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USEFUL
WEBSITES
Career Exploration
| Financial Aid |
Scholarship
Information
College Information
| College
Placement Testing
By Debbie Demers, Newark Valley
High School
One important part of making decisions about college is gathering
information. With internet access available to many of our
students and parents there are lots of opportunities to get
information about colleges, financial aid and scholarships. If
you are interested in information about a specific college, search
the internet for their website. Listed below are websites that
we have found to be helpful in the college search process.
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www.careeradviser.com
provides information on
links related to specific jobs.
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www.exploringcareers.org
a gateway of web sites that is full on online career resources to
help explore career information.
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www.bls.gov/oco/
the Occupational
Outlook Handbook site which helps you find information about
various occupations.
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www.mapping-your-future.org
This site has
information to help you plan for a career, select a school, and
find ways to pay for your education.
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www.finaid.org is
a comprehensive site that offers links to college financial aid
offices, financial calculators that can help parents figure out
how much college debt they can afford, and information on prepaid
tuition plans.
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www.fafsa.ed.gov
–Free Application for Federal Student Aid – apply online and save
time.
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www.collegeboard.org
has useful financial aid calculators, such as one that
lets you see if the amount of debt a student plans to take on
meshes with how much he or she can expect to make in a given
field. In addition to a scholarship search engine, it includes
the College Scholarship Service/Financial Aid Profile that many
schools use to award nonfederal student aid.
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www.ed.gov is
the Department of Education’s site, where you’ll find the
government’s comprehensive Student Guide to Financial Aid as well
as the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA),
the required form for anyone applying for college financial
assistance.
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www.nelliemae.org
is the web site of the New England-based company, which makes and
buys student loans. Along with general information on student
aid, it offers calculators, including one that helps you compare
financial aid award packages of the schools that accept your
child.
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www.salliemae.com
has useful calculators that let you figure out your family’s
expected contribution to college costs and how much you need to
invest to meet a particular savings goal. It also has a
scholarship search program and a host of other information on
financial aid.
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www.hesc.com
Higher
Education Services – find out about both federal and state aid
that is available to you and link to other college or lender web
sites.
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www.fastweb.com
has a search engine that claims to give you access to
information on some 400,000 scholarships. You can customize your
search based on such criteria as your ethnic background, academic
interests, and extracurricular activities.
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www.collegeboard.org
has a scholarship search engine and includes the Financial Aid
Profile, which many schools use to award nonfederal student aid.
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www.collegenet.com/mach25
CollegeNET’s scholarship database.
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www.college-guide-nys.org
find out about the bachelor’s and associate degree programs
offered at New York’s private colleges and universities.
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www.suny.edu SUNY
information for prospective students.
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www.collegenet.com
Information on college search, links to college & university
homepages, financial aid information as well as scholarship
searches.
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www.collegeview.com
this free site has many features, including:
criteria-based searches, virtual campus tours, financial aid
answers and resources, school applications, career information,
and expert answers, just to name a few.
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www.collegelink.com
this site offers college search opportunities, online
applications, financial aid tips and scholarship information.
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www.college-guide-nys.org
Commission on Independent NYS Colleges and Universities – gives
answers to frequently asked questions about financial aid and the
college search process.
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www.act.org
information about the ACT assessment including test-taking
strategies, sample questions and online registration.
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www.collegeboard.org
information about the SAT assessment as well as financial aid
information, college scholarship information and career
opportunities.
Debbie Demers is
College Day Co-Chair and a Counselor at Newark Valley High School
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