Resources

Getting ready for college takes a lot of hard work, dedication, planning, organizing, and information. Preparation is the key to being accepted to the desired university or college. The UOC resources list contains links to various sites to help students and parents prepare for advanced education.
Disclaimer: The University Outreach Program does not promote or accept responsibility for any sites listed.

General Educational Resources

www.tenet.edu/students
Resources for the Texas education community. Includes information on admission, financial aid, choosing a college, and more.

www.adventuresineducation.org
Texas Guaranteed's educational web site for parents, students, and high school counselors.


College Preparation

www.collegetoolkit.com
College Toolkit's One-Stop College & Scholarship Resource allows students to find and apply for scholarships, search through a database of more than 4,000 colleges, and explore 900 careers all in one location. It is one of the most comprehensive sites for life after high school... and everything on the site is free for students to use.

www.campustours.com
The worldwide leader in virtual college tours and academic multimedia, working with hundreds of colleges and universities since 1997.

www.colleges.com
Offers a free college search, scholarships, college rankings, online education, financial aid and other education resource tools for students.

www.collegebound.net
Request information from the nation's top colleges and universities.

www.gocollege.com
GoCollege - The number one college bound web site on the Internet

www.mycollegeguide.org
My College Guide offers advice for getting into college, college admissions, surviving college, and navigating the college search process.

www.collegefortexans.org
Everything a Texan needs to know about preparing for, applying for, and paying for college or technical school.

www.texasmentor.org
Your online guide to Texas private colleges and universities.

www.ed.gov/thinkcollege
The Think College web site has been designed to provide information on educational opportunities beyond high school for learners of all ages.

encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/college
College resources from Microsoft.

www.lunch-money.com
Take advantage of the most comprehensive site for life after high school, including expert articles on college and financial aid and interactive calculators.

www.mapping-your-future.org
Bringing together the expertise of the industry to provide free college, career, financial aid, and financial literacy services for students, families, and schools.

www.petersons.com
A leading provider of live, online and print educational solutions for students, families, schools and educators in the areas of test preparation, college and graduate school admissions, financial aid and career guidance.

www.collegeanswer.com
Learn how to pay for college on SallieMae College Answer: Scholarship Search, College Costs, Savings Plans, Options for Paying, Financial Aid.

www.xap.com
College advice, college admission applications, pay for college, financial aid, scholarships, apply online for admission, online applications at Xap.


Funding Resources

www.texascollegemoney.org
By registering at TexasCollegeMoney, college professionals will offer you personal counseling to help you on your path to college.

www.supercollege.com
Free database of thousands of scholarships, college and university search, admissions and financial aid secrets, advice for parents, support forums, books, and more.


www.salliemae.com
Apply online for federal and private student loans, consolidate student loans; financial aid and scholarship information for college, graduate school and continuing education.

www.fafsa.ed.gov
U.S. Department of Education's student aid Web site, your "one-stop shop" for up-to-date and accurate data on federal aid available to help you pay for college.

www.fastweb.com
Find college financial aid, conduct a scholarship search with our scholarship search engine, and get the money you need to pay for college at FastWeb.

www.finaid.org
The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid, is the most comprehensive free resource for objective and unbiased information about student financial aid.

www.uncf.org
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is the nation’s largest, oldest, most successful and most comprehensive minority higher education assistance organization.

www.hispanicfund.org
The Hispanic College Fund provides talented and underprivileged Hispanic youth with vision, mentors, resources and scholarships.


Testing Resources

www.thea.nesinc.com
Provides answers to frequently asked questions about the THEA test that is administered five times a year at sites across Texas.

www.number2.com
Free ACT Prep, GRE Prep, SAT Prep. Access a customized course that includes user-friendly tutorials, practice sessions.

www.collegeboard.com
Learn more about College Board programs that increase access to college and opportunity. Get ready for the SAT with official practice tests and questions. Get the latest information on more than 3,600 colleges and universities.

www.act.org
America's most widely accepted college entrance exam — and more! ACT provides educational and career planning for students and teachers at every level.

www.princetonreview.com
Explore schools and careers, prepare for standardized tests and entrance exams, research scholarships and financial aid options and more.

www.sparknotes.com
SparkNotes.com exists to help students learn and practice basic skills, write a paper, study for a test and achieve their academic goals.

www.studyhall.com
A free online sat test preparation center for free psat prep courses, improving memory skills, providing speed reading programs for sat ii, sat vocabulary test & much more.