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LINK TO SC COLLEGES OF INTEREST
2017-2018 HS Student Calendar
College Essay Links: About the Common App Prompts
Common App Website
College Essay Tips and Samples
Ten Tips for Writing the College Essay
Berkeley University: The Personal Statement
Johns Hopkins: Essays that Worked
The Importance of the Opening Line
New York Times: Four (amazing) Essays
Essay Hell: All About Writing for the College App!
ACT:
ACT homepage--registration and information
ACT test dates (current)
ACT test locations for Rock Hill, SC
ACT test prep PDF
4 Free Online ACT practice tests
McGraw-Hill practice tests and videos
Varsity Tutors test prep
SAT:
SAT Homepage--registration and information
SAT test dates (current)
SAT test locations for Rock Hill, SC
SAT test prep PDF
4 Free Online SAT practice tests
McGraw-Hill practice tests and videos
Khan Academy SAT prep/practice
SAT Word Lists
Tyrannosaurus Prep: SAT Word List and Game
100 Most Common SAT Words
Varsity Tutors test prep
The SAT changed in the spring of 2016. Read about it here (from the College Board) or here (from CBS). Here is a PP by The Princeton Review outlining the changes.
*I recommend the Varsity Tutors ACT/SAT app for iPhone or Droid--good information and targeted review sections.
FINANCIAL AID:
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Financial Aid 101 from the College Board--great resource for an overview!
FastWeb--you can join for free to search for scholarships
General Information:
- The federal government just began a program called the College Scorecard. Excellent information available here! I also recommend CollegeData.
- I found adMission Possible to be a useful site. There are timelines for each year of your high school career, good information about testing, applying to colleges, and Frequently Asked Questions.
- The College Solution is a blog that covers a lot of topics: ACT/SAT, admissions, selecting a college, etc.
- Their site is a little busy, but College Confidential has good info if you search for it.
- Good information on searching for colleges at CollegeView.
- Here is a great essay from an application reader on who gets in and who doesn't.