Resources
NCES College Navigator - Government data
College Scorecard - US Dept of Education
Big Future
Niche
Colleges That Change Lives
College Confidential - Campus vibe and student chats
Scoir
Campus Pride Index
CollegeXpress
Princeton Review
UK Colleges - UCAS
International College Search
College Research
Financial Aid
StudentAid.gov
FAFSA
FAFSA Step-by-Step for students
FAFSA YouTube support - Federal Student Aid
NPC - Net Price Calculators
Big Future Aid Estimator
Big J’s data - finding high merit aid schools
Oh, The List of…
Regional Tuition-Savings programs
Testing
Khan Academy
Test-optional colleges
Applerouth - practice tests: IB, AP, SAT, ACT, and others
SAT - College Board
ACT
Peterson’s Education Portal
Your high school portals:
Naviance, Maia Learning, Xello, Scoir, etc
Road Trip Nation - an interactive road trip of interviews
State of Oregon - career data and forecasting
CareerOneStop
O*Net - career exploration
Career Exploration
Common App Step-by-Step (use Contents link on left)
Univ of California - application help
Cal State - application step-by-step video
Apply Texas - with step-by-step guide
CUNY - City Univ of New York app
SUNY - State Univ of New York app
Application Support
Scholarship sites should NOT request payment, subscriptions, bank information, Social Security number, or personal information. They cannot promise any guarantee of scholarship money.
For Oregon students, try here….
OSAC
Oregon Goes to College
(Email me for a curated list of scholarships in the Portland area.)
Local Scholarships
Outside Scholarships - Start locally with the smallest pool of applicants: your high school and district, local community, then state scholarships sites.
College and University Scholarships - The VAST majority of grant and scholarship money (@90%!) in the U.S. comes directly from the colleges and universities. Good grades = merit money $$
Outside Scholarships
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