Helpful Links
Standardized Testing:
AP Test: https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/home?navid=gh-aps
SAT: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat?navid=bf-sat
ACT: http://www.actstudent.org
College Search and Planning:
College Board: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org
Colleges That Change Lives: www.ctcl.org
College Navigator: www.nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator
College Data: www.collegedata.com
Virginia Private Colleges: www.cicv.org
Applying to College:
Common app: https://www.commonapp.org
Coalition app: http://www.coalitionforcollegeaccess.org
UCalifornia app: https://admissions.universityofcalifornia.edu/my-application/login
Financial Aid Information:
Federal Student Aid information: https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa
Federal Financial Aid: https://fafsa.ed.gov
CSS Financial Aid Profile: https://student.collegeboard.org/css-financial-aid-profile
Saving for College by Mark Kantrowitz: https://www.savingforcollege.com
The College Solution by Lynn O’Shaughnessy: http://www.thecollegesolution.com
Helpful Books
Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be by Frank Bruni
Colleges That Change Lives by Loren Pope
Admission Matters by Sally Springer, Jon Reider & Joyce Vining Morgan
College Match by Steven Antonoff
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey
How to Be A High School Superstar by Cal Newport
How to Raise An Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims
Fiske Guide to Colleges by Edward B. Fiske (updated and published yearly)
There is Life After College by Jeffrey J. Selingo
Who Gets In And Why, A Year Inside College Admissions by Jeffrey J. Selingo
The Price You Pay for College by Ron Lieber