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Websites:
- College Board - home of the SAT, AP, and SAT II tests. You can register, check your scores & search schools
- The Common Application
- The Coalition Application
- Florida Shines
- US News & World Report Best Colleges
- National Association for College Admissions Counseling- click on “Knowledge Center”
- The Princeton Review Counselor-o-Matic search tool
- College search by type
- College Parents of America
Test Prep:
- SAT
- ACT
- GRE
- LSAT
- GMAT
- MCAT
- SAT Question of the Day
2 sites for "word of the day"- you can have the word emailed to you by signing up
Financial Aid & Scholarships:
Books:
- How to Write a Winning College Application Essay by Michael James Mason. Prima Lifestyles, 2000. ISBN: 0761524266
- Rock Hard Apps: How To Write A Killer College Application Katherine Cohen. Hyperion Press, 2003. ISBN: 0786868627
- This Book is Not Required by Inge Bell. Pine Forge Press, 2004. ISBN: 1412910110
- Where Do I Go from Here? Getting a Life After High School by Esther Drill. Penguin Press, 2004. ISBN: 0142002143
- Colleges that Change Lives by Loren Pope. Penguin Books, 2000. ISBN: 0140296166 (also online at www.ctcl.com and their companion site: http://www.collegesofdistinction.com/)
- Cool Colleges: For the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just Plain Different by Donald Asher, 2000. ISBN: 1580081509
- The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, 2005: 31st Ed. ISBN: 0312323840
- The Millenials Go to College by Neil Howe and William Strauss, 2003. ISBN: 1578580331
- Barron's How to Prepare for the New SAT. 2004. ISBN: 0764123610
- The Official SAT Study Guide: For the New SAT. College Board. 2005. ISBN: 0874477182
- Here are the two books that I think might be most helpful for you to start with:
- You might also browse around some online here:
Websites and Job Postings:
Podcasts:
Videos:
News and Articles:
Books:
- Work on Purpose by Lara Galinsky
- Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
- Working for Good: Making a Difference while Making a Living by Jeff Klein
- Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money, and Community in a Changing World by Billy Parish & Dev Aujla
- Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back by William MacAskill