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• The College Board BigFuture

• College Navigator – Federal search tool that also provides facts, statistics, and percentages

• DIY College Rankings College Search Spreadsheet – a valuable search and financial ranking tool

• 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)

• FAFSA4Caster allows you to calculate your Estimated Family Contribution (EFC)

• 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 a comprehensive scholarship search tool

• State & Regional College Discount Tuition Reciprocity Arrangements

• DIY College Rankings College Search Spreadsheet

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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 55 Historically Black Universities & Colleges