CHOOSING A COLLEGE
If you are considering going to college or have questions about getting ready to attend, check out this website: http://www.collegegrazing.com/
College Greenlight - (A perfect place to start for students who are the first in their family to go to school) - Link
BigFuture - (Great place to start when looking at where to apply to college!) - Link
College Navigator (Search for Colleges that Fit a Variety of Criteria that YOU Set) - Link
Noodle College Search (College Search with Rankings and Truthful Descriptions) - Link
College App Map (Apps for College Exploration, Financial Aid, and College Survival!) - Link
Niche (Explore college reviews, rankings, and statistics) - Link
Best Online Colleges and Universities - Link
FINDING A CAREER
Finding Interests and Potential Careers
My Next Move (Do you know what you want to do for a career? If not, check this out!) - Link
Roadtrip Nation (3 Steps to finding unique careers that truly fit your interests) - Link
4 Steps to Deciding on a Career (Undecided on what to do in life? Take a look here!) - Link
Career Planner (Job Outlooks for 270 careers) - Link
Exploring Health Careers (Interested in a Health Care Career? Check this site out!) - Link
Learning More About Your Career
LaunchMyCareer (A great tool for looking at potential majors, careers, etc. specific to careers) - Link
BLS.gov (Careers at a glance; user-friendly) - Link
Career Outlook Handbook (Career growth and outlook at National level) - Link
Job4TN.org (Career growth and outlook at State (TN) level; Just click on Occupation Data!) - Link
ACT PREP
ACT Prep Tips and Tricks
Resources from ACT (These are official resources from ACT to help on the test) - Link
How to get a Perfect Score on the ACT (Read this blog post. It's long, but worth it.) - Link
18 ACT "Hacks" to Succeed (Tips for taking and preparing for the ACT) - Link
Best ACT Prep Books (If you want to buy a book to practice with, here are the best!) - Link
ACT Practice Tests (Full Test)
ACT Academy (Free Questions and Training from ACT for the ACT) - Link
ACT Prep Websites List (PrepScholar's list of websites to recommend (Not all are free!) - Link
Free Graded ACT (4Tests.com has a free ACT to take that is pretty useful!) - Link
Tennessee Electronic Library ACT Resource (Free ACT Prep w/study guides & detailed answer explanations) - Link
McGraw-Hill Free Practice (Check out these practice test PDF's) - Link
FREE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID
FAFSA Links and Resources
FAFSA Website (Not available until Oct. 1/HOPE Scholarship and Pell Grant) - Link
Creating your FSA ID (Your FSA ID is used as an electronic signature on the FAFSA) - Link
Retrieving your FSA ID (Forgot your FSA ID login info? Follow this steps to regain access) - Link
Financial Aid Help (Tips, tricks, and other helps written by parents for parents!) - Link
Decoding Financial Aid Letters (How to decipher a financial aid letter; just click the arrows) - Link
8 Steps to Filling out the FAFSA (Making filling it out a little easier) - Link
Annuity- Student Financial Literacy (Learn about scholarships, grants, loans, how to choose a college, and more!) -Link
SCHOLARSHIP SEARCHES
Free and Reliable Scholarship Searches
Scholarship Informer (Resources for Finding Scholarships) - Link
CollegeforTN.org (Free ACT Prep, Scholarship Search, Resume Help, etc.) - Link
College Board (Free Scholarship Search Tool) - Link
Department of Labor Scholarship Search (Free Scholarship Search Tool from the Department of Labor) - Link
Free Third-Party Scholarship Searches
FastWeb (Free Scholarship Search that Customizes to Your Information) - Link
CollegeMapper (Free Scholarship Search with easy searches) - Link
Unigo (If you want money and like writing short stories/essays, this is free money for you!) - Link
Imagine America (A reliable resource for scholarships!) - Link
DoSomething (A Financial Aid resource for undocumented students!)- Link
COLLEGE EXPLORATION
ELFI- How to start preparing for college (Things you can do as a high school student)- Link