Rock Island Public Library

Higher Education Financing & Scholarships

• Important Internet Resources
  • CNN Money Ultimate College Guide
  • CollegeBoard website
  • Common Application (for undergraduate college admission)
  • FAFSA – Free Application for Federal Financial Aid
    • FAFSA – PIN Application
    • FAFSA - Federal School Code List of Participating Schools (after Nov. 1, 2007)
  • FairTest (Find schools that do not require SAT or ACT tests)
  • Federal Student Aid:  FAFSA4caster
  • Peterson’s Getting You There
  • The Princeton Review
  • TERI College Planning
• Searching for Colleges
  
  • College Finder
  • Careers and Colleges—Your Gide to a Successful Future
  • CollegeView
  • GoCollege – The Collegiate Websource
  • Peterson’s College Bound College Search
  • Princeton Review Counselor-O-Matic
  • SchoolGuides
  • U.S. News – America’s Best Colleges
• Financial Assistance
  
  • College Board Loan Center (Education Loans)
  • College Board — Pay for College
  • FastWeb — Matching Students to Scholarships
  • FinAid (SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid)
  • National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
  • SallieMae College Answer
  • Scholarships.com — Find Money for College
• Illinois Education Assistance
  • Bright Start College Savings Program
  • Illinois State Board of Education
• 529 Plans
  
  • College Savings Plan Network
  • Savingforcollege.com – Joseph Hurley’s Internet Site
  • SEC Mutual Funds Cost Calculator (to compare fees charged by 529 plans)
• Calculators
  
  • Certificate of Deposit Interest Calculator
  • College Savings Calculator
  • Present and Future Value Calculators
  • Paying for College—Add It Up
• Test Preparation
  
  • The ACT Test Website
  • Free LSAT Sample Test & Law School Admission Forms
  • Official SAT Practice Test
  • Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions
  • Learning Xpress Library (for those with R.I. library cards)
    
    • Learning Xpress Library Instructions
  • Number2.com (free SAT, ACT, & GRE prep)
• Jobs and Internships
  
  • Internships.com – Internship for Students
  • InternWeb.com
  • Global Experiences
• English as a Second Language
  
  • ETS - TOEFL (English Language Learning)