Mark Twain High School Counseling OfficeHealth 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/- |