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College Greenlight
College Greenlight is a free, one-stop shop for the college admissions process. It features college profiles, scholarship matches, financial aid advice, and more.
Created especially for first generation and low income students, it also frequently features scholarships and opportunities specifically for those groups. Check out the blog here.
Common Application
The 2015-16 application has been available since August 1, 2015.
The Common Application (informally known as the Common App) is an undergraduate college admission application that applicants may use to apply to any of over 500 member colleges and universities in 47 states and the District of Columbia.
CollegeBoard
The College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity. The CollegeBoard also includes information on the SAT and AP programs.
Big Future is a section of CollegeBoard designed to help students find the best colleges for them and plan their application and financial aid process.
YouCanGo!
By CollegeBoard
YouCanGo! is a guide to learning about college opportunities and making the right choices, no matter what your circumstance. Hear from real students on how they made it happen.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy features thousands of educational resources, including a personalized learning dashboard, over 100,000 practice problems, and over 6,000 micro lectures via video tutorials stored on YouTube teaching mathematics, history, healthcare, finance, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy,
cosmology, American civics, art history, economics, computer science, as well as SAT prep. All resources are available for free to anyone around the world. By 2013, they were used by about 10 million students per month.
The YUNiversity
Grammar bosses for Gen tl;dr
The website/Tumblr/Twitter presents serious grammar and vocabulary lessons with charts, photos, and other fun things. "After all," the sitemaker says, "life isn’t all about academics, and learning doesn’t have to bore you to tears." The site also frequently features sample college admissions essays and advice on answering prompts.
Colleges that Change Lives by Loren Pope
44 schools that will change the way you think about college
CTCL is dedicated to the advancement and support of a student-centered college search process. Namely, they work to educate families that the criteria used by most college bound students, such as name and prestige, do not acknowledge the importance of understanding an individual student’s needs and how they “fit” with the mission and identity of an individual college community. Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina is consistently included in their rankings.
Apply to College Using CFNC
1) Go to CFNC.org.
2) Sign in to your account. If you do not remember your password, click “Forgot my Account Name or Password,” and they will send you your information.
3) Click on the “Apply” link at the middle of the bar at the top of the page.
4) Click on “ College Applications."
5) Click on the first college application you plan to work on, and that school’s actual application will appear. You do not have to complete the full application in one sitting. Be sure to save your data before leaving each page. Many applications will ask if you want to send your transcript through CFNC…click “yes.”
6) Once you have completed all required fields, hit “Submit.”
7) If you are using a check or a Fee Waiver to pay for the application fee, you will need to print off the Verification Page to mail to the school with the check or Fee Waiver.
8) Monitor the email address you have on your application and CFNC account. Many schools will contact you by that email address to request additional information or update you on the status of your application..
The NCAA Eligibility Center is a part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and was created to ensure that student athletes are prepared to meet the academic rigors of college. Each year nearly 200,000 student athletes have their GPA and test scores sent to the NCAA. The NCAA processes nearly 75,000 student athletes’ accounts.
You will not be eligible to play college sports or get an athletic scholarship from an NCAA school without registering and being cleared by the NCAA Eligibility Center.
