, finding scholarships, electronic college applications, paying for college and college success. The Company has relationships with nearly 1,000 colleges and universities and more than 4,000 high schools nationwide. Additionally, the company's Making It Count (www.makingitcount.com) Presentation Programs are the nation's leading student training and advisory programs, providing students with a template for success in high school, college and beyond. The Program's success messages are delivered through such formats as live in-school presentations, an instructional book, the Internet and a free monthly newsletter."
GoCollege.com
www.gocollege.com
GoCollege is dedicated to furthering educational opportunities for the youth of America. Services include:
GoCollege Search: Find a college, take a virtual tour at that college.
GoScholarship Search: Find the right scholarship for you.
GoXpert Files: Truly, a world of information for college bound students: over 400 questions, newsletters and a guidance counselor just for you!
GoTest Yourself: The only online practice tests on the net !
GoDistance Learning: Your help line towards long distance education. Find schools by names, locations and majors."
College Net
www.collegenet.com
"CollegeNET, Inc. is the world's leading 'virtual plumber' for higher education internet transactions. It aggregates over 1500 customized Internet admissions applications built for college and university programs. When applying to more than one program you save redundant typing since common data automatically travels from form to form."
Fastweb
www.fastweb.com
FastWeb is the nation's recognized leader in helping students make the decisions that shape their lives: choosing a college, paying for college and finding jobs during and after college.
And it's all free.
Recommended by over 16,000 guidance counselors and financial aid officers, FastWeb is the most trusted college resource on the Web. Last year, one of three college-bound high school seniors used the site, and more than 700 magazine and newspaper articles recommended FastWeb. In total, more than 11 million students have used FastWeb since its launch in 1995.
FastWeb lets students create a personalized profile that can be matched against our expansive databases of colleges and scholarships. As the oldest and most popular free online scholarship matching service, our database has more than 600,000 scholarships totaling over $1 billion. We employ a full-time research staff who adds nearly 250 new scholarships each week and updates scholarship information daily. FastWeb also notifies students when new scholarships are added and application deadlines are approaching.
But FastWeb is about more than scholarships. For students searching for a college, FastWeb can match your background with two- and four-year colleges across the country. Within minutes, our comprehensive college database will give you a list of schools matching your preferences and a complete profile of each school."
Study Skills Self-Help Information
www.ucc.vt.edu/stdyhlp.html
An excellent on-line guide by Virginia Tech, covering the following topics:
Time Management, Strategies for Improving Academic Performance, Seven Strategies for Improving Test Performance, Increasing Textbook Reading Comprehension by Using SQ3R, Strategies for Improving Concentration and Memory, Study Skills Inventory."
"Study Strategies Homepage"
http://www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/acad/strat/
This site, developed by the University of Minnesota – Duluth, includes a number of self-assessments that are very practical. They include a Study Skills Survey, Time Audit for one Week, Study Skills, Checklist in A Guide to College Survival, Take the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI); Take the Keirsey Temperament Sorter from Sunsite and a Create Your Own Study Skills Profile. A section on learning opportunities includes: Learning about study skills, Practicing effective study strategies, Teaching and/or managing study skills.
III. Helpful Government Publications:
"Preparing Students for College"
www.ed.gov/pubs/Prepare/index.html
Prepared by the U.S. Department of Education, "Preparing Your Child For College
A Resource Book for Parents," is a resource book is designed to help you plan ahead -- with your child and your child's teachers and counselors -- to ensure he or she is prepared academically for the rigors of college and to save now and plan financially for the costs of a college education. Good information about financing college and very good checklists for students and parents, including: Help Your Child Think About a Career; Course Planner for Parent and Student; College Preparation Checklist for Students; Financial Preparation Checklist for Parents.
Getting Ready for College Early - A Handbook for Parents of Students in the Middle and Junior High School Years
www.ed.gov/pubs/GettingReadyCollegeEarly/
Focuses on what middle and junior high school children need to know to prepare for college. Good general reference resource.
Vocational Education and Industry Training
http://reach.ucf.edu/~technicaled/
This resources list was initially developed by Dr. Steven Sorg and has been one of the top sites on the World Wide Web referencing Vocational Education and is maintained at the Program in Vocational Education and Industry Training at the University of Central Florida Orlando, FL, USA. The site has too many links to list, but include Adult Education, Apprenticeship, Business Education, Career and Job Information, Federal Government Information, Health Education Resources, School to Work/Tech Prep, Training, and Vocational Programs and Schools.