COLLEGE PLANNING RESOURCES
Exploring Careers - For Personality and Interest Assessments and Virtual Job Shadows Click Here
Rhode Island Specific
- College Planning Center of Rhode Island - Free Help Available for the Entire Process
Find the Right College Program
- Petersen's College Search Tool - It's about the best college for you.
- niche.com - Find the school that fits you best.
- Big Future - Choosing the right college for you
- National Center for Education - links and searches to colleges and universities
- Online Education and College Degrees - online education and degree program information
- The Princeton Review - all sorts of college information
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Most Popular Links
- College Board - The SAT test plus all sorts of testing and college preparation information
- ACT - the ACT test and other resources
- Federal Student Aid Site - Federal Student Aid Site for students, parents and counselors
- FinAid - Student aid resource site
- Scholarship Scams - avoid scholarship scams - don't pay!
Online Education Links
- American Intercontinental University - career-relevant degrees
- Capella University - degree programs listed by professional focus
- Kaplan University - includes financial aid info
- University of Phoenix - includes links to all campus locations
Two Year College Resources
- Community College of Rhode Island
- Community College Review - profiles of community and junior colleges
- Axia College - online education offering associate degrees
- American Assoc. of Community Colleges
Content Area Specific
Military Careers
Military (General Information)
Testing Calendars
About the Different Tests
- ACT test - used for college admissions, an alternative to the SAT
- Advanced Placement (AP) tests - information about AP testing
- http://www.collegeboard.com/prof/counselors/apply/12.html - Sat Subject Test Requirements at different schools
- College Level Examination Program (CLEP) - about the CLEP program
- PSAT - Preliminary SAT
Test Prep Resources
- http://www.act.org/ - online registration and prep for ACT
- http://www.vocabulary.com/ - fun ways to improve your vocabulary
Scholarship Search
- http://www.scholarship.com/ - Finding Scholarships
- http://www.fastweb.com/ - Financial Aid and Scholarship Search
- http://www.collegeboard.com/ - College, Career, Scholarship Search
- http://www.tuitions.com/ - Scholarship Search
- http://www.wiredscholar.com/ - SallieMae site for financial aid
Financial Aid Calculators
- http://www.finaid.org/calculators/ - financial aid calculator
- http://www.act.org/fane/index.html - calculator on the ACT website
Financial Aid Links
- http://www.finaid.org/ - Student aid resource site
- https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa - online FAFSA application
For Minority, Low-Income, First Generation Students
- http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/minority.phtml - minority aid site
- http://www.uncf.org/ - United Negro College Fund
- http://www.ubp.com/ - universal black pages
- collegefund.org - American Indian fund
- http://www.aihec.org/ - American Indian Higher Education Consortium
- http://www.black-collegian.com/ - the Black Collegian
- http://www.blackexcel.org/ - Black Excel: The College Help Network
- http://www.hillel.org/ - Jewish resource for colleges
- http://www.gmsp.org/ - Gates Millennium Scholars Fund
- http://www.hsf.net/ - Hispanic scholarships
- http://www.hacu.net/ - Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
- http://www.jbhe.com/ - Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
- http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/education.html - Tribal Colleges, Native Studies Programs, and Indian Education
Students With Disabilities
- http://www.ahead.org/ - Association of Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)
- http://www.add.org/ - Attention Deficit Disorder Association
- http://www.chadd.org/ - Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders
- http://www.ncld.org/ - National Center for Learning Disabilities
- http://www.fcsn.org/ - Federation for Children with Special Needs
- http://www.ldonline.org/ - Learning Disabilities Online
