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- Applications
- College Guides
- General College Information
- Scholarships
- Financial Aid
- Tuition Savings Programs
Common Application
The Common Application is the recommended form of 241 colleges and universities for admission.
Petersons Guide
Information about colleges, graduate program, and financial aid information.
U.S. News and World Report's Rankings
Annual comprehensive college ratings.
National Survey of Student Engagement
This guide was created as part of an ongoing public awareness campaign to refocus the national conversation about what constitutes quality in the college experience.
For Student Success
Provides information and assistance on college admissions, financial aid and scholarship search resources. Residents of the Puget Sound area can visit the Washington center in Seattle and use our free tools, resources and materials to explore career interests and options.
IPEDS College Opportunities On-line (COOL)
Search for a college based on its location, program, or degree offerings either alone or in combination. The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is part of the National Center for Educational Statistics.
My College Guide
School advice, college searches, and Ask the Admissions Guru.
The Princeton Review
Lots of college rankings, SATLiveGraderTM, a majors search, advice library and more.
Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board
Information on financial aid, tuition saving and preparing for college.
Collegeboard.com
The College Board is a national nonprofit membership association whose mission is to prepare, inspire, and connect students to college success and opportunity. It includes information about planning, applying, and paying for college as well as practice standardized tests.
The National Association for College Admission Counseling
This site has college fair listings, a prep for college calendar, and web resources for the college-bound.
College Planning Network
Seattle-based, nonprofit organization, assisting people seeking educational opportunities, and serving the Pacific Northwest. CPN's free scholarship search was designed as a gift to CPN by Microsoft. This web site has information on college selection, admission, financial aid and scholarships.
The Linda Howard Scholarship Fund
The Linda Howard Scholarship Fund was established in the memory of Linda Howard who provided many years of dedicated service to the Seattle School District. It awards $1,500 to a graduate of the Seattle School District who is satisfactorily progressing towards a degree at a college or university within the state of Washington.
Walter H. Meyer - Garry L. White Memorial Educational Fund
This scholarship is now directed specifically to returning, adult students in Washington State. Awards amounts will be $5,000, depending on need.
Doyne M. Green Scholarship
This scholarship is for a Washington State resident who has completed the first year of graduate school in the study of medicine, law or social and public services.
College Answer
This site by Sallie Mae, provides a free scholarship search of an award database that contains more than 2.4 million scholarships worth over 15 billion dollars and is expanded and updated daily by Sallie Mae's partner Scholarship Experts.
Scholarship Resource Network Express
Scholarship Resource Network Express contains a database of over 8,000 programs with a distribution level of over 150,000 awards for undergraduate and postgraduate students worth a total of more than $35 million! This database also includes student loan forgiveness programs for those who have graduated from college and need alternatives for repayment.
Mach25
The Mach25 database contains over 600,000 awards totaling over $1.6 billion. Keyword Search gives you a quick way to narrow down to a particular scholarship or group of scholarships.
FinAid
An excellent guide to financial ad for college, including information about scholarships, loans (PLUS, Perkins and more), saving plans (Section 529 plans, Coverdell accounts and more), and military aid.
FastWeb
This site helps students find scholarships and choose colleges.
FASFA
Free Application for Federal Student Aid. This site has information about the FAFSA form which is required for all federal student aid.
Northwest Education Loan Association
A not-for-profit guaranty agency that works in partnership with schools, banks and other lending institutions to help students continue their education.
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
Information on the federal student aid process.
National Institute of Certified College Planners
Find a financial planner who has successfully completed a comprehensive training program and demonstrated competency in college planning.
Federal Student Aid
Informational site by the Department of Education.
GET - Guaranteed Education Tuition
Washington's Section 529 prepaid college tuition plan.
Upromise
A service that brings together America's leading companies, top investment firms and tax advantages to help families save more for college.
BabyMint
BabyMint members receive rebates up to a 30% on every-day purchases made through BabyMint’s network of hundreds of merchants. BabyMint tracks, collects and deposits the earnings into their tax-free 529 college savings plan or Coverdell account. Parents, grandparents, family members and friends can also participate in a single child’s account.
Saving for College
Information about Section 529 college savings plans and other ways to save and pay for college.
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