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This page contains many sites for our students who are looking into college searches, financial aid possibilities, career choices, and scholarship options. Please feel free to ask the lab assistants any questions you may have about sites or finding your way around them - many can end up being very useful and personalized.

New to the career/college resources page as of 1/24/00 is a site for parents, "What should parents of high school students know about college?" As enough sites for parents are available, it will be its own category.

New to the career/college resources page as of 4/23/01 is a page to offer comparisons of online college preparation sites. This information is provided via a link to Technology and Learning magazine. From virtual campus tours to crash courses on the SAT, college prep sites offer a range of search tools and advice for students, parents, and counselors. Go to College Prep Sites.

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1   Link   FastWeb
Financial aid search in which you can have your own account (free) providing you with scholarships to apply for based on need and qualifications.
2   Link   Scholarship Database
Database of over 600,000 scholarships and information on how to apply. Plus a whole lot more!
3   Link   Forbes
College planning can be overwhelming and nerve-wracking, from calculating costs and setting up savings accounts to finding the right school among the thousands out there. Thankfully, you can use the Web to narrow your search, hunt for funding and generally lower your anxiety. You can even take virtual campus tours and apply for scholarships and financial aid online.
4   Link   America's Career Infonet
Well organized, fast and easy to use. General Job Outlook, Wages & Trends, State Info., Career Planning/Exploring Tools. Generally targeted toward people already in the workforce.
5   Link   CX Bridges
Good career source for high school students. Enter Username = "0027373" & Password = "wolves"