Useful Websites for
College Planning

We know that the college admission process is daunting.  To help with this process we have compiled a list of websites that will be used within this process.  Please find live links that will lead you to the websites that you will need for the testing process, the college search process as well as beginning the scholarship process.  This is a page is not a comprehensive list, but it will start you in the right direction.

SAT & ACT Registration

http://www.actstudent.org

This site offers on-line registration for the ACT test.

http://www.collegeboard.com/

This site offers on-line registration for the SAT I and SAT II.  It also offers a database of 3,200 colleges and on-line financial aid information.

Search for Colleges

http://collegenavigator.ed.gov

The United States Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences college search website.

http://www.californiacolleges.edu

California's free official source for college and career planning.

http://www.coin3.com/ccc

This is an on-line career and college search website, which is available to all CCHS students using their user name and passsword.  COIN is a great resource for students to narrow down college choices to a manageable number and tests students to match them to appropriate majors and careers.

http://www.collegenet.com/

This site provides college and scholarship searches.

http://www.collegesource.org/

This site contains college catalogs for many colleges, a college search engine, and career information.

http://www.collegeview.com/

This site provides great college search, career counseling and scholarship information.

http://www.princetonreview.com/

This is the Princeton Review website.  You can gather information on approximately 1,500 colleges.  Provides on-line practice SAT tests.

http://www.usnews.com/

This site provides a college search, college ratings, and scholarship information.  It also has a “college personality quiz” that helps students discover the types of colleges they may want to consider.

Search for Financial Aid

http://www.calgrants.org

Direct link to the Cal Grant program.

http://www.college-scholarships.com/

You can find college contact information by state, including admissions and financial aid office e-mail addresses, toll free phone numbers, and links to on-line applications for admission. No other site on the Internet has so much college contact information.

http://www.csac.ca.gov/

The website for the California Student Aid Commission.  Learn about Cal Grants and other student aid programs, their requirements, and how to apply for them.

 

http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

Federal Student Aid site; here you can find steps to get organized before you file your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), complete the FAFSA on the Web Worksheet, complete the FAFSA, and view your results online.  You can also check the status of your application, make corrections to a processed FAFSA, and get other information.

 

http://www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov

Get an estimate of your eligibility for federal student aid instantly, even before your senior year, and shorten the time it takes you to complete the FAFSA by using FAFSA4caster.

http://www.fastaid.com/

Purportedly, the oldest and largest private sector scholarship database.

http://www.fastweb.com/

Scholarship service database for 180,000 private scholarships.  Excellent for scholarship searches.

http://www.federalstudentaid.ed.gov

The source for free information, guidance, and tools for federal student assistance from the United States Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid.

http://www.finaid.org/

Almost everything you need to know about applying for financial aid. Excellent for determining expected parental contribution for college costs.

 

http://www.legion.org/needalift

Scholarship and financial aid information from The American Legion.  Their comprehensive college financial aid handbook is available on-line at this website.

http://www.scholarships.com/

A free scholarship search service.

http://www.sdcoe.net/scholarships/

The San Diego County Office of Education scholarship search website.  Use this website to search for scholarships in a variety of categories.

http://www.sdfoundation.org/scholarships/

On this website you will find scholarships that the San Diego Foundation and other organizations offer, detailed application instructions, a scholarship seekers' toolkit packed with useful information, and much more.

http://www.webgrants4students.org

This private and secure site of the California Student Aid Commission will let you view the status of your Cal Grant application, update your address, view your award detail, view your California Aid Report (CAR), view payment history,and submit School Change (SC) or Leave of Absence (LOA) requests.