Coun 511, Spring 2005, Assignment3, Research Paper

Krista Shadle-Smith

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Coun511 Spring 2005Internet Address Book (IAB)

Last updated: 2/1/2005 8:46 PM

Category Codes

Pro Professional

K12E K12 School Elementary

K12M K12 School Middle

K12S K12 School Senior

Voc Vocational/Career planning

MH Mental Health

Ref Reference Databases

Com Commercial Sites

HE Higher Education

Category / Site Name / Site Address / Comment
Voc / College View / www.collegeview.com / This site allows students to search for colleges which house particular majors in any state. Also, provides detailed information each college.
Voc / Career Key / www.careerkey.org / This site provides a career interest inventory.
Voc / Military.com / http://www.military.com/ / This site provides information about the process of joining the military and how it can benefit the student in college. Students can earn money towards college.
Voc / Caitlin Community Unit School District #5 / http://www.catlin.k12.il.us/guidance/careerinfo.html / This site provides information on interest on the Discover program.
Voc / College Savings Plans Network / http://www.collegesavings.org/ / This site provides helpful information of what plans and resources can be used for college savings.
Voc / National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators / http://www.nasfaa.org/Home.asp / This site provides information on the financial aid process, including information on how to decide how much money to borrow and how to use tax credits for federal income tax.
Voc / Students.gov / http://www.students.gov/STUGOVWebApp/index.jsp / This site provides information about planning and paying for college for students and their parents. It has links that guide the college process from choosing a school, to testing, to joining the military, and applying for grants and financial aid.
Voc / Mapping Your Future / http://www.mapping-your-future.org/ / This site provides a step by step planning process for college. Students can start looking at what they should be doing in middle school through being an adult student.
Voc / Free Application for Federal Student Aid / http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ / On this site student’s will create an account and apply for financial aid assistance. They can log on at any time to review the process and deadlines for applications.
Voc / The Scholarship Page / http://www.scholarship-page.com/ / This site provides students with the availability to brows many available scholarships. Students can search according to their individual characteristics.
Voc / FastWeb / http://fastweb.monster.com/ / This site provides the students with available scholarships that match their academic interests or individual characteristics. Once the student creates an account, he or she will get e-mails regarding available scholarships that pertain to their needs.
Voc / Go College / http://www.gocollege.com/ / This site provides helpful information for the student when they are searching for colleges, scholarships, financial aid information, distance learning sites, and testing practice.
Voc / National Junior College Athletic Association / http://www.njcaa.org/ / This site provides information about available sports and college locations within the National Junior College Athletic Association. Students can fill out a form as to their eligibility to perform as a perspective student.
Voc / NCAA / http://www2.ncaa.org/ / This site is for perspective student athletes. It provides information about college considerations, rules and guidelines for student academics, and available awards and scholarships.
Voc / The Princeton Review / http://www.princetonreview.com/?popup=no / This site provides information to help aid the student as they explore different colleges by major. Schools are evaluated according to a variety of criteria. It also gives aids to improve test scores. Information on available scholarships is also included through the site.
Voc / CollegeBoard / http://www.collegeboard.com/splash / This is where students go to register for the SAT. Locations and test dates are available for quick viewing. Students can also use this site to specific criteria for college searches such as, location, deadlines, campus life, tuition, etc. This site has a helpful feature that helps students to plan their entire college preparation process from middle school through graduation.
Voc / State System of Higher Education / http://www.applyweb.com/aw?passhe / This page allows students to apply to different colleges through on line applications. This site is nice because it saves student information from one application to the other after an account has been established.
Voc / Common Applications / http://www.commonapp.org/ / This site contains applications to selected colleges and universities for undergraduate programs. This process simplifies the college admissions process.
Voc / Overview / http://overview.com/colleges/ / This site allows the student to search for different colleges, Universities, and Vocational Schools that fit the general major or career field that they are interested in pursuing.
Voc / US News.com / http://www.usnews.com/usnews/rankguide/rghome.htm / This site ranks schools from best to worst according to the programs, value for the buck, nationally, etc.
Voc / National Center For Educational Statistics / http://www.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/ / This site allows the student to search for a desirable school through specific criteria such as, geographic region, state, programs, enrollment, and distance preferred from home.
Voc / Colleges and Universities (All) / http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ-full.html / This site provides a list of all colleges and universities in and outside of the United States. Links are provided to each schools home page.
Voc / The Career Key / http://www.careerkey.org/ / This site provides students with the availability to find out their interests and skills by taking a career inventory test.

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