QUICK NAVIGATION LINKS

• Help with choosing colleges, college searches and career information
• Links to Colleges
• Business Schools and MBA Programs
• Rankings
• Sports
• Testing
• Financial Aid and Scholarships
• Distance Learning
• English and Other Language Programs
• Help for Graduate programs
• Summer, Programs, Camps and Special Programs
   

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Help with choosing colleges and college searches:

• American Colleges and Universities: 
  Searches for the 125 profiled universities.  http://www.acuinfo.com
• College Admissions Things to Know: 
  Questions to ask when searching for universities, definitions of important terms, financial aid information, links. http://www.tsoft.com/~bdoolin/car/college_home.html
• Collegexpress: 
  much advice on applications, career and college life, special section for international students.  http://collegexpress.com.
• Edupass: 
  General admissions, finances, visa, etc. information.  http://www.edupass.com.
• Embark:
  search for undergraduate programs and distance eduation.  http://www.embark.com
• Occupational Outlook Handbook: 
  Explains what thousands of careers entail.  http://stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm
• Peterson’s:  Searchable database for programs. 
  http://www.petersons.com
• Study USA:
  Articles about studying in the US.  http://www.studyusa.com/sparticles.htm
• The Admissions Office: 
  Foreign student resources and other information. http://www.theadmissionsoffice.com
• U.S. Embassy, Bogotá, Colombia: 
  Information on studying in the US.  http://usembassy.state.gov./colombia

Links to Colleges :

• American Universities:  
  Alphabetical list of links to homepages of US universities.  http://www.clas.ufl.edu/CLAS/american-universities.html.

• Campus Tours:  
  virtual tours and other peeks at college campuses. http://www.campustours.com

• College and University Homepages: 
  US and Worldwide. 

• Community College Web: 
  links to over 1000 community colleges. http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu

• University Web Pages: 
  Links to US U’s by state.  http://isl-garnet.uah.edu/Universities

Business Schools and MBA Programs :

• AACSB: The International Association for Management Education: 
  Listing of business programs accredited by AACSB.  http://www.aacsb.edu

• Best Business Schools:
  News and rankings of business schools. http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/index.html.

• Brazil MBA Page: 
  Information of US. MBA programs.  http://web.mit.edu/brazil-mba

Rankings

• U.S.News On-line.Edu: 
  college rankings and other comparison tools.  http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu

• College and University Rankings: 
  Explanations of how schools are ranked as well as links to rankings. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm

Sports 

• NCAA:
  National Collegiate Athletic Association:   All the information needed for collegiate sports and how to get into them.  http://www.ncaa.org

• LevelEdge: 
  A tool for finding sports scholarships.  Coaches and student athletes search for a good match.  http://www.leveledge.com

Tests

• TOEFL, GRE and GMAT:  http://www.ets.org

• Collegeboard:  www.collegeboard.com

• New SAT: http://www.collegeboard.com/newsat/index.html

• The PSAT: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/psat/about.html

• SAT scores: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/scores.html

• The ACT: http://act.org/

• PLAN test: http://www.act.org/plan/index.html

• AP tests: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/program/0,,150-0-0-0,00.html

• The SSAT: http://www.ssat.org/

Financial Aid and Scholarships

• CSS Profile: 
  Some universities require that U.S. and no U.S. students register with and fill out the profile financial papers in order to apply for aid.  At the College Board website:  http://www.collegeboard.org

• FAFSA--The Free Application for Federal Student Aid: 
  U.S. citizens and residents need to fill in this form to apply for Federal Aid.  http://www.fafsa.ed.gov

• Fastweb: 
  Student fills in a profile and matches for scholarships are sent, as well as other financial aid and college information.  http://www.fastweb.com

• Finaid:
  List of university financial aid offices, as well as other info.  http://www.finaid.com

• Fulbright Commision:
  The Fulbright Program provides grants for Graduate Students, Scholars and Professionals, and Teachers and Administrators from the U.S. and other countries. http://www.icropolis.com/education/fulbright

• International Education Financial Aid: 
  1,000 scholarships for students studying outside their own country.  http://www.iefa.org 

• 2001 College, College Scholarships, and Financial Aid: 
  Links to scholarship searches another information.  http://college-scholarship.com

Distance Learning

• American’s Learning Exchange: 
  Searchable database of distance learning among other information. www.alx.org 

English and Other Language Programs

• American Association of Intensive English Programs: 
  Help in choosing a program.  http://www.aaiep.org

• EnglishPractice.Com: 
  A tool for learning English on the net.  Thousands of free interactive lessons. http://www.englishpractice.com

• UCIEP: University and College Intensive English Progams. 
  For choosing English programs.  http://www.uciep.org

• Language Learning Net: 
  Searchable program for English and other language programs among other information.  http://www.language-learning.net

Help for Graduate programs

• Gradschools: 
  searchable list of 50,000 grad programs.  www.gradschool.com  
   

• Tips for Researching and Applying to Graduate Schools: http://www.uwm.edu/~ccp2/work/index.html

Summer, Programs, Camps and Special Programs 

• American Camping Association:  
  Searchable database of 2,200 camps.  http://www.acacamps.org

• Peterson’s: 
  Searchable database for summer opportunities.  http://www.petersons.com

• Shaw Guides: 
  Searchable databases of shortterm camps and programs in cooking, golf, tennis, languages, travel, arts, etc.  http://www.shawguides.com

• Study Abroad:  
  Thousands of programs around the world. http://www.studyabroad.com