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College Information Site Links
The following are a variety of useful links related to college attendance. While not endorsed by Reseda High or the Los Angeles Unified School District, these sites provide a wealth of information and opportunities to explore possible post-secondary education, scholarships, and education financing. Spend some time investigating sites below. University of California, "UC" Application Website
California State University "CSU" Application Website
State of California Colleges
College Board http://www.collegeboard.org/html/testdates000.html Register Online to take the SAT test http://www.collegeboard.org/sat/html/satform.html FAFSA Website (Free Application for Federal Student Aid Web Site)
CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE (This financial aid material is required by some private colleges.https://profileonline.collegeboard.com/index.jsp
The Advance Placement Website http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/about.html
University of California Eligibility Index. See if you may be qualified to apply to the UC system and calculate your personal Eligibility Index.
Learn about and apply to any of the 109 California Community Colleges.
More information on the California Community College System presented by the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community College System. Information on grants, programs, and help finding the right Community College for you.
Get information about any of the nine Los Angeles Community Colleges. Direct links will get you to each of these Community Colleges.
Santa Monica Community College is favorite of many students. Take a look at the school here. http://www.smc.edu/
Another excellent local community college is Glendale Community College. They have an excellent honors program for students who want to transfer to UC. http://www.glendale.edu/index.php?selection=CA
Pasadena Community College is a choice for many students. Is it right for you. Take a look at PCC. http://www.pasadena.edu/
Find help paying for your Community College Education http://www.icanaffordcollege.com/applications/homepage.cfm
Search for information about California and other colleges around the country at this commercial college assistance site. http://www.college-scholarships.com/california_traditional.htm
Search for colleges by career, major, or other area of interest by using this commercial website. http://www.schoolsintheusa.com/
Search for colleges by your major area of interest at this commercial website. http://www.thecollegehound.com/quicksearch/preqs.asp
Explore colleges by using the Princeton Review website. http://www.princetonreview.com/home.asp
Here are some private college/university links of interest to students. University of Southern California - USC
Occidental College
Loyola Marymount University
Pepperdine University
Mount St. Mary's College http://www.msmc.la.edu/pages/1.asp
Woodbury College
Claremont Colleges
California Institute of the Arts
Colleges that Change Lives. This site list and provides links to what it considers are some of the most special college programs around the nation. http://www.ctcl.com/
University of California, College Prep Online
Get information from the Association of College Admissions Counselors. You would expect that they would know what it takes to get accepted to the college or university of your choice.
Want to take a look at colleges from the student's point of view. Here is a link to college newspapers at schools across the country.
Interested in attending one of the country's colleges devoted to African Americans. You can complete a common application that will be provided to a number of Black Colleges across the country. http://www.eduinconline.com/apply.asp
Want to investigate women's colleges. Do that using this link. http://www.womenscolleges.org/
NCAA Sports. If you think your good enough to play a particular sport in a college or university than use this site to investigate your options. http://www.ncaaclearinghouse.net/ncaa/NCAA/common/index.html
Information for undocumented and "in-progress" immigrants who want to attend colleges and universities. Financial aid and tuition assistance may be available because of AB540. Information is available in both English and Spanish. http://www.maldef.org/ab540/ab540.cfm
Free SAT and ACT preparation online at this website.
Ivy West Educational Services provides information and assistance with SAT and other test preparation.
The following sites are commercial websites whose purpose is to assist you in researching and selecting colleges, financial aid, scholarships and careers. These sites offer information that may lead you to companies that want to sell you services, financial aid, and other things that MAY or MAY not be your best choice or option. Reseda High and the Los Angeles Unified School District are not responsible for any services or products you decide to purchase from these sites. Be sure to do complete research and investigate wisely be for your sign up for anything that costs money.
Careers and Colleges, a commercial college and scholarship research site. http://www.careersandcolleges.com/
MyRoad, the College Board's website devoted to college selection and career planning. http://apps.collegeboard.com/myroad/navigator.jsp
Xap, a commercial site devoted to college selection.
College Net http://www.collegenet.com/about/index_html
Petersons has been an excellent resource for information about colleges and universities, scholarships and financial aide.
US News 2006, US Best Colleges and Universities http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/stepbystep/brief/step2_brief.php Search for college information by using any major search engine: www.yahoo.com www.google.com www.askjeeves.com CollegeNet, http://www.collegenet.com/is an extremely useful site for researching and applying to colleges and universities. They maintain several related sites including Mach25 http://www.collegenet.com/mach25/ devoted to searching for scholarships. SAT, AP, The College Board http://www.collegeboard.org/ American College Test (ACT) http://www.act.org California State Universities Campus Addresses and Web Links http://www.calstate.edu/explore/campus_addresses.shtml University of California Campus Directory and Web Links http://www.ucop.edu/pathways/infoctr/wtcw.html University of California "Tour" - Selecting the Right Campus http://www.ucop.edu/pathways/infoctr/sites.html Association of Independent California Colleges & Universities (AICCU)
Cal Grant California Student Aid Website CollegeQuest, http://www.collegequest.com is a college and university research site sponsored by the Peterson's http://www.petersons.com/ Providing a wide variety of information regarding student financial aid is the FinAid site. http://www.finaid.org/ Another site dedicated to assisting students in their quest to find college scholarships. http://www.college-scholarships.com/ Another resource network that connect students to colleges, universities, trade schools and other post secondary educational opportunities and similar resources. http://www.embark.com This site is an affiliate of the Princeton Review, famous for publishing books and study guides and test preparation programs. This site is still another wealth of information for students planning on attending college or university. http://review.com/college US Dept. of Education Resources, Project EASI, for education beyond high school. http://easi.ed.gov/ College is possible, a coalition of college and university information http://www.collegeispossible.org/ Do your own college search http://features.yahoo.com/college/search.html Sallie Mae (financing college) Website http://www.wiredscholar.com/preparing/content/index.jsp
100 books the College Board thinks you should read to be prepared for a good college education. http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/boost-your-skills/23628.html
An excellent resource for writers or those who want to write better. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
An excellent site that will help you learn to use the Internet do effective research on topics of your choice. http://gateway.lib.ohio-state.edu/tutor/
Another good site that can help you use the Internet in a more effective manner to research topics. If you locate any similar sites that would be of interest to students and their parents, researching college and university options, and/or scholarships and financial aid, or if you notice any broken links, please send email to Bruce Gurnick, at the ResedaCollegeInfoCenter by clicking here. Reseda High School College Info Center would like to thank Ms. Judy Campbell, College Counselor, Hollywood High School, Los Angeles Unified School District, for sharing many college info links listed above. |