College Guides, Information and Reviews
America’s Best Colleges for B Students: A College Guide for Students Without Straight A’s, Tamra B. Orr
Best Value Colleges, Princeton Review (princetonreview.com)
College Handbook, College Board
Colleges That Change Lives, Loren Pope, 2012 edition edited by Hilary Masell Oswald (ctcl.org)
Complete Book of Colleges, Princeton Review
Fiske Guide to Colleges, Edward B. Fiske
Four Year Colleges, Peterson’s (petersons.com)
The Insider’s Guide to the Colleges, Yale Daily News Staff
Profiles of American Colleges, Barron’s
U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges (usnews.com/education)
coplac.org (Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges)
fairtest.org (test optional/flexible colleges)
hbcuconnect.com (historically black colleges)
College Selection and Application Process
A is For Admission: The Insider’s Guide to Getting Into the Ivy League and Other Top Colleges, Michele A. Hernandez
College Admission from Application to Acceptance, Step by Step, Robin Mamlet and Christine VanDeVelde
College Match: A Blueprint for Choosing the Best School for You, Steven R. Antonoff (11th ed. 2011)
The College Solution: A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price, Lynn O’Shaugnessy (2d ed. 2012) (thecollegesolution.com)
How to Make Colleges Want You: Insider Secrets for Tipping the Admissions Odds in Your Favor, Mike Moyer (2008)
collegeconfidential.com/college_search
Financial Aid and Cost Planning
Financial Aid Handbook: Getting the Education You Want for the Price You can Afford, Carol Stack and Ruth Vedvik
Meeting College Costs, College Board
Paying for College Without Going Broke, Princeton Review/Kalman Chany
Right College, Right Price: The New System for Discovering the Best College Fit at the Best Price, Frank Palmasani (2013)
Secrets to Winning a Scholarship, Mark Kantrowitz
fafsa.ed.gov (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
fastweb.com (scholarship search and financial aid information)
finaid.org (Mark Kantrowitz)
studentaid.ed.gov (U.S. Department of Education)
pheaa.org (Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency), and the PHEAA Program Manual
College Athletics and Recruitment
eligibilitycenter.org (NCAA)
Standardized Testing
actstudent.org (ACT)
collegeboard.org (SAT, SAT Subject Tests, AP Exams)