College Admissions Tests
College Board (SAT, SAT Subject Tests, and Advanced Placement)
FairTest (test-optional colleges)
Scholarships and Financial Aid
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
College Opportunity Fund (for Colorado residents)
Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE is an association of public colleges in the Western U.S. Member colleges offer reduced tuition to residents of other states in the association. Students may have to meet certain academic criteria and/or have a specific major to qualify.)
Books
Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania by Frank Bruni
Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions by Jeffrey Selingo
The Price YouPay for College: An Entirely New Road Map for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make by Ron Lieber
Fiske Guide to Colleges by Edward Fiske
The Best 387 Colleges: 2022 Edition by The Princeton Review (Princeton Review releases a new edition every year so the number of colleges in the title may change)
Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges by Loren Pope
Creative Colleges: Finding the Best Programs for Aspiring Actors, Artists, Designers, Dancers, Musicians, Writers, and More by Elaina Loveland
Rugg’s Recommendations on the Colleges by Frederick Rugg
The K & W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Differences by Marybeth Kravets, MA and Imy F. Wax, MS
Get In! The High-Success, Low-Stress Guide to College Planning by Lisa L. Ransdell, PhD (Sara Zessar contributed a chapter to this book)