Free Resources
College Search Websites
- Princeton Review College Search (Information about colleges and majors)
- US News (College rankings and reviews)
- College Board (Comprehensive search by location, majors, and more)
- Cappex (College reviews written by current students, college scholarships, and college search)
- Unigo (Comprehensive guide to colleges)
- Colleges That Change Lives (Group of colleges that emphasize “fit,” based on Loren Pope’s books)
- Campus Tours (Video tours of colleges)
Testing
- SAT Reasoning and Subject Tests
- ACT Test
- Fair Test (Colleges that don’t require standardized tests for admission)
Financial Aid
- FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
- FinAid (Financial aid information page)
- FastWeb (Scholarship search)
- CollegeNet (Scholarship search)
Other Helpful Websites
- IECA (Independent Educational Consultants Association)
- NACAC (National Association for College Admission Counseling)
- HECA (Higher Education Consultants Association)
- NCAA (Guide for college bound athletes)
- College Safari Reading List


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Melinda B. Kopp, MBA, CEP
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Independent Educational Consultant
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