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SchwabLearning
to find help! College Guide from the Seattle Times - great information on how to get into college, admission tests, financial aid, and other topics. Take a virtual tour! Go to campus tours to view hundreds of campuses. Learn what college majors deliver! When someone asks, "What type of job can you get with a major like that? Here is your source! College Link links you into over 1,000 college websites and offers other valuable information to students and parents. A great site to find colleges and majors. Visit it here! The makers of the SAT also have a great college search on their website. Go to Collegeboard and "Find the Right College." College Express has a college search link and scholarship/loan search links. www.allaboutcollege.com – Search through detailed data on hundreds of colleges and universities. This comprehensive site has links to college official web sites and offers school-specific chat rooms for talk with other prospective students.
www.collegenet.com
– Very extensive college search site! www.collegebound.net – The College 411 link offers up tips for high school students about college – all in the tone of an older sibling who’s been through it. Articles weigh whether to stay local or go away, and whether to take time off before college. www.makingitcount.com - a great site for all kinds of resources, designed by Monster.com. Searching for the perfect fit? Go to College.com and check out some great ideas and stories! Try students.gov, a comprehensive information portal providing answers to your questions on education, career, government and more. Check it out! Petersons has several databases to search from for information on colleges, career, scholarships, and test prep help.
CollegeView Features California colleges - look at all of them from this one site! Christian Colleges - ChristianCollegeMentor is a student services website representing the Christian colleges and universities of several different associations. ROTC - become an officer while working towards your bachelor's degree! Information on the three branch's ROTC programs are below: |
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The first step in applying for financial aid is filling out the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). If you think you need help paying for your college education, the FAFSA is your starting point for applying to most student financial assistance programs, including federal, state and campus-based aid. Beginning January 1, high school students headed to college in the fall of 2006 can submit their FAFSA for financial awards and low-cost loans. With $122 billion available, early applicants have the best chances of getting the most money for college. For more information and to complete the form online visit the FAFSA website. A limited supply of paper applications are available in the Kamiak Career Center. For detailed information about the FAFSA process go to www.CollegeAnswer.com/FAFSA. www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/Students – Run by the Department of Education, this site might have every detail you ever wanted to know about federal student-aid programs, including who’s eligible, how to apply and how to consolidate and pay back loans (or defer them). www.estudentloan.com is a site where you can fill out the online loan application and a search engine will match you with up to 12 loan programs, then compare the loans online. www.absolutelyscholarships.com takes the same user ID and password from “estudentloan” above and you’ll be matched up with any of the 200,000 scholarship awards in their database. Calculating your Expected Family Contribution (what they expect you to pay towards your student's education) is easy with the calculator found at the Sallie Mae site. Click here to get started! Learn the basics of financial aid at finaid. Student loan information can be found at salliemae and edfund. If you know of Latino students who are looking for ways to help their parents understand how to pay for college, Sally Mae company is holding a year-long tour targeting Latino families all over the nation to talk about and clarify the college funding process. Here is the web link. http://www.thesalliemaefund.org/events/bustour/ The Sally Mae Tour Bus will be in Yakima May 5th and 6th and in Seattle May 8 - 10.
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