College Process Resources
General Admission Information
The Education Conservancy – http://www.educationconservancy.org
The Common Application – https://www.commonapp.org
The Unified Application for Conservatory Admission – https://www.unifiedapps.org
The University of California system – http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions
The California State University system – http://www.calstate.edu
Colleges That Change Lives – http://www.CTCL.org
College Click TV – http://www.collegeclicktv.com
College Prowler – http://collegeprowler.com
U.S. Department of Education College Navigator – http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator
Unigo – College Reviews by College Students – http://www.unigo.com
The Fiske Guides – http://www.fiskeguide.com
National Survey of Student Engagement – http://nsse.iub.edu/index.cfm
Virtual College Tours – http://www.campustours.com
Understanding College Rankings –http://www.nacacnet.org/studentinfo/CollegeRankings/pages/CollegeRankings.aspx
Admissions 101 – http://www.nacacnet.org/studentinfo/articles/pages/Admission101.aspx
California State University Mentor Online Application – https://secure.csumentor.eduf
University of California Online Application – http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/index.html
College Visits – http://www.college-visits.com/index.html
Colleges in the South – http://www.colleges.org/institutions.html
Colleges in the Midwest – http://www.acm.edu/index.html
Princeton Review College Search – http://www.princetonreview.com/colleges-majors.aspx
Index of American Universities – http://www.clas.ufl.edu/au
Colleges of Distinction – http://www.collegesofdistinction.com
Colleges Confidential College Search – http://www.collegeconfidential.com
College Board Big Future Matchmaker – https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-search
Catholic Colleges – http://www.catholiccollegesonline.org
Tour CSU Campuses – https://secure.csumentor.edu/campustour
Exploring Majors Through ASSIST – http://www.assist.org/web-assist/welcome.html
Community Colleges in California – http://www.cccco.edu
University Visitors Network – http://www.myuvn.com
Two Year Colleges in the United States – http://www.utexas.edu/world/comcol/alpha
Standardized Tests
ACT – http://www.actstudent.org
Colleges that Require Subject Tests – http://www.compassprep.com/admissions_req_subjects.aspx
Financial Aid and Scholarships
The CSS/PROFILE Financial Aid Application – https://profileonline.collegeboard.com/index.jsp
FAFSA – Free Application for Federal Student Aid – http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
Overview of Federal Student Aid – http://www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov/F4CApp
Scholarships Search-School Soup – http://www.schoolsoup.com
Financial Aid – http://www.finaid.org
WUE – Western Undergraduate Exchange – http://www.wiche.edu/wue
LEAD – http://www.leadprogram.org
Merit Aid – http://www.meritaid.com
Scholarship scams – http://www.finaid.org/scholarships/scams.phtml
California Student Aid Commission – http://www.csac.ca.gov
For Athletes
NCAA Eligibility Center for Division I and II – http://eligibilitycenter.org
NCAA College Search by Sport – http://web1.ncaa.org/onlineDir/exec2/sponsorship
Student Aid Division III – http://www.collegestudentathletes.com/index.cfm
Gap Year Opportunities and Summer Programs
Source Site for Summer Enrichment and Gap Years – http://www.enrichmentalley.com
Fine and Performing Arts Camps – http://www.usperformingarts.com
Thousands of Jobs in Great Places – http://www.coolworks.com
Gap Year Programs Around the World – http://usagapyearfairs.org/index.html
Books
“Admission Matters: What Students and Parents need to Know about Getting into College”; Sally Spring, Jon Reider, and Marion Franck, Jossey-Bass
“Allow Your Children to Fail if You Want Them to Succeed”; Avril Beckford, Author House
“Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children”; Michael Thompson, Katherine Grace, and Lawrence Cohen, Ballantine Books
“Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers”; Alissa Quart, Basic Books
“The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton”; Jerome Karabel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“College Admissions Together: It Takes a Family”; Steven Goodman and Andrea Leiman, Capital Books
“College Knowledge: What It Really Takes for Students to Succeed and What We Can Do to Get Them Ready”; David Conley, Jossey-Bass
“College Unranked: Ending the College Admission Frenzy”; Lloyd Thacker, ed., Harvard University Press
“Colleges That Change Lives”; Loren Pope, Penguin Books
“Cool Colleges: For the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just Plain Different”; Donald Asher, Ten Speed Press
“Doing School: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed-Out, Materialistic,and Miseducated Students”; Denise Clark Pope, Yale University Press
“The Gatekeepers”; Jacques Steinberg, Penguin Books
“Going to College: How Social, Economic, and Educational Factors Influence the Decisions Students Make”; Don Hossler, Jack Schmit, and Nick Vesper, The Johns Hopkins University Press
“Harvard Schmarvard”; Jay Mathews, Three Rivers Press
“The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life”; Laura Kastner and Jennifer Wyatt, Three Rivers Press
“Less Stress, More Success: A New Approach to Guiding Your Teen Through College Admission and Beyond”; Marilee Jones and Kenneth Ginsburg, AAP
“The Little College Handbook; A First Generation’s Guide to Getting In and Staying In”; Melissa Mellott, Advocacy Press
“Looking Beyond the Ivy League”; Loren Pope, Penguin Books
“The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College”; Harlan Cohen, Sourcebooks, Inc.
“Panicked Parents’ Guide to College Admissions”; Peterson’s
“The Pressured Child: Helping Your Child Find Success in School and Life”; Michael Thompson and Teresa Barker, Ballantine Books
“The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids”; Madeline Levine, Harper Collins Publishers
“Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise and Other Bribes”; Alfie Kohn, Mariner Books
“The Secret Lives of Overachievers”; Alexandra Robbins
“Standardized Minds: The High Price of America’s Testing Culture and What We Can Do to Change It”; Peter Sacks, Da Capo Press
“Taking Time Off”; Colin Hall, Princeton Review
“The Unintended Consequences of High Stakes Testing”; M. Gail Jones, Brett D. Jones,and Tracy Hargrove, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.