FARMINGDALE’S COLLEGE RESOURCES

By combining a data base of 3300 two and four-year colleges with multimedia “tours,” College View gives students and parents a general overview of a college, plus a direct e-mail option for requesting additional information.

College Board Online

http://www.collegeboard.org

A college search software ExPAN online for free to find colleges that match your goals and interests.

Go College

http://www.gocollege.com/

Free practice ACT/SAT on certain dates...check the dates.

Embark

http://www.embark.com

A comprehensive site that can help you navigate the college research process.

NY Mentor

http://www.nymentor.edu

New York State Higher Education Services Corporation features creating your own college

e-mail account, college searches, financial aid information/estimates and career opportunities.

Peterson’s Education Center

http://www.petersons.com

Peterson’s college data base is available on this home page, as is other educational and career information.

Collegiate

http://www.collegiate.net/

This site has been established to help you find higher education (collegiate) information on the Web.

Briarcliffe College

http://www.bcl.org/

Briarcliffe offers two-year and four-year programs that prepare students for careers in business and technology, for further higher education, professional advancement, and personal fulfillment.

College of Technology at Farmingdale

http://www.farmingdale.edu/

Over forty academic programs, ranging from baccalaureate and associate degrees, to one-year certificates are offered.

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/

The Associate in Science degree is offered with specializations in correction administration, police science and security management.

Nassau Community College

http://www.sunynassau.edu/

For most, NCC is the start of an experience that will lead to four or more years of advanced learning. For others, earning the two-year Associate degree will lead to employment in the regional job market.

Suffolk County Community College –

http://www.sunysuffolk.edu/

Many curricula at Suffolk are designed to parallel the freshman and sophomore years of study towards the baccalaureate degree.

Maricopa Center –

http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/cc

Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (MCLI) This site contains a search able index to the web sites for 773 community colleges in the Unied States, Canada, and elsewhere around the world.

UT Austin Web Central –

http://www.utexas.edu/world/comcol.html

This page of UT Austin Web Central contains links to Web servers at universities and community colleges in the U.S.

RWM

http://www.rwm.org/rwm/

RWM provides information on Private Post Secondary Vocational Schools in all 50 states.

New York State Independent Colleges and Universities –

http://www.college-guide-nys.org/

New York State is home to more than 100 independent (private) colleges.

LIRACHE home page

http://www.lirache.org

LIRACHE is a consortium of the eighteen colleges and universities on Long Island, dedicated to improved educational effectiveness through inter-institutional cooperation.

The Common Application Online

http://commonapp.org

The Common Application (used for 195 selective, independent colleges and universities for undergraduate admission programs) can be downloaded (MacOS and PC) to be printed.

MIT Sponsored Search

http://www.mit.edu/people/cdemello/univ.html

This list now has over 3000 entries!

CollegeNET –

http://www.collegenet.com/

College and scholarship search, featured schools and financial aid.

U.S. News Online –

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/home.htm

U.S. News Online Colleges and Career Centers

The Princeton Review –

http://www.review.com

You may search the Princeton Review’s site by the school’s name, region, state, size and cost.

Study in the USA –

http://www.studyusa.com/

Study in the USA is the education guide for international students.

College Night –

http://www.collegenight.com

This offers a small array of college home pages with information link to “eCollegebid.”

Campus Tours –

http://www.campustours.com/

Provides links to the virtual tours, interactive campus maps, webcams, videos and campus pictures of hundreds of U.S. Colleges and Universities.

Virtual Tours –

http://www.criterioninfo.net/vcd/mainframe.html

Downloading may take time, but has potential.

Scholarship Scams –

http://www.finaid.org/finaid/scams.html

Every year there are a few scams based on imitations of legitimate foundations, scholarship sponsors, lenders, and scholarship search companies.

Financial Aid Page –

http://www.finaid.org

Comprehensive site originated by Mark Kantrowitz.

FastWEB –

http://www.fastweb.com/

For a full search, start here to set up a personalized profile that will match your specific skills, and abilities and interests to fastWEB’s database of over 275,000 scholarships.

College Board Online - http://www.collegeboard.com/finaid/fastud/html/fincalc/fcintro.html

Financial Aid Calculators...and more!

Sallie Mae –

http://www.salliemae.com

More helpful information about planning and paying for college.

NCAA Academic –

http://www.ncaa.org/cbsa/academic.htm

NCAA Academic Eligibility Requirements from their official Web site.

NCAA –

http://www.ncaa.org

This is the official Web site of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for information abut college athletics and NCAA membership.

Military Career Guide Sitemap –

http://www.militarycareers.com/occ/sitemap.htm

Military Career Guide Sitemap for occupations, training, advancement, and educational oportunities within each of the major military services.

Uncle Sam’s Help –

http://www.myfuture.com/

High school is history...so now’s the time to get yourself on the track to a career.

ConAP

http://www.soc.aascu.org/conap/Default.html

The Concurrent Admissions Program (ConAP) is a joint program of the United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC), Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOCAD http://www.soc.aascu.org) , and over 1200 participating colleges and universities.