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INITIATIVE OF NEW YORK STATE

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Web Links for College Searches, Virtual Tours, Financial Aid/Scholarships, Career Counseling/Planning, and additionally links.

College Board Online College Money PLANNER
http://www.collegeboard.org
The College Board makes it easy for prospective college students and their families to plan their financial needs by using the College Money PLANNER Form, which can be completed online.

College Choice Website
http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/mm/cc/links.html
Information and links to other financial aid sites, such as ROTC Scholarships, Scholarship Search Services, Index of Minority Scholarships and Fellowships, and Student Loan Information from Banks.

College Connection Scholarships
http://www.collegescholarships.com
This site provides an opportunity for college-bound students to receive with free scholarship information and to begin building a financial aid package.

College Quest
 www.collegequest.com
This site offers information on financial aid, colleges, application process.

CollegeView
www.collegeview.com
This site provides for college searches, virtual tours, financial aid information, career counseling.

EDP Scholarship Services
http://www.apc.net/edp/college.htm
This site provides information on EDPs scholarship matching service, which locates free, unclaimed and pre-qualified scholarships for students and parents who want to save money toward their college education.

FastWEB
http://www.fastweb.com
A database of scholarships, grants, fellowships, and loans in private sector funding for college students living in the United States, plus extensive information about federal government financial aid.

FinAid
www.finaid.org
This site contains descriptions of different types of college loans, access to scholarships with a FAST-WEB link, financial forms and an online college finance calculator

Financial Aid Resource Center
www.theoldschool.org
This site provides information on the basics of financial aid, access to federal, state, and general aid sources and links to college and university financial aid home pages.

Higher Education Services Corporation
http://www.hesc.state.ny.us
This site provides information on New York State government financial aid. Included are services for students, parents, counselors, and college administrators on planning for the future, paying for college, career resources, search, school and lender services, and college information.

Life Long Learning
www.lifelonglearning.com
A database of accredited distance learning courses.

Making College Count
www.makingcollegecount.com
This site offers advice on where to find scholarships, information on college counseling programs, and tips to maximize the college experience.

New York's College Choice Tuition Savings Program
 www.osc.state.ny.us/college
This site provides information on the NYS College Choice Tuition Savings Program. A program designed to help individuals and families save for a college education by depositing funds into a "Family Tuition Account."

New York State Education Department- The Office of Higher Education
 www.higher.nysed.gov
This site offers information on New York State Colleges and Universities, funding opportunities and additional Web Links.

Petersons
 www.petersons.com
This site allows users to explore colleges and universities, graduate programs, distance learning courses and programs, and study abroad programs.

Resource Pathways College Information Community
http://www.sourcepath.com
This sites College Financial Aid Resources attempts to cover all the Web sites on financial aid and link them in a search.

Target Financial Aid Planner
http://targetusa.com/target-planner.html
Target Marketing provides college and university profiles, information on financial aid, scholarships, and school loans.

U.S. Department of Education- Office of Postsecondary Education
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/index.html