College search sites
College Board Online - www.collegeboard.com
A comprehensive site on SAT programs, financial aid, scholarships and the admissions process. Or visit the ExPAN database and search for colleges by location or name.
Embark - www.embark.com
This is an award-winning website which allows students to search up to 4,000 colleges and universities as well as explore careers ad majors. This site also offers information on the financial aid process and offers information on scholarships.
CollegeNET - www.collegenet.com
This site allows a student to search over 25,000 2-year and 4-year colleges, universities, junior colleges, technical schools, law schools and medical schools in the U.S., Canada and New Zealand. You can even take some online campus tours on this site.
College View Campus - www.collegeview.com
Search for a college by major, location, size, type of college, special programs such as athletic. This site also offers information on career planning and financial aid along with virtual college tours. You can also find many electronic college applications.
College Link - www.collegelink.com
This site offers online applications to over 900 colleges. Also has a recruiting service for student athletes.
International Education Service - www.ies-ed.com
This site offers a service to international students interested in applying to colleges in the U.S. and Canada.
Virtual Campus Tours - www.campustours.com
Offers online campus tours of many colleges in the United States .
College Entrance Examinations
ETS NET - www.ets.org
This is the home page for the service which develops the college admissions tests such as the SAT and TOEFL. A student can take practice tests online.
College Board - sat.collegeboard.org/home?navid=ss-sat
This site offers information on test dates, online registration, test centers, score reporting, and tips for test preparation.
SAT Score Sender - sat.collegeboard.org/scores
This site provides information on how to send up to five additional SAT score reports to colleges and scholarship programs.
TOEFL Online - www.toefl.org/index.html
This site offers information on the TOEFL which is an examination, required by colleges, for those students whose first language is not English. Students can register online and take practice tests.
Princeton Review - www.review.com
This site offers test preparation information, college program search, rankings, and career advice.
Careers
Jobtrak - www.jobtrak.com
Mapping Your Future - www.mapping-your-future.org
Occupational Outlook Handbook - stats.bls.gov.ochome.htm
TRMS Career Resource Center - www.camas.wednet.edu/chs/netlinks/tech/career.html
Applying to Countries Other Than the United States
Australia Education Network - apps-new.edna.edu.au/edna_retired/edna/go/schooled.html
Canada - www.studyincanada.com
Canadian Colleqes/AUCC - www.aucc.ca
Ontario Universities - www.ouac.ca
British Universities/UCAS - www.ucas.ac.uk
Student Loans Company Ltd. - www.slc.co.uk
Sites for International Students
These websites offer information for international students on visa issues, cultural differences, and more.
Edupass - www.edupass.org
Institute of International Education - www.iep.org
Study USA - www.studyusa.com
Other helpful information
Common Application - www.commonapp.org
Download the common application from this website. The Common Application form lists its subscriber colleges. When in doubt you can always email the college and ask if they will accept the Common Application.
NACAC - www.nacacnet.org/admission-pros/Pages/default.aspx
This page offers information on the admissions process.
