Resources for College Planning

ACT Homepage

Register for the ACT, practice tests, official site for the ACT.

Campus Tours

This site provides a visual tour of college campuses.

Career Cruising

Career Cruising is an interactive career resource designed for people of all ages. If you want to find the right career, explore different career options, or plan future education and training, you have come to the right place! Stop by the College and Career Resource Center to pick up the Username and Password.

CollegeBoard Register for the SAT. Sample SAT and PSAT questions. This site has all kinds of college planning information, financial aid and scholarship information.

Collegenet

Another general search site that helps your college search and provides an online application.
Common Application Many colleges accept this common online application. You can print the application and mail them or apply online. Also see Peterson’s Web Site listed below…

College board (SAT)

Register for the SAT I/II practice test.

FAFSA

Free Application for Federal Student Aid. To apply for financial aid, fill out this form via the web.

Fastweb Financial Aid Search

Need Money for college? Free scholarship search.

Finaid

Financial Aid resource page.

Go College

Another site that has a section called “test yourself” that provides free practice tests. This is a service of GoCollege and Cliff’s.

Guide to California Colleges and Universities

Provides a list of links to search for California colleges and Universities.

Hillel

Foundation of Jewish campus life.

Illinois Articulation Initiative

iTransfer supports the Illinois Articulation Initiative’s (IAI) mission to facilitate student transfer from one participating Illinois college/university to another in order to complete a degree.

Illinois Student Assistance Commission

This site has a College cost and saving calculator which gives you an idea of how much financial aid you can expect to receive (remember this is just an estimate). This site also has information on Illinois Colleges.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

This government site has information on careers and links to related sites.

Study Abroad

Information and useful links to study abroad programs.

Two-year Colleges

Lists and links to two year colleges in the U.S.

US News College Rankings

More information than just the rankings.

Women’s College Coalition

Women’s colleges prepare women for the many roles they will assume in life, by offering an excellent academic education, by challenging them to become whatever they want to become and by connecting them into a network that will serve these women for most of their professional and personal lives.