Colleges

A fruitful and successful college search should contain all of these elements:

• a career and preference survey
• a college search
• college(s) web site visits
• college campus visit(s)
• completion of a financial aid estimator
• a merit scholarship search
• completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
• completion of on-line college and scholarship applications where available

College and Future Planning – suggested readings:

• College Unranked – Lloyd Thacker
• Colleges That Change Lives – Loren Pope
• Looking Beyond the Ivy League – Loren Pope
• Colleges with a Conscience - Princeton Review
• Less Stress, More Success: A New Approach to Guiding Your Teen Through College Admissions and Beyond - Ginsberg,Jones
• Over Achievers - Alexandra Robbins
• Admissions Matters - Springer ,Franck
• Harvard Schmarvard – Jay Matthews
• Hope in the Unseen – Ron Suskind
• Gatekeepers – Jacques Steinberg
• All Loves Excelling – John A. Knight
• Winning the Heart of the College Admissions Dean – Joyce Mitchell
• My Freshman Year – Rebekah Nathan
• The Naked Roommate – Harlan Cohen
• Catalyst – Laurie Anderson