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Links to colleges, testing organizations, financial aid and college selection info
COLLEGES
UC Pathways.
The University of California all-campus
site for undergraduate admissions and applications. Information
on admission requirements (courses, testing, grades) for prospective
freshmen and transfers, financial aid, on-line application forms,
links to websites at each campus (UC Berkeley, UCLA, Davis, Santa
Cruz, Riverside, Irvine, Santa Barbara, San Diego). You can e-mail
admissions-related questions to UC staff, too. A very useful
site for students in middle school, high school or community
college, and for parents.
For information on transferring to the University of California as a junior from a community college or a four-year college, check the detailed Answers for Transfers site.
Early Academic Outreach Program of the University of California.
Eligibility in the Local Context, the new path to freshman eligibility going into effect beginning with students entering UC in fall 2001.
State colleges: CSU Mentor
This page for the California State University system has links
to on-line applications and campus websites for all CSUs, including
San Francisco, Cal State Hayward, Humboldt, Chico, San Jose,
Sonoma and the others around the state. A very useful site.
Bay Area colleges and universities.
Virtually all private and public
four-year and community colleges in the San Francisco Bay Area
are linked here, along with a few other Northern California colleges
like University of the Pacific. Handy starting point.
Colleges from Argentina to Zambia.
Yahoo!'s comprehensive links to practically every 4-year college
and university, public and private, throughout the U.S. and around
the world.
TESTING
Subject A requirements and data. Be sure to look at the sample essays and exam if you have been admitted to the Univesity of California and need to take the Subject A exam.
Another Subject A exam page page from the University of California. Lots of information, including many sample questions and graded essays.
College Board Online.
SAT dates, information, on-line registration. Helpful test preparation
info on the SATs and APs. Also extensive information on other
aspects of college admissions: choosing a college, financial
aid, info for home schoolers, and much more.
Educational
Testing Service.
ETS is the outfit that actually
does the nitty-gritty work of administering the SATs, AP (Advanced
Placement), TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), GRE
(Graduate Record Exam) and other college entrance-related tests.
You'll find sample test questions, plus information and links
on general college application topics and financial aid.
ACT
Home Page.
Although the SATs are the most widely
used college entrance tests in California, some colleges require
the ACT and others will accept it as an alternative to the SAT
I. Here are details, date and on-line registration.
FINANCIAL AID
College can be expensive! Don't assume your family has too much income to qualify for financial aid; at the least, check out one of the many on-line financial aid calculators that estimate (roughly) what you might qualify for. And don't assume you have too little money for college, even a private college far from home; investigate the many sources of financial help before you decide.
One thing you can be sure of - if you apply for financial aid, you'll be filling out a lot of forms. File your income tax returns early (as soon aftter Jan. 1 as you can manage), keep track of deadlines, and always have an extra blank copy of application forms in case you mess up.
What's FAFSA? What's CSS? What are the different types of college loans? The annual college guides from TIME magazine and from U.S. News & World Report (available at most newstands) usually include a decent introduction to the special vocabulary, abbreviations and concepts of financial aid. Then check out the web sites listed below for more information.
Caution: When you're finding forms and deadlines on-line, make sure they are for the RIGHT YEAR. Older versions tend to hang around on the Internet.
$&Sense@UC.
Financial aid information for the
University of California.
California
Student Aid Commission.
Information on the FAFSA (the application
for most types of financial aid) and Cal Grants. You can download
a FAFSA ap, look up college codes, check out California's own
special programs, and link to other governnmental financial aid
websites.
FinAid:
The Financial Aid Information Page.
An excellent, comprehensive site, sponsored by the National Assn.
of Student Financial Aid Administrators. Don't leave FinAid till
the last minute - there's so much here that you may be overwhelmed
at first. It's definitely worth taking the time to explore (check
out the section on avoiding scholarship scams and the links for
all kinds of special needs). Highly recommended.
College Board financial aid section.
In the financial aid area of this
site, you can register on-line for the CSS Profile, the secondary
financial aid application required by many private colleges.
FAFSA on the Web. In English and Spanish.
Federal Student Aid Information
Center.
1-800-433-3243. For the
hearing impaired, call 1-800-730-8913. Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
EST.
Fastweb.
A starting point for searching for financial aid through the
Internet.
IRS: tuition tax credit information.
Sallie Mae Info on needs determination from this student loan group. Or call them at 1-800-222-7183 and ask for the booklet "Paying for College."
MORE COLLEGE ENTRANCE INFORMATION
College Entrance.
This Yahoo! site has links to a multitude of commercial, educational
and private web pages relating to college planning. Lots of good
information at many of these sites, but proceed with caution:
some are outdated, others want your money.
College and University Rankings
How accurate are those lists of
the "top" colleges? This site gives you info about
the ranking controversy, along with links to college ranking
sites and a bibliography.
Early Decision Applications
An interesting article from the
Peterson's college and university page.
Road
Scholar
A travel journal designed to let high school students record
their impressions as they visit college campuses during their
college search. Designed by a college/career advisor at a Contra
Costa County high school. Phone: (888) 652-6937.
2002 College Rankings, U.S. News.
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