{"id":270,"date":"2006-12-30T18:30:38","date_gmt":"2006-12-30T23:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sevenseek.com\/collegev2\/2006\/12\/30\/great-websites-for-students-parents\/"},"modified":"2020-05-07T15:58:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T20:58:06","slug":"great-websites-for-students-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sevenseek.com\/collegev2\/2006\/12\/30\/great-websites-for-students-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Websites for Students &#038; Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Current students, as well as prospective college students and parents can all benefit from being well-informed about the\u00c2\u00a0financial aid process and opportunities, as well as being aware of resources available for further information about higher education.\u00c2\u00a0 There is a lot of valuable information online, and it can be difficult at times to sort the good stuff from the garbage.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here I&#8217;ve compiled a list of some of the best and most helpful financial aid and\u00c2\u00a0college education websites on the web.\u00c2\u00a0 Take it from me, a librarian, these are some great resources.<\/p>\n<p>Financial Aid Websites:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/studentaid.ed.gov\/PORTALSWebApp\/students\/english\/index.jsp\">Federal Student Aid<\/a> &#8211; an excellent resource for students and parents to get all the essential the facts about financial aid for college.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.finaid.org\/\">FinAid<\/a> &#8211; contains information about scholarships, loans, military aid, and other various sources of financial aid.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theoldschool.org\/\">Financial Aid Resource Center<\/a> &#8211; includes information about applying for financial aid, loans, lenders, adult education, work study programs, and more.\u00c2\u00a0 Also includes an education resource directory, which includes information about state agencies and assistance.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/studentaid.ed.gov\/students\/publications\/student_guide\/index.html\">Student Aid: Financial Aid from the U.S. Dept. of Education<\/a> &#8211; contains information about financial aid for students attending college in the United States.\u00c2\u00a0 Download the Student Guide available in English or Spanish.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastweb.com\/\">FastWeb<\/a> &#8211; includes a comprehensive directory of colleges and universities, as well as information on admissions, financial aid, and general information.\u00c2\u00a0 Search for scholarships, and use some of the site&#8217;s helpful tools.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegenet.com\/\">College Net<\/a> &#8211; apply to over\u00c2\u00a01,500 partner\u00c2\u00a0colleges and search for scholarships all in one place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>College &#038; Higher Education Websites:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.4tests.com\/\">4 Tests<\/a> &#8211; one of the world&#8217;s leading providers of free online practice exams.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/usnews\/edu\/college\/cohome.htm\">US News &#038; World Report&#8217;s America&#8217;s Best Colleges 2007<\/a> &#8211; US News ranks the country&#8217;s top colleges and universities.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/usnews\/edu\/beyond\/bchome.htm\">US News &#038; World Report&#8217;s America&#8217;s Best Graduate Schools 2007<\/a> &#8211; The top graduate schools in the U.S. as ranked by US News.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/\">Chronicle of Higher Education<\/a> &#8211; the top news source for college and university faculty and administrators.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegeboard.org\/\">College Board Online<\/a> &#8211; The College Board sponsors the SAT\/PSAT\/NMSQT Tests and includes lots of helpful information and practice tests on their site.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-sat-prep.com\/\">SAT ACT Practice Prepartion<\/a> &#8211; lots of practice tests and questions to help college-bound students prepare for the ACT and SAT exams.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.review.com\/\">Princeton Review<\/a> &#8211; a popular website for students seeking information about college, graduate school, and careers.\u00c2\u00a0 Find schools, submit applications, and research career and financial aid options.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiana.edu\/~wts\/pamphlets\/apa_style.shtml\">Citing Sources in APA Style<\/a> &#8211; guidelines for citing sources in accordance with the American Psychological Association (APA) standards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current students, as well as prospective college students and parents can all benefit from being well-informed about the\u00c2\u00a0financial aid process and opportunities, as well as being aware of resources available for further information about higher education.\u00c2\u00a0 There is a lot&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-101","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenseek.com\/collegev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenseek.com\/collegev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenseek.com\/collegev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenseek.com\/collegev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenseek.com\/collegev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenseek.com\/collegev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":364,"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenseek.com\/collegev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions\/364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenseek.com\/collegev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenseek.com\/collegev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenseek.com\/collegev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}