Here’s a roundup of Web sites that do a great job of covering the 
ABC’S of selection, interests, financial aid, and much more.
This is just a listing and not an endorsement of the sites named. In addition, most colleges have their own Web sites.
ACT
www.act.org
Register to take the ACT exam or to have your ACT score sent to colleges.
Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities
www.aiccu.edu
Find information for parents and students on planning and paying for college in California.
All California Colleges
California Community Colleges
California State University
California Student Aid Commission
College Board Online Scholarship Search
http://cbweb10p.collegeboard.org/
fundfinder/html/fundfind01.html
Search this free database of more than 2,000 college sources of funding for undergraduates.
College Board and SAT
www.collegeboard.com
Sign up here for the SAT exam or to have your SAT scores sent to colleges.
College Opportunities Online
www.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool
Plug in your major, interests, and geographic area and this U.S. Department of Education site will fetch likely matches from colleges and career schools.
CollegeNetMach25
www.mach25.com
Search this CollegeNET site for information on more than 600,000 awards.
Dictionary.com
dictionary.reference.com
Free online dictionary search, translator, word of the day, crossword puzzles and word games, and vocabulary learning resources for many languages.
EDFUND
www.edfund.org
Click on Students/Parents to learn more about planning for college, applying for financial aid, and managing your student loan.
EDWISE
www.edwise.org
Calculate how much you can afford to borrow using EdWise, a financial planning tool developed by EdFund and UCLA.
Employment Trends
www.edd.cahwnet.gov
Find out where the jobs are now and where they’ll be tomorrow.
FAFSA on the Web
www.fafsa.ed.gov
Complete and file the FAFSA online.
FastAid Scholarship Search
www.fastaid.com
Search this database for private scholarships.
FastWeb
www.fastweb.comBrowse perhaps the largest and best-known free database of private sources of financial aid.
FinAid! The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid
www.finaid.org
Learn a good deal of information on financial aid and how to apply for it; includes advice on college life and calculators to estimate expected family contribution.
Funding Your Education
www.ed.gov/prov_info/SFA/FYE
Use this U.S. Department of Education publication for a good overview of student aid-the major federal programs and how to apply for them.
Government Services for Students
www.students.gov
Enter a one-stop portal to all the services the federal government has to offer students-from paying for college to getting a passport.
Governor’s Scholarships
www.scholarshare.com
Learn more about the Governor’s Scholarshare, the state-sponsored college savings plan.
Help Completing the FAFSA
www.ed.gov/studentaid
Get help here if you’re struggling with the FAFSA.
Mapping Your Future
www.mapping-your-future.org
Take steps toward college and a career at this destination for middle and high school students, college students, borrowers, non traditional students, and parents.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
www.bls.gov/ocohome.htm
Look up job prospects and how much you can expect to earn in your future career.
The Princeton Review
www.theprincetonreview.com
This is a comprehensive site covering Test Prep, Tutoring, and College Search questions for high school students that are entering the college process. The site also is a great resource for graduate school concerns.
The Student Guide for Financial Aid
http://studentaid.ed.gov/guide
Access the U.S. Department of Education’s The Student Guide, with information on federal student aid programs.
University of California
WICHE
http://wue.wiche.edu/
Students who are residents of WICHE states may enroll at participating two- and four-year college
programs outside of their home state at a reduced tuition rate
WICHE states include: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah,
Washington, Wyoming.
College Answer
http://www.collegeanswer.com/index.jsp_
Advice and tools to help you pay for college.
Campus Tours
http://www.campustours.com
A wonderful site that has virtual tours of hundreds of campuses.
College of Distinction
http://www.collegesofdistinction.com/
Colleges that Change Lives
http://www.ctcl.com/
When what is really important is college fit.
Collegiate Choice
http://www.collegiatechoice.com/
The Common Application
http://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/default.aspx
PROFILE
https://profileonline.collegeboard.com/index.jsp
PROFILE, the financial aid application service of the College Board -- a national, 100-year-old, not-for-profit membership association. Many of the member colleges, universities, graduate and professional
schools, and scholarship programs use the information collected on PROFILE to help them award nonfederal student aid funds.
FAFSA Online
Fair Test
http://www.fairtest.org/List of colleges where SAT test scores are optional