College Resources

• College Board's Big Future College Search Tool
• Appily (formerly Cappex): College search, scholarship search, and see your chances of college admissions
• Niche: College search tool
• College Navigator search tool
• College students review their schools: unigo.com
• College Visits (DOCX) - Questions to ask during a campus visit or when speaking to a college representative.
• College Admission website
• Colleges That Change Lives - small, unique U.S. colleges beloved by students
• Why Go To College? (PDF) - A Federal Student Aid Publication
• College Preparation 101 (DOCX) - Tips on getting ready for college beginning in your freshman year!
• ACCUPLACER test - Information about the ACCUPLACER test, used by the office of admissions at CNM & UNM.
• QUESTBRIDGE - A non-profit program that links bright, motivated low-income students with educational and scholarship opportunities at some of the nation's best colleges.
• March2Success - website made by U.S. Army with college and ACT/SAT testing info
• College Board: 5 ways to tour colleges

Recommended Books

Where You Go is Not Who You'll Be: A refreshing look at the hyper-competitive selective college admissions world by NY Times Ed. write Frank Bruni. 

Fiske Guide to the Colleges

Colleges That Change Lives - Loren Pope