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College Admission and Financial Aid Resources

2/25/2014

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College Admission Resources

Books
Barron’s 2015 Profiles of American Colleges. New York: Barron’s Educational Series, 2014.
Fiske Guide to College. New York: Sourcebook, Inc., 2014.
The Athletic Recruiting & Scholarship Guide. Black Rock, CT: Mazz Marketing Inc., 2005.
America’s Best Colleges for B Students. Los Altos: SuperCollege, LLC, 2013.
Peterson’s Four Year Colleges 2015. Princeton, NJ: Peterson’s, 2014.
Colleges That Change Lives. New York: Penguin, 2006.
Looking Beyond the Ivy League: Finding the College That's Right for You. New York: Penguin, 2008
Summer Programs for Kids & Teenagers. Princeton, NJ: Peterson’s, 2010.
The Insider’s Guide to Colleges, 2015.Yale Daily News Staff, 2013.
The Best 371 Colleges. New York: Princeton Review, 2013.



General College Information Websites

ACT                                                                                                               
www.ACTstudent.org 
College Board (SAT Reasoning Test and SAT Subject Test) 
www.collegeboard.com 

Educational Testing Services 
www.ets.org 

The above three websites provide information on standardized tests, including sample questions and dates the tests are offered. You can also register for exams by logging on to these sites.

America’s Best Colleges (exclusive rankings from U.S. News and World Report) 
www.usnews.com 

Common Application (download the Common Application and find a list of schools that accept the Common Application) 
www.commonapp.org 

Peterson’s Guide (information/sketches about individual colleges and universities) 
www.petersons.com 

Princeton Review (information/sketches about individual colleges and universities) 
www.review.com 


Financial Aid Websites


FinAid 
www.finaid.org 

Scholarship Search Engine 
www.collegeboard.com

Scholarships
www.scholarships.com 


Gear-Up 
www.ed.gov/gearup 

Think College Early 
www.ed.gov/thinkcollege/early 

American Council on Education 
www.collegeispossible.org 

Mapping your Future 
www.mapping-your-future.org 


Financial Aid Application Sites


http://www.fafsa.gov 
Department of Education Site for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org 

College Scholarship Service (CSS) Profile


General Information on Financial Aid

http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator 

National Center for Education Statistics

http://www.ed.gov 

U.S. Department of Education

http://www.studentaid.ed.gov 

Federal Student Aid on the Web


Federal Direct Student Loans

http://www.studentloans.gov 

Department of Education Site for managing Federal Direct Student Loans

http://www.myedaccount.com 

Direct Loan Servicing Center


Loan Repayment

http://studentaid.ed.gov/repay-loans/understand/plans 

Federal Loan Repayment Options

http://loanconsolidation.ed.gov 

Federal Direct Consolidation Loans Information Center


Education Tax Benefits

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p970.pdf 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

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