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College & Career Advising
- About Higher Education in the United States
- Choosing the Right College(s)
- Links to Colleges and Universities
- College Entrance Examinations
- Career Planning
- Links to Other College/Career Sites
- About Higher Education in the U.S.
- USIEF Home Page
- The U.S.-Israel Educational Foundation. This site contains information about the process of choosing and applying to American colleges and universities.
- Fulbright Educational Advising Center
- This site was created for Estonian students wanting to know how to apply to American colleges and universities, but it has lots of good advice for all international students.
- American Education Magazine
- "A guide to the U.S. educational system and application process."
- Yahoo! - Education:Universities
- The Yahoo! search engine page of topics relating to university education.
- EIS Home Page
- Educational Information Service (US-Israel Educational Foundation, Fullbright Commission)
- Collegiate.net: The Center for all Collegiate Information
- This is a very comprehensive site, creatively organized and easy to use.
- American University and English as a Second Language Information Service
- Choosing the Right College(s)
- CollegeSource Online: Career Guidance Foundation
- This is a great site! It has a simple college search function and "fact sheets" about many schools, but there's much more. It's primarily a database of over 6,000 college catalogs! You can download a whole college catalog to your disk, and then open it using a program called Acrobat Reader. You say you don't have Acrobat Reader? No problem! CollegeSource will connect you to the Acrobat Reader site so that you can download that software. If CollegeSource asks you for a "username," use OSU. The "password" is ORBIS.
- Peterson's Education Center
- The on-line service of Peterson's Guide series, Peterson's has extensive general information about U.S. higher education. There are good general descriptions of thousands of American colleges and universities.
- The Princeton Review
- This is an extensive database of information on careers as well as on colleges and universities. There's information here that's not available anywhere else, such as which schools have the best (and worst!) cafeteria food. It's innovative! For example, you can join discussion groups on a number of topics or introduce your own topic. There are lots of helpful links too. Highly recommended!
- CollegeNET Home Page
- This is a large database with a good search function. Use it to find out which U.S. colleges have the characteristics you prefer.
- College Board Online Home Page
- Here's another large database of college information. One of the best features is the college search function, which is probably the most sophisticated and useful of its kind.
- MBA Explorer
- Lots of information about the GMAT and about MBA programs in the US and around the world.
- CollegeEdge Home Page: College, Scholarships, Careers, Majors and more
- Another searchable database of compiled by Wintergreen/Orchard House. Provides links to on-line applications and has an "interactive forum" feature.
- FishNet
- Another college guide with a common application form and links to student web pages.
- .edu: U.S.News Colleges and Careers Center
- A searchable database based on U.S. News & World Report college rankings plus lots of good tips for applicants.
- Links to Colleges and Universities
- American Universities
- This is a simple but comprehensive directory of home pages for U.S. colleges and universities.
- Business, Trade, and Technical Schools in the U.S.
- Colleges and Universities Worldwide - International Program Sites
- An index (by country) of links to colleges and universities around the world that have various kinds of international exchange programs, including study abroad.
- College and University Home Pages
- Provides links to over 3000 U.S. colleges and universities.
- Collegescape Home Page
- Fill out on-line applications to selected colleges and pay NO application fee.
- U.S. Universities and Community Colleges
- This site is an index of home pages for many American universities and community colleges.
- U.S. Two-Year Colleges
- Links to over 940 two-year colleges in the U.S.
- Community College Web
- Maintained by Maricopa Community College in Arizona, this site is a searchable index of community college home pages and information.
- World Wide Colleges and Universities
- This site has information about international education. Included is an index of over 3000 university websites from around the world, organized by country.
- College Entrance Examinations
- ETS Net: Educational Testing Service Network
- " The Educational Testing Service Network (ETS Net) is a gateway to definitive information about college and graduate school admissions and placement tests, with links to AP, GRE, GMAT, SAT, The Praxis Series, and TOEFL sites, as well as other educational resources. ETS Net provides sample test questions, test preparation, and test registration. It also contains information on ETS research initiatives, teacher certification, college planning, financial aid, and links to college and university sites."
- TOEFL OnLine
- Information on the Test of English as a Foreign Language.
- GRE OnLine
- Information on the Graduate Record Examination
- Career Planning
- ASPIRE ONLINE (APEC Student Professional Integration and Reentry)
- This excellent site contains career resources for US-educated students from Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malasia, Singapore, Phillipines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Viet Nam.
- Catapult on JOBWEB (National Association of Colleges and Employers)
- An index of career and job-related sites for college students and graduates.
- Returning to Thailand: The Career Guide for Thai Graduates of American Universities
- This is a service of the IIE (Institute for International Educacion) site.
- Other College/Career Advising Sites
- Resources for Colleges and Universities in International Exchange
- An index of links to hundreds of websites related to international education and travel, arranged by topic. Very comprehensive!
- American University and English as a Second Language Information Service
- FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page
- fastWEB! (Financial Aid Search Through the Web)
- Search of Minority Scholarships and Fellowships
- Financial Aid for Foreign Nationals Studying in the United States