COLLEGE PREP

Free Test Prep Materials

Students preparing to take college entrance exams: the University of California has built an online test site to offer free test preparation! Kaplan and Princeton charge hundreds of dollars for this type of test prep material. Just go to California Virtual High School and follow the links to test prep. http://www.cavhs.org

1. Dept. of Education  

        http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Prepare/

Check out what you can do in "Preparing your child for College".

 

2. Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC)

       http://www.eric.ed.gov/archives/giftcoll.html

Find out "How can I help my gifted child plan for college?".

 

3. Dept. of Education  

        http://www.ed.gov/pubs/GettingReadyCollegeEarly/

Get the "Handbook for Parents of Students in Middle and Junior High School Years" from this site.

 

4. College Parents of America  

        http://www.collegeparents.org/

This site is a good resource for Parents of current or recent high school students. It has sections on "money talks", budgets, financial aid, credit, "Breaking News" and hot topics such as speaking with students about alcohol

 

5. Dept. of Education  

        http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/finaid.html

Here's some good information about financial aid.

 

6. Finaid!  

        http://www.finaid.org/parents/

This site has step-by-step instructions and links for the parents of future college students.

 

7. Tax Cuts for Education  

        http://www.ed.gov/updates/97918tax.html

"Families Guide to the 1997 Tax Cuts for Education" from the Office of Post-secondary Education.

 

8. College Express  

        http://www.collegexpress.com/parentscorner/default.asp

For some good financial aid information, check out the "Parent's Corner". It also has a College Aid Calculator and the FAFSA Express.

 

9. Petersons  

        http://www.petersons.com/resources/trenches.html

"Tips from the Financial Aid Trenches"

 

10. College is Possible  

       http://www.collegeispossible.org/preparing/ten_steps.htm

"A guide for Parents: Ten steps to Prepare your child for College" Pre-school through high school.

 

11. Education World  

        http://db.education-world.com/perl/browse?cat_id=429

This site is good for information on college education.