The web sites featured here provide useful and practical information during the college search process. From learning more about topics such as applying for financial aid or getting tips on how to write an application essay--and so much more--the links below provide answers to some of the most commonly asked questions during the college search process.

• ACT, Inc
• bigFuture
• The Center for College Affordability and Productivity
• College Board Online
• College Choices by Consumer Report
• College Navigator
• Common App
• The Education Conservancy
• Engineering for a Changing World: A Roadmap to the Future of Engineering Practice, Research, and Education
• “How To Make NSSE Scores Work For You” -- A USA Today/NSSE Partnership
• Independent Educational Consultants Association
• The Institute for College Access and Success
• National Bureau of Economic Research article, “On the Payoff to Attending an Elite College”
• The National Center for Open and Fair Testing (FairTest)
• The National Survey of Student Engagement
• TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
• The University and College Accountability Network (UCAN)
• “What College Rankings Really Tell Us” article by Malcolm Gladwell from The New Yorker
• "Who Needs Harvard?" article from The Atlantic and The Brookings Institute

• The American Indian College Fund
• FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
• FastWeb, the Internet’s leading scholarship search service
• FinAid, The SmartStudentTM Guide to Financial Aid
• Financial Aid Calculators
• FirstGov.gov, the U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal (English)
• FirstGov en Español, the U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal (Spanish)
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund
• Paying for College (a cost comparison worksheet offered by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)
• Sallie Mae, the nation’s leading provider of education funding
• Student Aid Alliance
• The Student Guide
• United Negro College Fund

• The Fulbright Grant
• The Gates Millennium Scholarship
• The Goldwater Scholarship
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship
• The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarships
• The Jacob K. Javits Fellowships Program
• The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships
• Marshall Scholarship
• The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant
• The Morris K. Udall Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship
• National Honor Society
• The National Merit Scholarship
• National Science Foundation Grants
• The Phi Beta Kappa Society
• The Rhodes Scholarship
• Rotary International
• The Truman Scholarship
• The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship

• Higher Education Research Institution, Home of the CIRP
• Hillel: Jewish Campus Life
• Idealist, information on volunteering
• Intern Abroad
• Internships
• The National Survey of Student Engagement
• The Study Abroad Information Source
• World Volunteer Web

• NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics)
• NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association)
• Varsity Edge

• Association of American Colleges and Universities
• The Council for Advancement and Support of Education
• The Council of Independent Colleges
• Independent Educational Consultants Association
• NACAC (National Association for College Admission Counseling)
• NAICU (National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities)
• NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools)
• NRCCUA (National Research Center for College and University Admissions)

• Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH
• American College Health Association
• Campus Crime and Security
• College Drinking, Changing the Culture, from the National Institute on Alcohol Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
• Prevention Online, the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services and SAMHSA’s National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
• Security on Campus, Inc.

• Association on Higher Education and Disability
• School Psychology Resources Online