Mark Twain High School Counseling Office

 
Health and Safety for Students

·   Centers for Disease Control- learn what you can do to enjoy college the safe and healthy way!

·   Find a Local Gym– gym and health club directory, stay fit and healthy

·   Healthy Minds– great mental health resource

·   Health and Medical Insurance– everything you need to know about health insurance

 
About the Different Tests

·   ACT test- used for college admissions, an alternative to the SAT

·   Advanced Placement (AP) tests- information about AP testing

·   www.collegeboard.com/prof/counselors/apply/12.html- Sat Subject Test Requirements at different schools

·   College Level Examination Program (CLEP)- about the CLEP program

·   ISEE – Independent School Entrance Exam- often used for entrance into private high schools

·   PLAN test- generally administered fall of Sophomore year

·   PSAT– Preliminary SAT

 
Test Prep Resources

·   http://www.testprep.com/- by Stanford Testing Systems

·   http://www.act.org/- online registration and prep for ACT

·   http://www.eurekareview.com/- Eureka One on One Review, LLC

·   http://www.vocabulary.com/- fun ways to improve your vocabulary

 
Scholarship Search

·   http://www.scholarship.com/- finding scholarships

·   http://www.fastweb.com/- Financial Aid and Scholarship Search

·   http://www.collegeboard.com/- College, Career, Scholarship Search

·   http://www.wiredscholar.com/- Sallie May site for financial aid

·   http://www.collegepayway.com/- tools for planning to pay for college

 
Financial Aid Calculators

·   www.finaid.org/calculators/- financial aid calculator

·   www.act.org/fane/index.html- calculator on the ACT website

 
Financial Aid Links

·   http://www.studentaid.ed.gov/-Federal Student Aid Site or call 1-800-433-3243 (TTY 800-730-8913 for hearing impaired)

·   http://www.finaid.org/- Student aid resource site

·   http://www.students.gov/- student gateway to the US Government

·   http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/- online FAFSA application

 
For Minority, Low-Income, First Generation Students

·   www.finaid.org/otheraid/minority.phtml- minority aid site

·   http://www.edonline.com/cq/hbcu/alphabet.htm - historically black colleges

·   http://www.educacionsuperior.org/ - education information in Spanish

·   http://www.yesican.gov/- White House initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans

·   http://www.yosipuedo.gov/- Spanish version of same site as above

·   http://www.hispanicfund.org/- Hispanic resource for college aid

·   http://www.uncf.org/- United Negro College Fund

·   collegefund.org- American Indian fund

·   http://www.aimd.org/- American Institute for Managing Diversity

·   http://www.aihec.org/- American Indian Higher Education Consortium

·   http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oela/index.html?src=mr-Department of Education/Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs

·   http://www.black-collegian.com/- the Black Collegian

·   http://www.hillel.org/- Jewish resource for colleges

·   http://www.gmsp.org/- Gates Millennium Scholars Fund

·   http://www.hsf.net/- Hispanic scholarships

·   http://www.hacu.net/- Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

·   http://www.jbhe.com/- Journal of Blacks in Higher Education

·   http://www.qem.org - Quality Education for Minorities

·   http://www.nativeculturelinks.com/education.html - Tribal Colleges, Native Studies Programs, and Indian Education
 

Students With Disabilities

·   http://www.ahead.org/- Association of Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)

·   http://www.add.org/- Attention Deficit Disorder Association

·   http://www.chadd.org/- Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders

·   http://www.ldanatl.org/- Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)

·   http://www.ldresources.com/-

·   http://www.ncld.org/-

·   http://www.fcsn.org/ -

·   http://www.ldonline.org/-

·   http://www.nifl.gov/-