College Resources

Communications Arts College "Go Center" page

Links to Texas Colleges and Universities

College for Texans: Free SAT and ACT Online Test Preparation — click on "New Users Enroll Now" to get started

How to Figure Your GPA

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

The Common Application — the recommended form of 230 selective colleges and universities for admission to their undergraduate programs. Students complete one Common Application form, photocopy it, and send the form to any of the participating colleges. The procedure simplifies the college application process and eliminates duplication of effort.

Northwest Vista Dual Credit Department

A College Checklist for High School Students — A nice checklist arranged by year on applying for college. Sponsored by the Washington Post.

The College Board Online — Highlights of this site include: Test Question of the Day, College Search, College Board Test Dates, Online SAT Registration, and the Financial Aid Calculator. Also includes sample questions and answers for the PSAT.

American College Testing — Register to take college entrance exams and scored by ACT.  Contains parent resources and test taking strategies.

CollegeNet — a database of over 3000 colleges. Contains scholarship information, and many links.

College for Texans — a great site for college preparation

www.thecb.state.tx.us — Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, dedicated to helping Texas meet the goals of the state’s higher education plan

www.fastweb.com — free scholarship search engine

www.AIE.org — "Adventures in Education" includes scholarship, financial aid and college information

www.finaid.org — "The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid"

The Education & Career Center from Peterson's — Great information for those who are College Bound. Download college applications and more. Online Resume help. Information for both parents and students, including the ability to search Peterson's college database.

Mapping Your Future — An online public service to help students and parents research occupations, scholarships, and college applications. A very helpful listing with tips on what should be done at each grade level in preparation for college.

Scholarship Information:
At http://www.get-recruited.com all students can get recruited by colleges, free.

At the bottom of http://www.college-scholarships.com you can find college contact information by state, including admissions and financial aid office email addresses, toll free phone numnbers, and links to online applications for admission.

At http://www.college-scholarships.com/100college.htm you'll find links to the 75 websites with the best information for college-bound students and their parents.

http://www.guaranteed-scholarships.com lists scholarships given by individual colleges to all enrolled students meeting the stated criteria.

http://www.geocities.com/diet-lps/index.html : Dimensions in Education Today

http://www.usip.org/ed/npec/index.html: National Peace Essay Contest

http://www.cns.gov/scholarships: Presidential Freedom Scholarships

http://www.acis.com/students/scholarships.asp: Travel Is Education Scholarship

http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=education/student/olympiad.html: Chemistry Olympiad

http://www.cee.org/usabo/index.shtml : Biology Olympiad

http://www.uwp.edu/academic/mathematics/usaco/: Computing Olympiad