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COLLEGE PLANNING RESOURCES

DeLaSalle Guidance and Counseling Office presents the following Internet links to assist students and their parents and guardians with post-high school planning.

COLLEGE SEARCH   COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS
MINNESOTA COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES   SCHOLASTIC APPTITUDE TEST (SAT)
WISCONSIN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES   AMERICAN COLLEGE TEST (ACT)

Minnesota Career Information System
Note: students will need a "user name" and password to use this site. Visit the DLS Guidance Office to arrange this.


SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Career OneStop - from the U.S. Dept. of Labor
College Board.com

Discover Nursing.com
ScholarSite.com
United Negro College Fund



COLLEGE FINANCIAL AID COMPUTING
www.finaid.org/calculators
www.getreadyforcollege.org


COLLEGE SEARCH
College Board
www.collegeboard.com
---information on the SAT with test dates calendar
---scholarship planning
---explore more than 3,600 two- and four-year colleges and universities


US News & World Report
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/rankguide/rghome.htm
---browse the magazine's suggestion of America's best colleges


Colleges That Change Lives
www.ctcl.com
---this web site expounds on the 40 colleges mentioned in Loren Pope's book of the same title


National Catholic College Admission Association
www.catholiccollegesonline.org
---comprehensive college planning tips as well as highlights of Catholic colleges and universitie
s


MINNESOTA COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Minnesota Private Colleges
www.mnprivatecolleges.org

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
www.mnscu.edu

University of Minnesota campuses
www.umn.edu/twincities/contact


WISCONSIN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Wisconsin Private Colleges
www.wficweb.org

University of Wisconsin System
www.wisconsin.edu


COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS
You’ve finalized your list of colleges. Now it’s time to apply.

Common Application
www.commonapp.org
---Why fill out 10 applications when you may only need to fill out one? View the list of colleges that accept the common application.


NCAA Clearinghouse Information
www.ncaaclearinghouse.net/NCAA/student/index_student.html

---for student-athletes who plan on participating in an NCAA Division I or II sports program



• SCHOLASTIC APPTITUDE TEST DATES(SAT)
www.collegeboard.com
---many colleges and universities in America accept the SAT as a part of their admissions process



AMERICAN COLLEGE TEST (ACT)
www.actstudent.org
---an assessment of high school students' general educational development and their ability to complete college-level work