The College Board and ETS (education testing services) are two not-for-profit organizations that work in tandem to develop and administer standardized tests such as the PSAT, SATs, APs and the TOEFL. The College Board website has a wealth of resources.
This College Board site lets you connect directly to college websites in order to check their latest SAT Subject Tests policies - particularly useful since the navigating complexities of college websites can be bewildering.
An excellent way to manage your college search: this College Board site lets you register and create a list of colleges you might be interested in and periodically update that list.
This useful site lets you download the common application and access the supplementary information required by certain colleges. In addition, this site maintains a list of colleges indicating which ones have Early Decision, Early Action and provides direct access to all its member colleges.
This estimator lets you or your parents input your family's financial information and gives you an estimate of what kind of financial aid package you might expect. Of course, this is just an estimate, and for Princeton only, but it is a good starting point.
The CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE is a financial aid application service offered by the College Scholarship Service, the financial aid division of the College Board. The PROFILE is required or accepted by approximately 700 colleges, universities, and scholarship programs to award their private funds. The PROFILE requires a separate form in addition to the FAFSA.
The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is a federal form that you must fill out to qualify for most student financial aid. Generally, you must have a Social Security number (SSN) to be eligible for federal aid. If you submit a FAFSA without an SSN, your FAFSA will be returned unprocessed.
FinAid was established in 1994 as a public service and has grown into one of the most comprehensive annotated collection of information about student financial aid on the web.
Mapping Your Future is a public-service, nonprofit web site providing career, college, financial aid, and financial literacy information and services to students, their families, and schools.
Sallie Mae provides federal and private student loans, including consolidation loans, for students and their parents. In addition, this web site offers resources to assist students, parents and guidance professionals with the financial aid process. Sallie Mae currently owns or manages student loans for 8 million borrowers. Sallie Mae was originally a government-sponsored entity, but is now private and has terminated its corporate ties to the federal government.
