College Search and Planning

*American Universities (www.clas.ufl.edu/CLAS/american-universities.html)

A college search site for American Universities granting bachelor or advanced degrees. Use by selecting the first letter of the university you are interested in. Also has links to International Community Colleges, and Canadian Universities.

Guidance for preparing for college, selecting a school, the application process and financial aid. (http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/mm/cc/home.html)

Resource Handbook for Parents/Students (www.ed.gov/pubs/Prepare)

This site is prepared by the US Department of Education as a resource for parents and students who are beginning the college counseling process. The topics are varied and cover such areas as choosing a college, financing a college education, as well as many insightful college preparation tips.

America’s Most Wired Campuses (Most Wired) Check out the most technologically advanced campuses in the United States!

The College Guide (www.mycollegeguide.org/index.html)

This site provides you the ability to search for colleges that you may be interested in. It's pretty basic but it does but does provide you the ability to send your academic profile (SAT, G.P.A., Classes, etc) to a college. There are also additional articles about the college admissions "game" and the process of applying to college.

On this site you can research and apply to many schools. It features 34 schools in Australia for those interested in studying in abroad.

Campus Tours (www.campustours.com)

Collegiate Choice (www.collegiatechoice.com)

These sites provide index of college and university visual materials on the Internet.

*College View (www.collegeview.com)

This site matches a student’s interests with colleges by region, size and population, athletics, alpha, public and private, etc. College View has an excellent overview of all colleges in the United States. User can download applications to colleges.

College Express (www.collegexpress.com/)

This site features students of Rockfield College and consists of profiles of over 250 private colleges and universities.

CollegeNET Home Page ( www.collegenet.com)

*Peterson's Educational Center (www.petersons.com)

Peterson's, who publishes books and software on colleges and universities, brings together a plethora of information on a variety of primary, secondary, and undergraduate institutions. Its comprehensive college database can be searched alphabetically, by geographic region, or by religious affiliation. It also includes information on summer programs at colleges in the United States.

*University Links (www-net.com/univ/new.html)

This site will produce lists of colleges based on major interest and other specific criteria. College lists include business colleges, art/culinary/ music colleges, historically black colleges, Ivy League universities, women’s colleges, computer science colleges, etc.

* Catholic Colleges (www.catholic.org)  An online guide to the Catholic Colleges and Universities in the US.

* HBCU (About HBCUs)  This site will take you to all of the historically black colleges and universities in the US.

* Hillel:  The Foundation for Jewish campus Life (www.hillel.org)

*American Association of University Women (www.aauw.org)

*The America's Black Collegians Network (www.blackhighereducation.com)

*Security on Campus, Inc. (www.campussafety.org)

*Fraternity and Sorority Website (www.greekpages.com)

This site contains valuable information on career planning scholarship searches, college planning and selection, online college admission applications, online students loan applications and much more. www.AESmentor.org

This site is a reference tool for high school student-athletes that contains information on playing high school sports and preparing for college.  www.campuschamps.com

This site offers career planning, scholarship searches, college planning, and much more, specific to the Historically Black Colleges and Universities.  www.HBCUmentor.org

2007 Colleges, Universities and Scholarships

The 2004 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. http://www.college-scholarships.com/

An excellent site in which to investigate financial aid/scholarships, search, and apply to colleges. www.c3apply.org/c3_frameset.html?student

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