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    Provides online preparation and practice for specialized tests such as ACT, ASVAB, GED, SAT. Also search colleges and scholarships or get help writing admissions application essays.
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  • CollegeNET: The Internet Guide to Colleges and Universities
    Basic information on most post-secondary schools in the U.S. and Canada with links to homepages. Use their interface to apply to schools online.
     
  • CollegeSource Online
    Over 32,000 college catalogs in complete cover-to-cover original page format including 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools. Catalogs are available in Adobe Acrobat format.
     
  • College Board
    Includes college search, College Board test dates, online SAT registration, online applications for over 500 colleges and universities. College Search may be queried by geographic location, size, major, and other characteristics.
     
  • College In Colorado
    A free service from the Colorado Department of Higher Education to help students and their families select a Colorado college, apply for admission, and plan to finance higher education. Students may compare colleges and universities, take a virtual tour, and find campuses that match their requirements.
     
  • Online Study Abroad Directory
    Offers a multi-database search of their database, the Studyabroad.com database, and Peterson databases. You can search by subject, program length (summer, semester, year), or geographic region.
     
  • Peterson's Guide Web Pages
    Searchable databases of graduate, undergraduate, K-12, distance education, continuing education, and others with links to web sites. Online version of the well-known Peterson's Guides.
     
  • The Princeton Review
    Information on undergraduate, graduate, medical, business, and law schools. Includes scholarship search, testing information, and college rankings and lists.
     
  • Send Your Child to College: the Internet Guide for Parents
    A site for parents that provides solid, comprehensive information about colleges and financial aid. Provides a helpful calendar of due dates in the college and college aid application process.
     
  • U.S. News Online.edu
    Helps users choose a college or graduate school and a career. Includes college rankings, graduate school rankings, financial aid with best values rankings, and guides to careers, internships, and jobs.
   

Financial Aid

  • College Assist (formerly College Access Network)
    A national guarantee agency in the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP), is dedicated to helping students, parents and schools navigate college financing, from start to finish, quickly and easily. FFELP provides federal Stafford, PLUS, and Consolidation loans to students and parents through private lenders.
     
  • FAFSA on the Web (Free Application for Federal Financial Aid)
    Apply for federal financial aid on the web; it's free!
     
  • Fastweb
    Free searchable database of more than 400,000 listings of private scholarships, fellowships, grants, and loans. More than 500 new listings are added daily.
     
  • Finaid
    Provides solid "how-to" advice on securing financial aid. Includes links to scholarship databases, student lenders, and financial aid calculators.
     
  • Sallie Mae: Helping Make Education Possible
    Information about federal and private aid programs.
     
  • Student Loan Network
    Student Loan Network helps students and parents find the best federal student loans, alternative student loans and loan consolidation. Our goal is to provide you with the necessary knowledge, products and information to finance your education.
     
  • U.S. Department of Education: Financial Assistance
    Download application forms and find out about Pell and other grants available from the U.S. government.
     
  • Student Guide
    Department of Education information explaining all federal grant, loan, and work-study programs. Includes the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
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