Following is the (scanned) text of a handout provided at the Nov 18, 1998 ERHS PTSA meeting by ERHS Media Specialist Ms. Gherring, as she gave us a hands-on tour of the school's computer and INTERNET resources.
 

ELECTRONIC GUIDE TO COLLEGE

Co1lege Search

www.universities.com  search database of 4,000 college and university homepages

www.globalcomputing.com - search American college and university homepages by alphabet

www.collegeboard.org - College board homepages. Good resource for college planning, admissions, financial aid, and SAT online registration.

www.collegeedge.com - explores potential careers & majors, apply to colleges on-line, college search, scholarship search and career search. Open a free account with the college recruiter (must have an e-mail address) to allow colleges to search the database for students.

www.collegeview.com - college and career search information for students, parents, admissions, and guidance counselors. Information available on financial aid and download selected college applications.

www.collegexpress.com - college search, apply on-line, estimate your costs, locate scholarships and discover loan information. Obtain athletic information from the college of your choice and register to win a $10,000 scholarship.

www.collegenight.com - search 2yr. and 4yr. Colleges by geographic region, size, and cost of tuition.

www.petersons.com - The Peterson's Guide to Four-Year Colleges and Universities on-line.

www.review.com - The Princeton Review; advice on colleges, careers, and graduate school.

www.jayi.com - The College Guide on-line. Download common applications.

www.edonline.com - gateway to information about careers and majors, college selections, historically black colleges and universities, financial aid, scholarships, college test preparations, college admissions, and summer programs.

www.collegelink.com - search college homepages.

www.kaplan.com - search colleges, apply to colleges on-line, and information on the SAT I and SAT II.

www.yahoo.com - searchable database of colleges and universities as well as financial aid and scholarships. Look under the heading EDUCATION.

www.ajcunet.edu - Jesuit colleges and universities in the U.S.

www.collegenet.com - college and scholarship search; apply on-line, virtual tours of select colleges.

www.ecola.com/college - 2 & 4 year college locator by state.
 

Financial Aid/Scholarships

www.gse.ucla.edu/mm/cc/links/aid.html - provides links to websites for financial aid information, counseling on loans, ROTC scholarships, scholarship search services, and student loan information from banks.

www.sourcepath.com - search directories of rated information sources on college financial aid; also purchase books on-line.

www.fastweb.com - financial aid searches with a database of over 180,000 private scholarships by setting up a personal account.

www.nerdworld.com/nw1178.html - provides numerous links to student financial assistance resources. (NOTE: Some sources request payment for services; DO NOT send money for any type of scholarship search service.)

www.collegeboard.org - similar to FastWeb.

www.finaid.org - provides links to sources of information about financial aid on the Internet.

www.nelliemae.org - national non-profit student loan financing and services.

www.asainc.org - The Armenian Students' Association, a non-profit organization, provides scholarships to students.

www.cnct.com/home/ijblack/BlackExcel.shtml- a college admission and scholarship service for African American students.

www.fafsa.ed.gov - web version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

www.ed.gov/prog_info/SFA- financial aid primer from the U.S. Dept. of Education, plus FAFSA links.