Resources
Here are our recommendations for sites and books that everyone going through the college search process should be aware of. Many of these sites have tools that are indispensable for the search, and they'll give you plenty of information to help you conduct your own research. It's important to find a combination of sites that work for you, because no one site will have all of the information you need. Mix and match the facts you get from each to get a real picture of what it will be like to attend a specific university.
Applications
Common Black College Application
Campus Tours
College Search
National Survey of Student Engagement
Enrichment Programs
Gap Year Association Accredited Programs
Financial Aid/Scholarships
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
FinAid – the Go-to Guide for College Financial Aid
Fastweb
RaiseMe
Unigo
Learning Disabilities
ADDitude – Inside the ADHD Mind
Learning Disabilities Association of America
National Center for Learning Disabilities
Testing
ACT
Fair Test (Test Optional Schools)
College Guide Books
The Best 368 Colleges: The Princeton Review
The College Handbook: The College Board
The College Board Book of Majors: The College Board
The Complete Book of Colleges (College Admissions Guides) (Paperback): Princeton Review
Cool Colleges for the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just Plain Different, Donald Asher
Fiske Guide to Colleges, Edward B. Fiske
The Insider’s Guide to the Colleges: Yale Daily News Staff
Books of Interest
Colleges That Change Lives, 2012, Loren Pope
The Gatekeepers, 2003, Jacques Steinberg
Harvard Schmarvard: Getting Beyond the Ivy League to the College That is Best for You, 2003, Jay Matthews
The Price of Privilege, 2006, Madeline Levine
There is Life After College: What Parents and Students Should Know About Navigating School to Prepare for the Jobs of Tomorrow, 2016, Jeffrey J. Selingo
Where You Go is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania, 2015, Frank Bruni