College Planning
		College Xpress (www.CollegeXpress.com) A FREE public service for your students pursuing a comprehensive search for higher education assistance:
		Ivy Edge (www.IvyEdge.com) College admissions information.
		College Net (www.collegenet.com) Links to U.S. and other college websites (many with e-mail links) Online admission application.
		Princeton Review (www.review.com) Ratings of top 311 colleges including quality of teaching, quality of life, social life, etc.
		Texas Common Application (www.applytexas.org) Submit Texas common application to your desired institution. You can save a partially completed application to retrieve at a later time.
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Financial Aid and Scholarships
		Sallie Mae (www.salliemae.com) Specific pages for guidance counselors and students and families. Calculators, financial aid definitions, loans and more.
		Compendium of Texas Colleges and Financial Aid (www.window.state.tx.us/scholars) Lists of scholarships available in the state of Texas
		FAFSA on the Web (www.fafsa.ed.gov) Specific pages for guidance counselors and students and families. Calculators, financial aid definitions, loans and more.
		Federal Student Aid Informaiton Center (FSAIC) 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243) FSAIC help the student complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as well as explaining how federal student aid is awarded and paid
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College Entrance Exams / Sample Test Info
		ACT (www.act.org) Sample ACT test questions. Test dates and on-line registration
		SAT I and II Subject Tests (www.collegeboard.org) Sample SAT tests, test dates, and on-line registration.
		TASP (www.tasp.nesine.com) Full length TASP practice test
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Books to Supplement the Internet

• Baron's Profiles of American Colleges
  Unique class size and 4-year graduation information
• The Best 311 Colleges (Edward Custard)
  Source of rating used in Princeton Review website
• The Fiske Guide to Colleges
  Ratings of academics, quality of life, social life at 300 colleges
• The Gourman Report (Undergraduate)
  Objective ratings of colleges' academic departments
• Peterson's Guide to Four Year Colleges
  Unique data on percent of financial need met.
• Rugg's Recommendations on the Colleges
  Subjective ratings of college' academic departments.

Help With Homework
		B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper: http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/
		Help with research papers and writing reports: http://www.researchpaper.com/
		Algebra Online: http://www.algebra-online.com/
		Math tutor: www.fliegler.com/mathman.htm
		Dr. Math: http://mathforum.org/dr.math/dr-math.html
		Ask an expert: http://www.askjeeves.com
		Homework Helper: http://www.webmonkey.com
		Encyclopedia: www.encyberpedia.com/ency.html
		Cliff Notes: www.cliffs.com/index.html
		My Virtual Reference Desk: www.refdesk.com
		National Geographic Society: www.nationalgeographic.com
		Time Magazine's site, Time Daily: www.time.com
		Elements of Style: www.bartleby.com/strunk
		Shakespeare on the Web: www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html
		The Cornell Theory Center Math and Science Gateway: http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway
		Yahooligans-Homework Help: http://www.yahooligans.com/School_Bell/Homework_Help/
		Chemistry help-what matters with matter: www.chem4kids.com
		Webster's Dictionary: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
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