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| ACT | The ACT test assesses high school students' general educational development and their ability to complete college-level work.
• The multiple-choice tests cover four skill areas: English, mathematics, reading, and science.
• The Writing Test, which is optional, measures skill in planning and writing a short essay. | | http://www.actstudent.org | |
| Assist.org | ASSIST is an online student-transfer information system that shows how course credits earned at one public California college or university can be applied when transferred to another. ASSIST is the official repository of articulation for California's public colleges and universities and provides the most accurate and up-to-date information about student transfer in California | | http://www.assist.org | |
| ASVAB Program | Helps students learn more about themselves and the world of work, identify and wxplore potentially satisfying occupations, and develop an effective strategy to realize their goals | | http://www.asvabprogram.com | |
| Athletic Aid | This site was created to assist students and student athletes in using the Internet to find information about colleges, college financial aid, and especially college sports scholarship aid. | | http://www.athleticaid.com/ | |
| AVID Program | AVID is a system to prepare students in the academic middle for four-year college eligibility. It has a proven track record in bringing out the best in students, and in closing the achievement gap. AVID stand for Advancement Via Individual Determination. | | http://www.avidonline.org/ | |
| California Career Zone | Assess yourself, explore career clusters, and lean about hundreds of careers. | | http://www.cacareerzone | |
| California Colleges | The official source for college and career planning in California. This site includes information on all the public and private colleges and universities in California, including community colleges. | | http://www.californiacolleges.edu/ | |
| California Community College Sports | The Community College League of California's Commission on Athletics (COA) is an integral part of Californias extensive community college system. As authorized by the State Legislature, the Education Code provides the COA the opportunity and authority to establish the rules and regulations to administer the athletic activities of the nearly 25,000 men and women student athletes in the state. | | http://www.coasports.org/ | |
| California State University | Information regarding the California State University (CSU) system. | | http://www.csumentor.edu | |
| Cal-SOAP | The mission of Cal-SOAP is to provide information about postsecondary education and financial aid to elementary through high school students while raising their academic achievement levels. In particular, Cal-SOAP is committed to providing services to students from any of the follwoing backgrounds:
• Students from low-income families
• Students from families in which they would be the first to attend college
• Students from schools with documented low college eligibility or participation rates
• Students from geographic areas with documented low college eligibility or participation rates | | http://www.sandiegocalsoap.com/star/ | |
| College Savings Plan Network (529 Plans) | Are you prepared for the rising cost of college? If not, it's time for a paln. The College Savings Plans Network is a ntational non-profit association dedicated to making college more accessible and affordable for families. Our web site provides detailed infromation about 529 college savings plans and allows you to compare plans from around the country. Our goal is to help you find the plan that best meets your long-term needs and financial goals. It's time for a plan. Start today! | | http://www.collegesavings.org/index.aspx | |
| EDFUND | The ideals expressed in our mission starement- "EDFUND is dedicated to maximising benefits to borrowers by being the premier service provider in the student loan industry"- are becoming a reality today. Supporting schools, partnering with lenders, serving students, making highter education possible-it's what we were created for. It's what we do. Because at EDFUND, we're in the business of building futures. | | http://www.edfund.org | |
| FAFSA-Free Application for Federal Student Aid | Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, ensures that all eligible individuals can benefit from federally funded or federally guaranteed financial assistance for education beyond hgih school We consistently champion the promise of postsecondary education to all Americans - and its value to our society. | | http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ | |
| FastWeb! | FastWeb, the Internet's leading scholarship search service, help students make the decisions that shape their lives: choosing a college, paying for college, and finding jobs and internships. And it's all free. | | http://www.fastweb.com/ | |
| FinAid! | FinAid was established in the fall of 1994 as a public service. This award-winning site has grown into the most comprehensive source of student financial aid information,, advice and tools-on or off the web. | | http://www.finaid.org | |
| Hispanic Scholarship Fund | The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) is the nation's leading organization supporting Hispanic higher education. Founded in 1975 as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, HSF's vision is to strengthen the country by advancing college education amound Hispanic Americans. Ins upport of its mission to double the rate of Hispanics earning college degrees, HSF provides the latino community more college scholarships and educational outreach support than any other organization in the country. During the 2007-2008 academic year, HSF awarded almost 4,100 scholarships exceeding $26.6 million. In its 33-year history, HSF has awarded in excess of 86,000 scholarships, worth more than $247 million, to Latinos attending nearly 2,000 colleges and universities in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. | | http://www.hsf.net/Scholarships.aspx?id=72 | |
| Latino College Dollars | In November 2006, with funding from The Sallie Mae Fund, The Wald Disney Company, and Southern California Edison, TRPI was able to develop an inaugural scholarship directory that listed all regional organizations that awarded grants and scholarhips targeting eligible Califonria Latino students. | | http://www.latinocollegedollars.org/index.html | |
| NCAA Eligibility Center | The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Eligibility Center for prospective student-athletes. A prospective student-athlete is someone who is looking to participate in intercollegiate athletics at an NCAA Division I or Division II institution in the future. | | http://web1.ncaa.org/eligibilitycenter/common/ | |
| NCAAStudent.org | This site is dedicated to helping you understand the balance between academics and sport required of every student/athlete for a successful life in school and out. Here you can learn about the NCAA, download the "Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete", and discover how you can go pro in something other than sports. | | http://www.ncaastudent.org/ | |
| PACE Promise | The PACE Promise is a guaranteed admissions program and an educational reform partnership between California State University, San Marcos (SCUSM) and the San Marcos Unified School District. | | http://pace.smusd.org/ | |
| Scholarships.com | Since its founding in 1998, Scholarships.com has had one goal: to help students find the money they need to complet a college education. In the past few years, we've become the largest independent online source for free college scholarship searches and financial aid information. Our mission is to assist students and their families in obtaaing college scholarships and to help them explore a variety of valuable financial aid opportunities. | | http://www.scholarships.com/ | |
| Student's Review | Get honest, uncensored, and informative college reviews straight from students who attend/attended a particular school. | | http://www.studentsreview.com | |
| University of California Pathways | Find information about the University of California (UC) admissions policy and financial aid, determine your eligibility for admission, and apply for adminssion online. | | http://www.ucop.edu/pathways/ | |
| Vocational Schools Database | This site provides a database of private postsecondary vocational school in all 50 states. It is organized first by state, then by training occupation. | | http://www.rwm.org/rwm/ | |
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