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Internet Resources for Colleges
by Mary Dobbins
November 05, 2009
College
entrance exam preparation
- ACT
Students register online for the ACT at this site and gain other
helpful information regarding the ACT.
www.act.org
- College Board
Students register online for the SAT. This site also provides a
"Test Question for the Day," which can help students review for the
SAT.
www.collegeboard.com
- The Princeton
Review
This site, provided by the Princeton Review test preparation
organization, has an interesting feature that you may want to tell
students about. Students can sign up to have a "Word du Jour"
e-mailed to them each day! This is a nice way to improve their
vocabulary.
www.review.com
- 4Tests.com
At this site students may complete free practice tests.
www.4tests.com
- GoCollege
Another site that has a section called "test yourself" that
provides free practice tests. This is a service of GoCollege and
Cliff's.
www.gocollege.com
College
search
The
following sites offer students the opportunity to search colleges
using a variety of criteria (e.g., location, major, size). Several
of the sites allow students to save their searches and to build
college comparison worksheets.
- National Association for College Admission
Counseling (NACAC)
The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)
is an organization of 9,000 professionals from around the world
dedicated to serving students as they make choices about pursuing
postsecondary education.
www.nacacnet.org
- College Board
The College Board is a not-for-profit membership association whose
mission is to connect students to college success and
opportunity.
www.collegeboard.com
- CollegeView
This Web site is sponsored by Hobsons, a leading provider of
educational and careers recruitment solutions. The site provides
useful college search tools and advice.
www.collegeview.com
- GoCollege
GoCollege's search feature enables students to search for
colleges by state and take a virtual tour of any college in the
database.
www.gocollege.com
- USNews.com: Rankings &
Guides
Visit the U.S. News Web site to view their annual college
rankings. The site also features a college search function.
www.usnews.com/usnews/rankguide/rghome.htm
- FastWeb
FastWeb helps students make the decisions that shape their
lives: choosing a college, paying for college, and finding jobs and
internships.
www.fastweb.com
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