Topics > Education: College & Financial Aid

• About.com: College Admissions: U.S.
  Useful guide to the college application process. Includes annotated links and essays on relevant topics, as well as a discussion forum. Free registration.
• Back to College
  A resource center for re-entry and nontraditional students with lots of useful and practical information. Includes links to sellers of discount textbooks.
• CampusTours
  Indexes and links to virtual tours, webcams, maps, video, VR scenes or photos, and college home pages. Access is alphabetical or by state.
• College Board
  This site takes you through practicing for, scheduling and taking the SAT I and II, PSAT/NMSQT, CLEP, and AP tests. Also complete the PROFILE online, search for a college and apply online.
• College Scholarships, Colleges, and Online Degrees
  Useful resource site for information on colleges and universities, scholarship and financial aid, and test preparation.
• CollegeNet
  Searh for colleges by various criteria including geography, tuition and enrollment. Also includes a discussion forum, financial aid and scholarship information, as well as online applications.
• Educational Testing Service
  Focuses on the content of and preparation for the SAT, AP, GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, PRAXIS, and CLEP.
• Fastweb
  Set up a personalized profile for a scholarship search with results in less than ten minutes. Search results are updated continuously.
• FinAid!
  Student guide to financial aid.
• GoAbroad.com
  Lists study abroad programs, language schools, internships, volunteer positions, teaching opportunities, jobs, eco/adventure travel and more.
• GradSchools.com
  Browse 50,000 graduate school programs in the U.S. by subject or school.
• IES; Institute of Education Statistics; College Navigator
  Your direct link to nearly 7,000 colleges and universities in the United States. Site managed by the National Center for Education Statistics in the U.S. Department of Education.
• Learning Express Library
  Free practice for academic and licensing tests after you sign in, courtesy of the Westchester Library System.
• New York State Higher Education Services Corporation
  HESC is the state agency that administers the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), guarantees student loans and offers financial guidance. Includes lots of financial aid information.
• New York's Private Colleges & Universities
  Includes campus profiles A to Z. You can search by academic subject for college listings.
• Peterson's
  Provides information about educational programs at all levels with extensive descriptive material, links to electronic applications and college websites. Also includes guides to summer programs, distance learning, study abroad and financial aid. Click on site map for easy access.
• Princeton Review
  Information on all aspects of the college or graduate school admissions process. Includes test preparation, financial aid, career information, etc. Free registration.
• Student Aid on the Web
  The U.S. Department of Education's federal aid programs provide nearly 70 % of all student financial aid.This is a detailed guide with lots of information. Link here to the FAFSA site.
• Students.gov
  The most detailed source for government information on higher education.
• StudyAbroad.com
  Worldwide study abroad information resource. Includes listings for programs by academic year, semester and subject. Also listsintensive language programs and programs for high school students and English as a second language.
• U.S. Department of Education; Office of Postsecondary Education
  Statistics for criminal offenses at 6,000 colleges and universities 2006-2008.
• U.S. News.com
  U.S. News regularly publishes rankings and guides to U.S. colleges and universities. Partial information is available online for free, but for premium access you have to pay a fee.
• U.S. Two-Year Colleges
  Features links to 1,000 U.S. two-year colleges. Access by state.
• Universities Worldwide
  Links to colleges and universities all over the world.