1) Types of Colleges in the USA defined. Also see screencasts below.

Some aspects of how colleges deliver their curriculum:

• Core Curriculum (like Columbia)

• Open Curriculum (Like Brown)

• Cool tool to assess a colleges flexibility in their requirements.  Another interesting tool comes from a conservative approach to distribution requirements--What will they learn. 

2) Discuss your family's college budget. 

Useful tool: Student Aid Caculator

Be sure to check out our special sections

• Financial aid for US Citizens

• Financial aid for Non US Citizens

3) College Search Tools:

• Collegeboard Big Future

• Princeton Review

• Peterson's

• Wonderful lists in CollegeExpress. 

• Reading reviews on Unigo and/or Niche 

4) High Impact Practices for a great, quick overview. For a more detailed explanation of HIP, see here. One page overview, click here. Click on one of the High-Impact Practices listed below to learn more about it.

1. Capstone Courses and Projects

2. Internships

3. Community-Based Learning

4. Diversity and Global Learning

5. Undergraduate Research

6. Collaborative Assignments and Projects

7. Writing-Intensive Courses

8. Learning Communities

9. Common Intellectual Experiences

10. First-Year Seminars

5) Admission plan definitions.  Check out the admission rates early vs regular.

6) Developing a great and balanced college list.  

7) Help crafting a powerful essay.

8) More resources

• • Liberal Arts Colleges

  • Women’s Colleges

Many more links to be found on our High School Counseling Page