Personality and Career Assessment

Learning Styles Assessment
Life Colors Questionnaire
The Princeton Review Career Test
Vocational Information Center
Bureau of Labor and Statistics Career Guide

Reading Lists for Students

Young Adult Library Services
College Board

Online Education Links

University of Phoenix Online – degree and program information

AIU Online – financial aid info

DeVry University – technical programs available

Jones University – specializes in business and computer courses

Two Year College Resources

Community College Review – profiles of community and junior colleges

Axia College – online education offering associate degrees
League for Innovation in Community Colleges – international consortium of community colleges

American Assoc. of Community Colleges

What are my Chances at This School?

www.thickenvelope.com/

www.go4college.com/

www.collegedata.com/cs/promo/promo_calcodds_tmpl.jhtml

www.princetonreview.com/college/research/
articles/find/MatchReachSafety.asp

About the Different Tests

ACT test - used for college admissions, an alternative to the SAT

Advanced Placement (AP) tests - information about AP testing

www.collegeboard.com/prof/counselors/apply/12.html - Sat Subject Test Requirements at different schools

College Level Examination Program (CLEP) - about the CLEP program

ISEE – Independent School Entrance Exam - often used for entrance into private high schools

PLAN test - generally administered fall of Sophomore year

PSAT – Preliminary SAT

SAT Reasoning and SAT Subject tests

SSAT – Secondary School Admissions Test - standardized testing for elementary through middle school students

Financial Aid Links

www.studentaid.ed.gov -Federal Student Aid Site or call 1-800-433-3243  (TTY 800-730-8913 for hearing impaired)

www.finaid.org - Student aid resource site

www.students.gov - student gateway to the US Government

www.fafsa.ed.gov- online FAFSA application

www.college-scholarships.com/ - scholarships and contact information for them

Students With Disabilities

www.ahead.org - Association of Higher Education and Disability  (AHEAD)

www.add.org - Attention Deficit Disorder Association

www.chadd.org - Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders

www.ldanatl.org - Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)

www.ldresources.com - Learning Disability Resources

www.ncld.org - National Center for Learning Disabilities

www.dssc.org - Disabilities Studies and Services Center

www.fcsn.org -Federation for Children with Special Needs
www.ldonline.org - Learning Disabilities Online
www.nifl.gov - National Adult Literacy & Learning Disabilities Center

For Minority, Low-Income, First Generation Students

www.pathwaystocollege.org - help for underserved communities
www.EducacionSuperior.org
www.yesican.gov - White House initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
www.yosipuedo.gov - spanish version of same site as above
www.chciyouth.org - english and spanish information on planning - free publications
www.hispanicfund.org/ - Hispanic resource for college aid
www.uncf.org/ - United Negro College Fund
www.finaid.org/otheraid/minority.phtml - minority aid site
www.smart.net/~pope/hbcu/hbculist.htm - historically black colleges
www.ubp.com/ - universal black pages
collegefund.org - American Indian fund
www.aimd.org - American Institute for Managing Diversity
www.aihec.org - American Indian Higher Education Consortium
www.sciencewise.com/molis - Minority Scholarships and Fellowships
www.ed.gov/offices/OBEMLA -Department of Education/Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs
university of phoenix – university of phoenix accessibility information
www.black-collegian.com/ - the Black Collegian
www.BlackExcel.org - Black Excel: The College Help Network
www.hillel.org - Jewish resource for colleges
www.gmsp.org - Gates Millennium Scholars Fund
www.hsf.net - Hispanic scholarships
www.hacu.net - Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
www.jbhe.com - Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
qemnetwork.qem.org - Quality Education for Minorities
www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/education.html - Tribal Colleges, Native Studies Programs, and Indian Education