Note Re: Scholarships: Many scholarship websites require you to enter personal information (to create a profile) in order to provide appropriate scholarship opportunities. You should read the privacy policy of these websites before providing personal information. Allow approximately 15 minutes to fill out the profile.

Comprehensive/Scholarship Search

College Board Online
www.collegeboard.com
Click on "Paying for College", "Scholarship Search" - fill out an online questionnaire and College Board will find potential opportunities from a database of more than 2,300 undergraduate scholarships, internships, and loan programs. The service is free, but you must register. Information available also on planning and getting into college, as well as registering for the SAT. Access the CSS Profile

College Net
www.collegenet.com
Use College Net's free admissions services to custom search for colleges that meet your needs and apply online. A fee-based profile is also available.

College Scholarships
www.college-scholarships.com
A portal to scholarship sites

FastWeb Scholarship
www.fastweb.com
Register by completing the online questionnaire. Scholarship results can be sorted by name, amount, or status. You can then link to the scholarship website or choose to delete the site from you scholarship list. Many valuable scholarship opportunities, but be aware of advertising on this site.

Peterson's Planner
www.petersons.com
Click on "Financial Aid", "Peterson's Scholarship Search". You will need to enter information, such as academic awards, activities, test scores, etc. to create a profile. Once your profile is created Peterson's provides a list of scholarships you may be interested in. After you read about the scholarships you can save them in a "scholarship list". The service is free, but you must complete the profile.

Princeton Review
www.review.com
Look for "Scholarships and Aid." You must register to use this free service. Your results will be stored in "My Review" for easy access. This site contains lots of tips on the financial aid process, as well as college and testing information

Scholarship Resource Network Express
www.srnexpress.com/index.cfm
Scholarship Resource Network Express contains a database of over 8,000 programs giving out over 150,000 awards. Once you fill out your profile, you will be given a list of appropriate scholarships. Click on the link to a details page. The list of scholarships cannot be bookmarked, but can be printed.

Scholarships
www.scholarships.com
Must register to use this free site.

The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid
www.finaid.com
Finaid provides helpful information about the financial aid process. It offers links to scholarship websites, including major specific scholarships. It also gives tips on how to avoid common scholarship scams. You do not have to complete a profile on this site.

Financial Aid

FAFSA on the Web
www.fafsa.ed.gov
Fill out the FAFSA form online

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
www.nasfaa.org
Click on "Parents & Students". This site does not provide financial aid, but does provide information on the financial aid process and directs you to some of the more important and helpful financial aid guidance on the Web.

Nellie Mae
www.nelliemae.com
Student loan information. Includes calculators and advise on managing your money in college.

SallieMae College Answer
www.collegeanswer.com
A college planning website from SallieMae includes college and scholarship searches, information about loans.

U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov
Information for students and parents on preparing and paying for college.

General College and University Information

College Profiles
www.collegesource.com
View profiles of colleges and universities. Must have a subscription to view catalogs

College View
www.collegeview.com
Free information for students and parents on colleges, careers, scholarships, and financial aid. A fee-based subscription is available for school counselors

National Center for Education Statistics - College Opportunities Online
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/Search.asp
Search for a college by geographic area, state, distance, type of institution, instructional program, name of institution, or students enrolled. Once you select your search criteria you will be given a list of college and university links. Click the link to get general information and cost of the institution. A link to the university website is included.

Student Gateway to the U.S. Government
www.students.gov/index.html
A gateway to federal government information for students, including teens and adults. "Plan Your Education" and "Pay for Your Education" have extensive links to various government websites. Helpful material for students and parents on preparing and planning for college. Lots of scholarship, grant, and loan links.

Local Colleges and Universities

Akron University
www.uakron.edu

Cleveland State University
www.csuohio.edu

Case Western Reserve University
www.case.edu

Kent State University
www.kent.edu

Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
www.neoucom.edu

Miscellaneous

Back to College
www.back2college.com
A portal of links for adults returning to school

Campus Champs
www.campuschamps.com
Provides information for student-athletes on finding colleges, applying for admission, and getting financial assistance

College 101
www.geocities.com/CollegePark/1150/index.html
Learn things you won't find in official college handbooks, including information on dormitory life, academic advising, and more.

College Bound
www.collegebound.net
Fun and advice for college-bound students, including links to affiliated sites like Go-Girl.com and StudentRewards.com.

College Parents of America
www.collegeparents.org
A membership organization dedicated to provide parents with information on college student issues, such as money matters, alcohol use on campus, financial aid and scholarships.

Common Application
www.commonapp.org
276 selective colleges and universities use this application.

Outstanding Books for the College Bound
www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/obcb
American Library Association recommendations.

Rising Star Internships
www.rsinternships.com
Free internship search for students.

Scholarship Scams
www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/scholarship
Federal Trade Commission site

Ohio

Ohio Board of Regents
www.regents.state.oh.us
Site contains information on the state of education in Ohio, campus statistics, financial aid, saving for college, and more.

Ohio College Access Network
www.ohiocan.org
Founded in 1999, OCAN's goal is to help more Ohio students pursue postsecondary education by creating local college access programs throughout Ohio

Ohio Department of Education
www.ode.state.oh.us

Ohio's Campuses
www.regents.state.oh.us/visit_campuses.htm
List of all public and private, four-year and two-year universities and colleges in Ohio.

Rankings

College and University Rankings
www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm
The Education and Social Science Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign discusses the pros and cons of rankings and provides numerous links to online college ranking services.

U.S. News Best Colleges
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/rankguide/rghome.htm
Free rankings of best colleges. Premium online edition is available for a fee.

Specific

National Merit Scholarship Program
www.nationalmerit.org
Information on two privately financed annual competitions for recognition and college undergraduate scholarships.

Papa John's
www.papajohns.com/comun/scholar.htm

SAMMY
www.whymilk.com
Click on "win stuff"

Wal-Mart
http://www.walmartfoundation.org
Click on "education"

Test Prep

ACT
www.act.org
ACT test dates, online registration and practice, info for parents and students.

Kaplan
www.kaplan.com
This site offers free or fee-based test preparation.