College

Here you will find everything you need to find the right college for you, as well as

guidelines to that college essay and other hints and tips for a successful college application.

Click on these links to find:

• College Information Databases
• Information and Advice about College Admissions
• Planning for College
• College Information Fairs
• How to Write a College Essay
• Conquering those Standardized Tests
• College Summer Programs

College Information Databases

The College Board's College Search Engine

• This interactive website provides two options for finding out about colleges. Use the College MatchMaker to find colleges that meet all of your needs or use the College QuickFinder to explore a school already familiar to you. Either way, you'll find the latest info on more than 3,600 colleges, plus easy access to related tools.

CollegeView

• This interactive database offers a range of options for researching college information. You can search by state, major, school type, as well as several more specific criteria.

Colleges.com

• This is another website that allows you to search for college information by selecting certain criteria of interest.

Peterson's College Search

• This interactive website offers a step-by-step guide to selecting the criteria you want to use when searching for colleges, uses these criteria to generate a list of schools that meet your needs, and provides links to more information about the colleges you select.

Princeton Review's Counselor-o-Matic

• Counselor-O-Matic is an advanced search engine that combines your academic and extracurricular history with your preferences to help you find the right college. Once you've registered, you can come back anytime to tweak your answers.

College Admissions

The Admissions Center

• This webpage offers a comprehensive set of links to information about all aspects of the college search, application, and admissions process.

Getting Into College

• This article offers some helpful pointers on the college admissions process.

Planning for College

Planning for College

• This page on The College Board's website offers links to web pages with lots of helpful information about planning for college while you are still in high school, including: Action Plans designed for each year of high school, articles on how to maximize your high school experiences to prepare for college, study skills, test-taking tips, time management, and surviving college life.

Planning for College: The Big Picture

• This page on the Princeton Review website offers six basic tips, along with a wide range of links, to assist you with the college planning process.

Timeline for College Planning

• This website offers detailed information on the steps you should take to plan for college in each year of high school.

Visiting Colleges

• This page from the College Board offers helpful information about visiting colleges you are interested in.

College Information Fairs

Project Youth Inc.'s 2006 College Fair: "From Brooklyn to College and Beyond"

• This event will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 from 3:00 - 7:00pm at Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street. It will include workshops on how to pay for college and panel discussions with current college students. Representatives from over 30 colleges will be present.

The Latino College Expo 16th Annual College Fair

• This event will be held on Saturday, April 8, 2006 from 1:00 - 4:00 pm at Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue (68th Street between Lexington Avenue & Park Avenue). It will include opportunities to meet representatives from over 150 colleges, learn about the college admission process, and enter a computer raffle. Admission is Free! For more information, contact Antonio Aponte 212-677-1108, ext.156 or email LatinoExpo@aol.com

How to Write a College Essay

The Five Paragraph Essay

• This page offers a basic overview on the five-paragraph essay format you will want to use for your college application essays.

Conquering those Standardized Tests

The College Board's SAT Preparation Center

• This page includes several resources to help you prepare for the SAT exam, including a skills-building section, a practice SAT exam, and links to online SAT preparation courses and books.

SAT Preparation

• This page on the EssayEdge.com website offers practical test taking strategies for all aspects of the SAT exam, as well as practice SAT verbal and math questions that you can use to sharpen your skills.

Test Information

• This page on the College Board's website offers direct links to register online for the SAT, view and send your SAT scores, and find all the information you need -- including exam dates and fees -- for a wide range of standardized tests.

Test Taking Tips

• This page on The College Board's website offers helpful and practical advice for anyone taking standardized tests.

SAT Question of the Day

• Click here to practice your test taking skills -- there is a new question posted every day, taken from actual SAT exams!

College Summer Programs

CUNY's College Now Program

• Thirteen City University of New York (CUNY) college campuses offer summer programs for New York City public high school students. Courses are offered on a range of topics, including Arts, Health, Journalism, Math, Science, and College Preparation. All of these programs are FREE and most also offer college credit.