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General Websites
- www.anycollege.net/ - Any
College. Net -- The Online College Directory that Gets Used
- www.sbcalsoap.org- Cal-Soap is a state funded outreach program providing services to students in the Santa Barbara School Districts to increase their participation in higher education. Please visit our website for more information
- www.sbceo.org/careers/center/index.html and www.sbceo.org/resources/sbstudents.html - Santa Barbara County Virtual
Career Center
- www.Myroad.com - MyRoad.com is an online
service to assist students in planning for college, selecting majors, and
learning about careers. Students can investigate more than 61 academic fields
and hundreds of college majors, and can then search for possible colleges
based on majors, geographic location, student body, and other criteria from a
list of over 3600 schools. A weekly online magazine features interviews with
professional and student mentors and includes short articles on hot topics in
a range of academic fields. The service requires an individual subscription.
THIS IS THE ONLY WEBSITE LISTED THAT REQUIRES A SUBSCRIPTION.
- www.review.com - This resource has
links to choosing a college, financial aid, standardized testing, minority
services, scholarships, and others.
- www.easi.ed.gov - Department of
Education comprehensive website for college planning and financial aid
information and application.
- https://pathways.ucop.edu/doorways/list/ - UC Certified Class List for
High Schools. This website provides a search engine to find a California
high school or program's UC certified course list. The lists include the
courses that have been certified as fulfilling the "a-g" subject requirements
for admission to the University of California as a freshman. The lists also
indicate courses that are UC certified honors courses.
College Search
- www.embark.com - Check out a
variety of college related topics including college search (see next entry),
scholarships, and other financial aid, on-line college applications, and
information on what to do when accepted.
- www.collegeboard.com - The College Board
represents the folks who make the SAT and the PSAT exams. They have college search, scholarship info., SAT prep., and lots more.
- www.petersons.com - A private company
that provides college exploration materials as well as study abroad, career
search, and summer programs.
- www.yahoo.com - Follow the
Education / college entrance links.
- www.collegeview.com - A total college
package. College search,
applications, etc.
- www.cccco.edu - Listing all the
California Community Colleges. Hit
the button marked “Community College List.”
College Applications
- www.college-scholarships.com - Great access to
college websites and applications.
- www.ucop.edu/pathways/ - This is the main
Univ. of California application system and is new for applications for the fall
of 1998.
- www.commonapp.org - The Common
Application for hundreds of colleges can be downloaded.
- www.calstate.edu - The California
State University system has on-line application too. See also the following website for access to CSU applications and
information.
- www.csumentor.edu - This is the CSU
application site.
- www.msn.com - In search type in
“electronic college applications.” Many sites will
become available.
- www.princetonreview.com/home.asp - Princeton Review Website - lots of good information for college
searches.
SAT / ACT Preparation, Signups, and Information
- www.collegeboard.com - Need to sign up
for the SAT? Check out the
“store” for an SAT preparation software program called “One on One with
the SAT.” Another service of the
college board is their Online Essay Evaluation Service. You can submit essays for evaluation by trained readers (AP and SAT II
writing) and receive evaluations
back within 5 days.
- www.testprep.com - Stanford Testing
Systems has a free on-line SAT test prep course, or you can buy the version to
load to your computer.
- www.act.org - Questions about
the ACT as an alternative to the SAT?
- www.review.com - Princeton Review
is a well-known SAT test prep operation.
- www.kaplan.com - Another well-known
test prep company.
Financial Aid / Scholarships / Scholarship Search
- www.college-scholarships.com - Links out to
numerous college admissions and scholarship options.
- www.finaid.org - Contains massive
amounts of information about scholarships, grants, and loans.
- www.fastweb.com - This is the
largest, free scholarship database in the country with over 400,000 entries.
- www.fafsa.ed.gov - How to apply
“online” for federal financial aid.
- www.ed.gov - Federal government
site for all educational information.
- www.ed.gov/studentaid - Information about
financial aid.
- www.collegeboard.com - How to estimate
family contribution and expected college costs using method financial
administrators use. Also available
is a scholarship search.
- www.salliemae.com - For help on college funding sources. Sallie Mae is not a lender but works with banks to proved educational
loan services.
- www.edfund.org - A federal website
providing aid for the whole financial aid process including loans.
- www.sssc.com - Non-profit
organization with free scholarship search and detailed info about student loans
and financial aid calculation.
Career/ Job Information
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