Important Links
Check these out!
Here's a great collection of websites that can help you with college and career exploration. They will also be listed in specific subject categories (Careers, College, and Financial Aid) but this list gives you easy access to all of them in one central location.
These Web sites are helpful tools for anyone who is thinking of furthering their education beyond high school.
COLLEGE:
- College Board connects students to college success and opportunity.
- American College Testing (ACT) Advice on academic preparation, applying to colleges choosing a college, with a college planning checklist.
- College Navigator from National Center for Educational Statistics helps students find a college.
- NH College & University Council (NHCUC) is a non-profit consortium of 17 NH public and private institutions of higher education that enhances educational opportunities for nearly 70,000 students currently attending the member institutions.
- NH Higher Education Assistance Foundation (NHHEAF) offers early college planning info for Middle School students, career exploration and college admissions info for High School students, and so much more.
- Tuitionbreak (NEBHE) New England Board of Higher Education’s Tuition Break program enables New Hampshire students to receive tuition breaks at eligible New England public institutions.
- CollegeNET conduct a custom search for colleges that match specific qualifications you seek.
- CollegeVIEW helps you request information from multiple schools, compare schools side by side, find tips and advice for your transition to college.
- Go College offers resources to guide students on how to select a college, get accepted, finance and succeed in college.
- Peterson's College Review search tools for some of the best colleges and universities, articles, and resources to help you find the right school, contact admissions officials instantly, excel on tests, and pay for college.
- The Princeton Review 62 ranking lists based on surveys of 120,000 students (average 325 per campus) at 368 schools during the 2007-08 and/or previous two school years.
- Common Application is an online admissions application that allows students to submit to any of the member colleges.
- Universal Application is an online admissions application that allows students to submit to any of the member colleges.
FINANCIAL AID:
- Federal government
- FAFSA Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
- National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) is an association of over 3,000 colleges, universities, career schools, and others with an interest in student financial aid.
- PIN registration
- Profile
- NH Higher Education Assistance Foundation (NHHEAF) offers early college planning info for Middle School students, career exploration and college admissions info for High School students, and so much more.
- FinAid
SCHOLARSHIPS:
- College Board Scholarship Search lists potential opportunities from a database of more than 2,300 sources of college funding, totaling nearly $3 BILLION in available aid.
- FastWeb offers personalized matching of scholarships to your unique profile.
- Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) has a mission to double the rate of Hispanics earning college degrees. HSF provides the Latino community more college scholarships and educational outreach support than any other organization in the country.
- Meritaid the Web's first comprehensive directory of merit scholarships from colleges.
- NH Charitable Foundation is the largest source of independent student aid in NH. It administers over 250 separate funds, established by individuals, families, organizations and businesses, to support education.
- Discover Card
- Sallie Mae
- Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid
CAREERS
- Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Hundreds of different types of jobs are listed with related information on training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, working conditions, etc.
- Career Voyages Investigate career options and learn about high growth jobs.
- Mapping Your Future
- America's Career InfoNet offers interactive tools for career, education, and business decisions.
- College Board lists potential opportunities from a database of more than 2,300 sources of college funding, totaling nearly $3 BILLION in available aid.
STUDY HELP
- FreeRice strengthen your skills in math, science, geography, art history, other languages and more while reducing hunger in the world.
