Resources

Websites, Blogs and Books

Blogs and Newsletters

• Jeff Selingo, NEXT newsletter

• Grown and Flown Newsletter

• Georgia Tech Admissions Blog with Rick Clark, College admissions expert, Director of Admissions at Georgia Institute of Technology

• The Parent Venture (Parent Education Series)

Standardized Testing and Test Prep

• ACT

• College Board (SAT/AP)

• Mr Test Prep (Michael Romano)

• Compass Prep

• Applerouth Test Prep

Financial Aid & Scholarships

• FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)

• CSS Profile

Popular College Applications

• Common App

• UCAS

• California State University (CSU, includes Cal Poly SLO)

• University of California (UCs)

GAP Year

• Rustic Pathways

• Semester at Sea

• Gap Year Association

• Carpe Diem Education

• Outward Bound

• Gap Year Solutions

Athletic Information Websites

• NCAA

• Eligibility Center

• NAIA

Books

• Who Gets in and Why? Jeff Selingo

• Where You Go Is Not Who You Are by Jeff Selingo

• The Best 388 Colleges 2024 by The Princeton Review

• The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2024

• Colleges That Change Lives by Loren Pope

• Never Enough by Jennifer Breheny Wallace

• Win or Learn by Harlan Cohen