Sites for College-Bound Students
SAT High School Code for Spring-Ford: 394-300
Just a reminder that college and/or scholarship
applications must be 100% complete when they are turned in at the Guidance
Office. If applications are incomplete, they will be returned to the student.
When the completed application is returned to Guidance, it will be placed on the
bottom of the pile of applications to be processed. Fifteen days are needed to
process applications. Students are responsible for meeting application
deadlines.
OFFICIAL SAT SCORES
Seniors – Don’t forget that
many colleges like Penn State and the University of Delaware must have
“official” SAT scores sent to them when you apply. You need to be aware if this
is needed at the colleges you are applying to. You need to call or e-mail them
to find out this information. Stop into Guidance to find out how to get these
“official” scores sent.
MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT COLLEGE APPLICATIONS:
How to get the college application:
Students are responsible
for securing the application. You may call, write, or email the college’s
Admissions Office. You can also check for applications in Spring-Ford’s Guidance
Office. We have a limited supply of applications on file depending on what has
been supplied to us by various colleges.
Complete (neatly) the
application and
bring it to Guidance with everything including the necessary application
fee, essays, and outside letters of recommendation. Teacher
recommendations are the exception to this rule as the teacher gives them
directly to the Guidance Office. Complete an “Application/Transcript Check In
List” for each individual application. Complete a “Biographical Sheet” which
helps us to update your transcript. Make sure you or your parents have signed
the application. Allow 15 days for processing. It is your responsibility
to meet college deadlines.
We will send everything
(application, transcript, letters of recommendation, application fee, etc.)
together. DO NOT MAIL the application in yourself and then ask us to send a
transcript. This only causes confusion at the college’s Admissions Office. An
exception to this rule would be if a college directs you to hand in your
application in person during a visit. If you do apply in person, afterwards,
follow the procedure below for on-line applications.
On-line Applications
– notify the Guidance Office THE NEXT SCHOOL DAY after you apply. Students must
provide a written address where transcript/letters of recommendation are to be
sent. Complete an “Application/Transcript Check In List”. Allow 15 days
for processing to meet deadlines.
Common Application
This common application
is for some private colleges and universities.
Using the Common Application can be
an easy one-step way to apply to several colleges by only completing one
application. Over 227 colleges and universities use the Common Application. For
more information, click on
www.commonapp.org
A website is also
available to apply to any or all of the 14 Pennsylvania State Universities.
This common application website is:
www.sshechan.edu.
College Information Sites
www.usnews.com
www.petersons.com
www.collegeview.com
www.collegeboard.com
www.princetonreview.com
www.collegenet.com
www.collegexpress.com
www.collegetours.com
www.catholiccollegesonline.org
www.collegeanswer.com
www.ecollegetips.com
www.time.com
www.makingitcount.com
www.pasfaa.org
www.schoolsintheUSA.com
www.lutherancolleges.org
www.schoolguides.com
www.educationplanner.org
www.colleges.com
www.weapply.com
Financial Aid and Scholarship Information
and Sites
FinAid: Financial Aid Information Page
http://www.finaid.org
http://www.pheaa.org
www.fastweb.com
TAP (PA Guaranteed College Savings Program)
MSN Learning and Research
http://encarta.msn.com
www.educaid.com
www.studentaid.ed.gov
www.students.gov is an excellent
all-purpose website that includes paying and planning for an education, career
information, etc. Take time and surf this valuable website.
www.townsend-outlook.com
http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Higher_Education/Colleges_and_Universities
Completing the FAFSA
http://studentaid.ed.gov/completefafsa
www.guaranteed-scholarships.com
Scholarships
Selective Service
Under
federal law, virtually all men must register with Selective Service within 30
days of their 18th birthday. However, the Selective Service System
now accepts early submission of registration information by 17-year-old men.
The Agency holds their registration information and automatically enters their
data into the system when they turn 18. Students need to be registered to be
eligible for student loans, grants, job training, and Federal employment. Get
more information or register at
www.sss.gov
Literature for College Bound Students and Parents
Fiske Guide to
Colleges by Edward Fiske
The College Admissions Mystique by Bill Mayher
Insider's Guide to Colleges by Yale Daily News
Looking Beyond the Ivy League by Loren Pope
Local Colleges/Universities
www.albright.edu
www.drexel.edu
www.eastern.edu
www.etown.edu
www.lasalle.edu
www.mc3.edu
www.psu.edu
www.philau.edu
www.pitt.edu
www.rosemont.edu
www.sju.edu
www.temple.edu
www.ursinus.edu
www.villanova.edu
www.widener.edu
www.passhe.edu
www.schoolsintheusa.com
www.pasfaa.org
Career Information Sites
Mapping Your Future
http://mapping-your-future.org
Princeton Review: Career
http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/default.asp
Health Careers
http://www.chc.hcwp.org
http://www.princetonreview.com
http://www.discovernursing.com
www.campustours.com
http://www.usnews.com/education/
SAT Preparation
How you can work on improving your SAT scores:
1)
Browse the following websites and use their practice tests, etc.
2)
Use your practice booklet (available in Guidance).
3)
To make significant improvement, you need to be studying/practicing 3 or 4times
per week.
Princeton Review http://www.review.com
Kaplan (fee)
http://www.kaptest.com
Free Vocabulary http://www.freevocabulary.com
Colleges Visiting Spring-Ford
www.eduinconline.com- is a link for
minority students to a common application for 20 black colleges.