Web sites that can make a difference in your college/tech school planning:
www.fastweb.com Outstanding website that has both a personalized scholarship search and college search. Has a wide variety of information to make transitioning from high school to higher education easier for students and parents. Once students are registered it will send reminders and updates as scholarships become available. Highly recommended by PHS counselors!
www.collegeboard.com Has excellent information about planning for college, taking admission tests, finding the right college, getting into college, etc. Offers a comprehensive college search and compares college costs among as many as three colleges. Also has a fun feature called likefinder, where students can put in the name of a college, and it will find other colleges with similar programs. The Profile, which is a financial aid supplement that many independent colleges require can be accessed at this website.
www.wiche.edu WUE is the Western Undergraduate Exchange, a program of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. Through WUE student in western states may enroll in many two-year and four-year college programs at reduced tuition level : 150% of the institution’s regular resident tuition. WUE tuition is considerably less than nonresident tuition….this is an excellent website to check out if the college (and possibly the program within that college) you are in interested in will take students from our state at the reduced WUE rate.…check it out!
www.washingtoncouncil.org At this website you can download the Uniform Undergraduate Application which is used at most state funded four year colleges/universities in our state, except for the U of W, which has its own application.
This site also has a link to community college on line applications in the state. You can register at this web address and make out an application: admissions.ctc.edu
www.collegeplan.org This is a new online version of the Scholarship Guide (originally published by the College Planning Network) which allows Web site visitors to sort through the scholarship data, matching their characteristics with available scholarships…check it out, as if offers students great info, but there is a little work involved.
www.fafsa.ed.gov Free Application for Federal Student Aid is on the WEB…it allows students to apply for Title IV aid on-line. Students can file a FAFSA after January 1st of 2004, as it form must reflect last years income.
www.pin.ed.gov The PIN is your key to financial aid through the fafsa.ed.gov. website. With your PIN, you and your parents can electronically sign the FAFSA The PIN simplifies the application process and allows you to get your results faster. Both parents and students need to file for their own PIN…do it before Jan !st and be ready to complete your FAFSA.
