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These Links provide more information
about Financial Aid
The official US government site. Everyone should start here.
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ Extensive
listing of information about financial aid
http://www.finaid.org/
A good article titled: 7 Questions You Should Ask of Every Financial Aid
Officer
http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,69-356,00.html
How Stuff Works explanation of financial aid
http://money.howstuffworks.com/college-financial-aid1.htm
Online scholarship search sites
http://www.fastweb.com/
http://www.college-scholarships.com/
http://www.college-scholarships.com/100college.htm
A private site with information on loans: FinancialAidOfficer.com,
a privately managed resource site, is part of the Student Loan Network - your online
guide to federal Stafford, PLUS and alternative student loans.
http://www.financialaidofficer.com/
College Info Links
PREPARING YOUR CHILD FOR COLLEGE: A Resource Book for Parents
2000 Edition
This online book from the US Dept of Education includes chapters such as; What can
my child do to prepare academically for college? And How can my child go about choosing
a college?
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Prepare/
This US Dept of Education site has link to a wide variety of information for parents
and students about preparing for college.
http://www.ed.gov/topics/topicsTier2.jsp?top=Education+Resources&type=T&subtop=Planning+%26+paying
Preparing for College a University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) site has
information which is particularly important for more competitive universities. The
site begins with the following quote:
Just because you are taking the classes you need to graduate from high school does
not mean that you are adequately preparing for college. There are a number of factors
that will influence your ability to get into the college or university of your choice.http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/mm/cc/info/prep.html
College Is Possible: A resource guide for parents, students and education professionals
is a site for the American Council on Education. The site begins with the following
quote:
Thinking about college? You probably have a lot of questions: How does the application
process work? What sort of college is right for me? How much will college cost? You've
come to the right place. America's colleges and universities have prepared this site
to guide you to the books, websites, and other resources that admissions and financial
aid professionals consider most helpful. With planning, preparation -- and the right
information -- college is possible for almost every American. http://www.collegeispossible.org/
Preparing For College
While it is never too late to think about college, early preparation can help smooth
the way. Everyday you make major decisions that shape your future, and this could
possibly include college. Although college may be years away, it is never too early
to become informed and prepared.
http://www.collegeboundfoundation.org/preparing/
Large number of online search tools to find college degrees and programs. Some
sites are commercial sites others like the following site are sponsored by participating
colleges and universities.
http://www.colleges-degrees-searches-online.org/adwords.htm
The following is a site to address selecting a highly selective, Ivy league, school:
http://www.go4ivy.com/planstrategy.asp
This site has links to many books and other materials:
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Office/Counselor/Colleges_and_Universities/Colleges_and_Universities.html
The Howstuffworks site has easily accessible information on college admissions:
http://people.howstuffworks.com/college-admission2.htm
Athletics Info
If you are interested in participating in inter-collegiate sports you need to
do some research.
The following sites represent the primary associations:
NCAA 972 member colleges----Divisions I, II and III schools each with different
rules
http://www.ncaa.org/
NAIA 300 colleges----can award scholarships
http://www.naia.org/news/gen/gen/2000/01/26/948899799273.html
NJCAA 500 junior and community colleges---Divisions I, II and III---some can award
scholarships while other cannot.
http://www.njcaa.org/
Help With Homework
Connect for Kids, an award-winning multimedia project, helps
adults make their communities better places for families and children. The Web site
offers a place on the Internet for adults parents, grandparents, educators, policymakers
and others who want to become more active citizens, from volunteering to voting with
kids in mind.
http://www.connectforkids.org/
Welcome to Family Education Network, the best of the Internet's
content, resources, and shopping for parents, teachers, and kids. Launched in September,
2000, the company's mission is to be an online consumer network of the world's best
learning and information resources, personalized to help parents, teachers, and students
of all ages take control of their learning and make it part of their everyday lives.
Note: this site does contain a number of ads in addition to resource material.
http://familyeducation.com/home/0,1669,,00.html
This site is focussed on financial aid and loans but has a wonderful page which refers
you to some great homework help. Click on the box which interests
you, for example writing, and you will have links to some great resources.
http://www.schoolwork.org/
An online dictionary:
http://www.m-w.com/
An online encyclopedia which does not ask you to subscribe to services:
http://www.bartleby.com/65/
An amazing site with extensive links to encyclopedias, dictionaries and glossaries:
http://stommel.tamu.edu/%7Ebaum/hyperref.html#encyclopedias
Project Gutenberg is the Internet's oldest producer of FREE electronic
books (eBooks or eTexts). Project Gutenberg is the brainchild of Michael Hart, who
in 1971 decided that it would be a really good idea if lots of famous and important
texts were freely available to everyone in the world. Since then, he has been joined
by hundreds of volunteers who share his vision. Now, more than thirty years later,
Project Gutenberg has the following figures (as of November 8th 2002): 203 New eBooks
released during October 2002, 1975 New eBooks produced in 2002 (they were 1240 in
2001) for a total of 6267
http://promo.net/pg/
This is a site with references to hundreds of other sites. The reference sites provide
materials for students, parents and teachers:
http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Education/K_through_12/
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