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Getting Ready For College

The first step towards earning a degree is to get ready for the application process and admission requirements. Young college bound students need to be ready for academic requirements and standards for acceptance, decide where they want to attend school, put in applications for admissions, and then wait to be accepted by a school of their choice. Here are some links that will help teenagers begin preparing themselves for the success at college.

100 most common SAT words Practice SAT words.

4Tests.com: Online Games Boost your test-taking skills with mindbending games.

ACT Includes preparation and registration information for the ACT, plus much more.

AP Classes

Career Exploration

College Admissions Essay Tips

Colleges & Careers

College and University Directory

College Board Includes preparation and registration information for the SAT, plus much more.

College Power Prep Contains tools for ACT and SAT preparation.

College Search

Daily SAT Question

Educational Testing Service

Explore Colleges

FAFSA: Free App Federal Student Aid

Financial Aid

Free ACT/SAT Test Prep

Newton's Window Useful information regarding preparing for the ACT and SAT.

Number2.com This site offers free SAT prep and a vocabulary builder.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

Quia 100 most common SAT words.

Review.com College and career preparation information.

Students.gov Plan your education, pay for it, plan a career, and more.

Test Prep

U.S. Government Financial Aid Guide

General Academic Links

These resource have been carefully selected to provide useful information about the transition from high school to college.

Academic Success Strategies. Online advising! Topics covered range from relaxation and test anxiety, student self-evaluation tools, study strategies, and MORE!

Academic Support Services @ Shenandoah. Links for: 10 Good Reasons to Go to Class, Attitude is Important, Who to See If you Have a Problem, Strategies to Improve Memory, What's Your Learning Style? Dealing With Stress. Managing Your Time. Overcoming Procrastination. How to Read a Textbook, Taking Good Notes in Class, Preparing for a Test, Taking an Objective Test, Writing Essay Exams, Overcoming Test Anxiety, and Writing a Research Paper.

Academic Survival Tips. From Iowa Community College Onine Consortium. “You have rains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – Dr. Seuss “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!”

ACC Study Skills and College Survival. Many students say that they were never really taught how to study, take notes, and prepare for exams. Study Strategies are important to be a success in college and they can be learned. Check out the resources here.

Campus Blues.The college experience is challenging by design. Let campusblues.com help you locate resources at your college or university

CAPS Internet Study Resources. Comprehensive set of college support links from Center for Academic Planning & Support New Hampshire Community Technical College.

CAS Study Skills Homepage. The Center for Academic Support provides online resources to help students develop a wide range of academic skills and study strategies in order to become more efficient and flexible learners.

College Success/Survival Skills.This collection of links provides access to sites with a wide variety of general academic skills as well as specific strategies and suggestions to do well in college.

College Survival Skills: Technology and Information Literacy Initiative. Links to support today’s students.

College Survival Tips and College Guides. A selection of reviewed college survival or college guide websites to help you survive and thrive during your college years.

Freshman Survival Skills. College is a place where you can either find yourself or get lost. Your tour guides include U of M students who tell you, in interactive multimedia and video, what they've experienced and how to make the most of your new freedoms and responsibilities.

Higher Learning, Higher Standards. This site has a large set of links that have been carefully chosen and evaluated to support college students. These resources cover a variety of subjects and are useful in providing students with additional practice and information.

Howtostudy.org. Studying for that big test? Wish you had more time? Wish you could remember what you had read? Do you need to know how to study biology or psychology? This site is for you! Be sure to check out the RESOURCES links for a comprehensive list of links for a wide variety of college courses.

Independence Café. College students are responsible for their actions, learning, successes, and failures. Successful students have a system. While the site is maintained for students with a range of disabilities, there are many resources here that can help any college students.

Links to a Better Education. Great site with many links to outstanding resources. While it is put together by Chemistry Coach -- this site will support students in any curriculum.

Memory Aids. Mnemonic strategies that provide a systematic approach for organizing and remembering information. They do not provide the answers to questions but rather, a tool that will assist in the retrieval of information already learned.

Mind Tools. Since 1999, Mind Tools has helped improve and advance the careers of more than 8,500,000 visitors. Isn’t it time you discovered the secrets to their success? Check out the more than 100 essential life and career skills outlined in easy to understand language. These are supported by simple examples and exercises that expand and reinforce your understanding.

Northwestern College: Survival Skills. College is not the same as high school. Most freshmen quickly realize they can’t approach college with the same study habits they used in high school. College students attend class fewer hours than high school students, but they need to study more. These links support students during the transition.

On-Line Resources: CAPS. A huge collection of links for self-help as it relates to the college experience.

On-Line Self-Assessments. Want to learn more about yourself – check out these tools for self-assessments.

PBS Campus. A variety of college related links maintained by the Public Broadcasting System. Includes links for virtually any college related need.

Prefix/Suffix Meaning. A comprehensive listing of Latin and Greek, with some other language derived prefixes and suffixes that are put together to form scientific terms.

Punctuation Handout. Great review of punctuation – college instructors expect papers to be readable. This site will help.

Sites to Promote Academic Success. A sampling of sites that provide tips to help you manage your time, take better notes and study more effectively, work on your memory, take tests, and handle the stresses of college life. You can also explore your learning style and explore some excellent general academic success sites.

Special Multimedia Collection: College Survival Skills. You've been accepted into a college. But, you wonder what it's going to be like. Or, maybe you have a few worries about making it away from home? How will you study? What will you eat? The College Survival Special Multimedia Collection offers a few good books and a few good links to help you make the best of your college experience.

Student Affairs – Study Skills. Good collection of college related links and resources.

Student Resources. Nice collection from Santa Fe Community College.

Student Success Tips. Links for Time Management, Study Skills, Test-Taking Tips, Learning Styles, Setting Goals, Memory Development, Managing The Stresses Of College Life, General College Success Strategies.

Study Guides & Strategies. A comprehensive listing of general study skills including, preparing, learning studying, classroom participation, learning with others, and project management.

Study Skill Guide. A comprehensive collection of links to support many study skills.

Study Skills/Strategies for Success. A variety of links that will be helpful to college students.

Survival Skills for Quantitative Courses. These units will help you teach yourself the skills you need to succeed in introductory science courses. Some of them will be very easy, some you may never have seen before. This site contains links for Algebra & Arithmetic, Scientific Notation, and Logarithms as well as additional tutorial links.

Unabridged Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection. Huge collection of resources for many different needs.

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