Applications:
College Search:
California Colleges (California’s official college and career planning platform)
University of California:
UC Admissions – Guide to Personal Insight Questions
Financial Aid:
FAFSA – Federal Student Aid – required by all schools for financial aid
CSS Profile – required by some private colleges and universities
CollegeBoard Scholarship Search
Fastweb (scholarship search engine)
Gap Years:
What to Look For in a Gap Year Program
Loop Abroad: Veterinary Service Programs (for high school and college students)
Pre-College Summer Programs:
UC Berkeley ATDP (Academic Talent Development Program)
UC Davis COSMOS (California State Summer School for Mathematics & Science)
Interesting Reads:
Who Gets in and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions (An unflinching look at the current college admissions process, by Jeffrey Selingo)
The Hidden Ivies (in-depth look inside 63 liberal arts colleges, by Howard and Matthew Greene)
Colleges That Change Lives (40 schools that will change the way you think about college, by Loren Pope & Hilary Masell Oswald)
Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be (an antidote to the college admissions mania, by Frank Bruni)
Alumni Factor: A Revolution in College Rankings (225 schools ranked on alumni outcomes rather than incoming statistics)
The K&W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Differences (338 schools with programs or services for students with learning differences, Princeton Review)
The Price You Pay for College (what to think about when shopping for colleges, by Ron Lieber)
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