• The College Board BigFuture

• College Navigator – a federal college search tool that provides admissions facts, criteria, statistics, and percentages

• College Scorecard – a federal college search tool that also compares colleges by location, cost, degrees, and more 

• FairTest -- find colleges that are fully or partially test-optional - do not require the ACT or SAT

• Niche-- reviews on colleges by students and parents

• Colleges of Distinction-- different perspectives of prominent colleges and hidden gems

• CollegeXpress --several search tools and scholarships

• Colleges that Change Lives

• Unigo-- searches, statistics, and reviews

• Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) required for federal grants (ex, Pell) and loans (student and Parent Plus)

• FAFSA4Caster allows you to calculate your estimated family contributions based on the Student Aid Index (SAI)

• CSS/Profile required by a subset of selective colleges

• College Data provides fantastic, detailed financial and general admissions information

• Edvisors has expert insights on planning and paying for college

• College Raptor predicts financial aid offered by colleges

• FASTWEB is a comprehensive scholarship search tool

• State & Regional College Discount Tuition Reciprocity Arrangements

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• Fiske Guide to Colleges by Edward Fiske

• The Best 380 Colleges by The Princeton Review

• Colleges that Change Lives by Loren Pope

• TeenLife --enrichment, summer, high school study abroad, and gap programs, volunteering, etc.

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• Common Application - streamlines the college application for over 880 colleges

• Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success – tools for college applications & financial aid

• Black Common Application – with over 66 Historically Black Universities & Colleges