Counseling, College, and Career Center

Sites for specific colleges and universities:

www.santarosa.edu Santa Rosa Junior College home page 
www.zinch.com

A college search that allows students to create a profile so that schools can see they are more than just a test score.  Zinch helps colleges make better recruitment decisions based on better information.

www.csumentor.edu  California State Universities web sites
www.ucop.edu  Univeristy of California Campuses
www.cccco.edu/ Access to 1253 community college websites
www.khake.com Vocational information center
www.cookingschools.com/usa Cooking and Culinary school directory
www.aboutcollege.com hear what students say, directories, etc.
www.engineeringK12.org/students engineering colleges and careers
www.acsa-arch.org architecture schools
www.arts-accredit.org/ accredited arts and design schools
http://www.goarmy.com/rotc/find-schools.html Army ROTC programs
http://www.collegeprofiles.com/rotc-navy.html Navy/Marines ROTC Programs
http://afrotc.com/college-locator/ Air Forc ROTC programs
www.aamc.org medical schools, including accelerated BS?MD programs

Sites for miscellaneous college information:

www.collegeview.com Database of over 3,800 colleges. Can search by major location, size and more
http://collegeprowler.com/ Great website that offers an inside look at colleges straight from the students attending that school. Very helpful to get the feel of the campus atmosphere
colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college college rankings
www.mycollegeguide.org informational college site
www.petersons.com in-depth college information
www.braintrack.com/online-colleges Designed to help prospective online students make important decisions about their education and information about online colleges
www.accreditedonlinecolleges.net list of accredited online courses and why that is important

www.collegeboard.org

 

in-depth college information, SAT registration and practice tests

 

Sites for Athletes

www.ncaa.org/ Site for the National Collegiate Athletic Association
web1.ncaa.org/eligibilitycenter/common/ site for eligibility requiremnts
www.nsr-inc.com/ National Scouting Report
www.nacda.com/ National Association of Colllegiate Directors of Athletes
www.asep.com./ American Sport Education
www.nationalrecruits.com/ National Recruiting Network
www.varsityedge.com/ Studetn Athlete Resource Center

For Minority Students

www.EducacionSuperior.org Spanish website for planning
www.yesican.gov/ White House initiative on Education Excellence for Hispanic americans
www.yosipuedo.gov/ Spanish version of previous site
www.aihec.org/ American Indian Higher Education Consortium
www.hillel.org/index Jewish resource for colleges
www.hacu.net/hacu/Default_EN.asp Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
www.nativeculturelinks.com/education.html Tribal Colleges, Native Studies Programs and Indian education
http://www.chciyouth.org/ Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
qemnetwork.qem.org/ Quality Education for Minorities

Help With Applications

www.commonapp.org The Common Application (used by 250+ schools)

www.justcolleges.com/college/coll_essaytips.htm

Essay tips  

www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/counselornewsletter/spring2004/essay.html 

What makes a good essay
http://www.college-essays.com/article1.htm Advice and columns of writing the college essay

For Gifted Students

ericec.org/faq/gt-early.html

getting into college early

www.cec.sped.org council for exceptional children
www.tntech.edu/www gifted and talented

Study Abroad Sites

www.studyabroadworldwide.com  Comprehensive sites with many programs
www.worldwide.edu/index.html Comprehensive sites with many programs
www.iepassport.org Another comprehensive site
www.yfu-usa.org/  summer and year round programs
www.asse.com year long programs
http://iefa.org/ resource for financial aid, college scholarship and grant information for US and international students wishing to study abroad.
www.worldlearning.org/index.html offers a dynamic summer program for high school students in 27 countries around the world. Also offers programs for college students and graduate students.

SAT & ACT (plus other standardized tests) Test Preparation and Informatio

www.collegeboard.com SAT registration and information
www.princetonreview.com Princeton Review site
www.kaplan.com    Kaplan educational and career service
www.number2.com sample questions and tutorial
  
www.vocabulary.com
vocabulary builder for test preparation
www.uccp.org      University of California test prep site
www.act.org Overview of ACT, practice test-Fee and free
www.toefl.org Test prep for English language learners