This very useful list of web sites was posted on the National Association of College Admission Counselors listserv in early April, 2000. The links are divided into the following categories: Click on a category below to go to those links.

Exploring College	On-Line Applications	Athletics
Financial Aid	Scholarships	College Home Pages
Loan Information	Test Prep	Other Useful College Links

Exploring Colleges  

100 Hot Higher Education Sites	http://www2.web21.com/college/
US News College  Rankings	http://www.usnews.com/usnews/rankguide/rghome.htm
ACT	http://www.act.org/
All Campus	http://www.allcampus.com
College Board	http://www.collegeboard.com/
College Choice	http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/mm/cc/home.html
College Club	http://www.collegeclub.com/
College Express	http://www.collegexpress.com/
College Net	http://www.collegenet.com/
College Plan	http://collegeplan.org/
College Prep	http://home.okstate.edu/homepages.nsf/toc/first
College Rankings	http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm
College View	http://www.collegeview.com/
College Visits	http://www.college-scholarships.com
Cyn. Goode’s Home Page	http://users.massed.net/~cgood/
Cyber Guidance	http://cyberguidance.net
Dept. of Ed. Home Page	http://www.easi.ed.gov/index.html
Education Planning	http://www.niep.com/
Embark	http://www.embark.com/
Go College	http://www.gocollege.com
Hillel	http://www.hillel.org/
Historically Black Colleges	http://www.smart.net/~pope/hbcu/hbculist.htm
Independent Higher Ed. Network	http://www.fihe.org/fihe/college/search.htm
International Colleges	http://www.ies-ed.com/
Jesuit Colleges	http://www.ajcunet.edu
Mapping your Future	http://mapping-your-future.org/
NACAC	http://www.nacac.com/
Peterson’s	http://www.petersons.com/
Post secondary Info	http://www3.dist214.k12.il.us/guidance/postsec.htm
Princeton Review	http://www.review.com/
Top 10 Activist Colleges	http://bsd.mojones.com/mother_jones/SO98/wieczorek.html
Unit. Kingdom College Application	http://www.ucas.ac.uk/
Virtual Campus Tours	http://www.campustours.com/
Wired Scholar	http://www.wiredscholar.com
Yahoo Education Site	http://www.yahoo.com/Education/

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On-Line Applications 

Apply!	http://www.review.com/college/applySchools.cfm
Application Zap	http://www.collegeview.com/appzap/
College Link	http://www.collegelink.com/
College Edge Web Apps	http://apply.collegeedge.com/
College Quest	http://www.collegequest.com/
Common Application	http://www.commonapp.org/
Higher Ed. Info Center	http://www.heic.org/
Peterson’s	http://www.petersons.com/
Web Applications	http://www.heic.org/guide/cic/cicapply.htm
X Zap	http://www.xap.com/

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Athletics

Athletic Info	http://www3.dist214.k12.il.us/guidance/athleteinfo.htm
NAIA	http://www.naia.org/
NCAA	http://www.ncaa.org
Nat’l Recruiting Network	http://www.nationalrecruits.com
Univ. Sports Programs	http://www.universitysports.com/

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Financial Aid

ACT FA Estimator	http://www.act.org/fane/index.html
Channel 4ooo	http://www.wcco.com/education/fouryear/finaid.html
CSS Profile On-line	http://profileonline.collegeboard.com
Electronic FAFSA	http://www.ed.gov/prog_info/SFA/StudentGuide/
FAFSA	http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/express.html
Finan. Aid Errors	http://www.utm.edu/admin/finaid/errors.htm
Fastaid	http://www.fastaid.com/
Fastweb	http://www.fastweb.com/
Financial Aid	http://www.signet.com/collegemoney
Finaid Info Page	http://www.finaid.org/
Fin. Aid Info	http://www3.dist214.k12.il.us/guidance/finaid.htm
FA Estimator	http://www.finaid.org/finaid/calculators/estimate.html
FA Awareness Month	http://www.faam.org/
Indep Higher Ed. Network	http://www.fihe.org/fihe/college/finance.htm
ICPAC FA Page	http://icpac.indiana.edu/finaid.html
Mark’s FA Calculator	http://www.finaid.org/finaid/calculators/finaid_calc.html
Paying for School	http://www.adventuresineducation.org/paying/
Peterson’s FA Page	http://www.petersons.com/resources/finance.html
Project EASI	http://easi.ed.gov/studentcenter/studentcenter.html
Sallie Mae FA Info	http://www.salliemae.com/
Student Guide-Dept of  Ed	http://www.ed.gov/prog_info/SFA/StudentGuide/1998-9/index.html
Tuition Impossible: Kaplan	http://www.kaplan.com:8000/miniapps/tuition/index.html
XAP FA Info	http://www.xap.com/xapWWW/Cool/financial.html
Yahoo FA Info	http://www.yahoo.com/education/financial_aid/

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Scholarships

CollegeExpress	http://www.collegeexpress.com/
CollegeNET	http://www.collegenet.com/
College Scholarships	http://www.college-scholarships.com
FastAid	http://www.fastaid.com/
Free Search	http://www.freschinfo.com/
Go College	http://www.gocollege.com/goscholarshipsearch/index.html
Grants	http://www.pitsco.com/p/grants.html
Minority Info	http://web.fie.com/web/mol/
MOLIS Minor. Scholarship	http://www.fie.com/molis/scholar.htm
Scholarship Info	http://www3.dist214.k12.il.us/guidance/scholarship.htm
Scholarships on the Web	http://gen.com/ani/scholarmks.htm
SRN Scholarship Search	http://www.rams.com/srn/search.htm
UNCF	http://www.uncf.org/programs/

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Links to College Home Pages 

All About College	http://www.allaboutcollege.com/
Campus Tours	http://www.campustours.com/
College Home Pages	http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ.html
College HP	http://www3.dist214.k12.il.us/guidance/collegehp.htm
Ecola College Locator	http://www.ecola.com/college/
Indep. Higher Ed. Network	http://www.fihe.org/fihe/college/state.htm
Links to Coll. Home Pages	http://www.clas.ufl.edu/CLAS/american-universities.html
U101.com	http://u101.com
Universities.com	http://universities.com/Searchuniv.htm
XAP Web Links	http://www.xap.com/xapWWW/Cool/collegelists.html
Yahoo Coll. Web Pages	http://www.yahoo.com/regional/countries/united_states/education/ colleges_and_universities/public_by_state

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Loan Information 

Amer. Student Asst	http://www.amsa.com/
eStudent Loan	http://www.estudentloan.com/
KapLoan	http://www1.kaplan.com/view/zine/0,1282,10,00.html
MFEA Loans	http://www.mefa.org/
Nellie Mae	http://www.nelliemae.org/
Sallie Mae	http://www.salliemae.com/
Student Loans	http://www.studentloanfunding.com/
TERI	http://www.teri.org/

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Test Prep 

College Adm. Testing	http://collegeapps.miningco.com/msub20.htm
College Board On-Line	http://www.collegeboard.org/html/testdates000.html
College Power Prep	http://www.powerprep.com/
ETS	http://www.ets.org/
Get Tested:  College4u	http://www.college4u.com/c16.htm
Kaplan Page	http://www.kaplan.com/
Number2.com	http://www.number2.com
Princeton Review	http://www.review.com/
Test Prep	http://www3.dist214.k12.il.us/guidance/testprep.htm
WebWare SAT Skills	http://www.testprep.com/satmenu.html

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Other Useful College Links

Campus Newspapers:	http://dailybeacon.utk.edu/links/papers.html
College Counseling:	http://www.putney.com/directory/college/college_couns.htm
College Information:	http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/westspringfieldhs/career/college.htm
Greek Pages	http://greekpages.com
Surviving College	http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Library/7424
Top Wired Colleges:	http://www3.zdnet.com/yil/content/college/intro.html
US News College + Career:	http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/home.htm
Healthy Lifestyle	http://www.everydayhealth.com/college-health/10-ways-to-eat-healthfully-at-college.aspx

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