Resources
TESTING
SAT Registration/College Board website: http://sat.collegeboard.com/register/sat-dates
SAT Registration/College Board/Students with Disabilities (including info on extended-time testing): www.collegeboard.com/ssd/student
ACT Registration website: http://www.actstudent.org/regist/dates.html
ACT/Students with Disabilities (including info on extended-time testing): http://www.act.org/aap/disab/
ISEE website: https://www.erblearn.org/parents/isee-overview
SSAT website: www.ssat.org
SSAT/Students with Disabilities: www.ssat.org/ssat/info/Students with Disabilities
TEST OPTIONAL
A chronology of colleges and universities converting to test-optional policies for the high school class of 2021 (with notes about how long each ACT/SAT suspension is scheduled to last) http://www.fairtest.org/sites/default/files/Optional-Growth-Chronology.pdf
A list of schools temporarily waiving ACT/SAT scores ONLY for members of the high school class of 2020 (current seniors)
http://www.fairtest.org/sites/default/files/ACT-SATWaiversfor2020Admissions.pdf440 test-optional institutions ranked in the top-tiers of their respective categories by U.S. News & World Report
http://www.fairtest.org/sites/default/files/Optional-Schools-in-U.S.News-Top-Tiers.pdf
COLLEGE INFORMATION
The Common Application Online - Application used for more than 400 colleges in the US: (http://www.commonapp.org)
College Navigator - Search US colleges, and narrow your college choices: (http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/)
BestColleges.com - Search US colleges, and narrow your college choices: (http://www.bestcolleges.com/)
College Search by the College Board - Search and review college selections, and even compare college options: (https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-search)
Campus Tours - Virtual tours to hundreds of colleges and universities: (www.CampusTours.com)
College Net - Identify schools based on criteria such as location, size, degree programs, etc.; provides links to individual college websites: (www.collegenet.com)
College View (www.collegeview.com)
Career, college, and financial aid information, as well as virtual college tours.You Visit - (www.youvisit.com) experience virtual tours to colleges and universities in 360 degrees around the USA.
College Board Online (www.collegeboard.com)
The College Board website provides information on all tests and products produced by College Board, as well as excellent college information for parents, students, and educators.Studying in the UK - (https://www.sevenseasworldwide.com/complete-guide-for-international-students) a guide to studying in the UK for both undergraduate and graduate programs.
FINANCIAL AID AND SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
U.S. Department of Education (www.ed.gov/finaid/landing.jhtml?src=ln)
This website provides an overview of financial aid.FAFSA (www.fafsa.ed.gov)
Free Application for Federal Student Aid; this is THE site to apply for financial aid online.Fast Web (www.fastweb.com)
Free scholarship and college search service.Fed Money (www.fedmoney.org)
FedMoney.org is a comprehensive free, full-text, online resource on all federal government student financial aid programs.FinAid (www.finaid.org)
Comprehensive financial aid site that is part of the Monster.com network.SallieMae College Answer (www.collegeanswer.com)
Information on preparing and paying for college.CSS Financial Aid PROFILE (https://cssprofile.collegeboard.org/)
A financial aid application required by many schools to apply for institutional aid.SmartScholar (www.smartscholar.com)
Easily browse available scholarships onlineArizona Department of Education - Education & Career Action Plans - http://www.azcis.intocareers.org/
List of scholarships for Arizona residents - look under Financial Aid clusters for Arizona
Click on:
Just Browsing | Education Tab | Arizona Scholarships
ATHLETICS
NCAA (www.ncaa.org)
The National Collegiate Athletic Association website.Eligibility for DIVISION I (http://www.ncaa.org/student-athletes/play-division-i-sports)
Eligibility for DIVISION II (http://www.ncaa.org/student-athletes/play-division-ii-sports)
Eligibility for DIVISION III (http://www.ncaa.org/student-athletes/play-division-iIi-sports)
NAIA (http://www.naia com)
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics website.
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