College Search Resources
Recommended Reading
Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be by Frank Bruni
Colleges That Change Lives by Loren Pope
The Truth about College Admission: A Family Guide to Getting In and Staying Together
Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions by Jeff Selingo
Admission Matters by Sally Springer, Jon Reider & Joyce Vining Morgan
College Match by Steven Antonoff
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey
How to Be A High School Superstar by Cal Newport
How to Raise An Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims
Fiske Guide to Colleges by Edward B. Fiske (updated and published yearly)
There is Life After College by Jeffrey J. Selingo
The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College by Jacques Steinberg
Financial Aid Resources
Expected Family Contribution (EFC) calculator
Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)
Calculators to estimate various college costs and payments
Tuition Fit - Crowd-sourced award information from colleges provided by actual students. Upload your own financial aid award letters to see whether people like you got a better deal from your school or similar schools that you might not have even applied to. Or look at previous awards to guide your college list.
SwiftStudent - Provides students free appeal guidance, plus being a central repository of financial aid appeals / requests letter templates.
Saving for College by Mark Kantrowitz
The College Solution by Lynn O’Shaughnessy
College Aid Pro - Resource, articles, and free tools to calculate colleges costs