College Searches and Fact Finding
- College Navigator provides college facts and figures
- College Board search engine identifies initial list of college matches
- US News and World Report Education, even though CollegEase is not a fan of rankings
- College Prowler summarizes students inputs to review colleges
- Colleges of Distinction gives a different perspective of prominent colleges and hidden gems
- CollegeXpress has a variety of search tools
Recommended College Guide Books
- Fiske Guide to Colleges
- Princeton Review The Best 371 Colleges
- The Insider’s Guide to the Colleges
- College Finder (by Steve Antonoff) with a similar online version called Inside College
- Colleges that Change Lives (by Loren Pope)
- College Match (by Steve Antonoff) – provides assistance the entire application process
- Peterson’s comprehensive guide to college information
Financial Aid
- Learn about the federal financial aid process at the Federal Student Aid website
- Get a PIN for both the student and parent
- FAFSA4Caster calculates your Estimated Family Contribution (EFC)
- Submit your FAFSA after October 1 of the application year
- CSS/Profile is required by a subset of selective colleges
- “SmartStudent” Guide to Financial Aid at FinAid also includes calculators
- College Data provides fantastic detailed financial and general admissions information
- College in Colorado College Opportunity Fund provides 145 credit hours of funding to attend a Colorado public college or university, even if you are still in high school
- Denver Scholarship Foundation identifies local, regional and national scholarships organized by deadlines
- Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) agreement provides reduced tuition rates at colleges outside their home state.
Additional Information
- Common Application – college application and supplementals accepted by many institutions
- SAT and ACT test preparation
- SAT information, registration and scores
- ACT information, registration and scores
- Mindfish in Boulder has SAT and ACT classes, online courses and 1-1 support
- Nancy and John at Academic Testing Advantage offer tutoring for test prep, math and language arts
- Bolder Tutor – Michelle Thomas provides individualized test preparation and tutoring
- Fair Test Colleges that do not require the SAT or ACT
- At-Risk Alternatives – Linda Cain provides educational and therapeutic consultation
- Virtual tours
- YouniversityTV – summary view of campus
- Campus Tours – static panoramic views of campus
- Social networking sites with student inputs
- Unigo – student comments and summaries
- Rate My Professors – student ratings of professors