College and Financial Aid Planning

College Planning FastWEB.com www.fastweb.com Claims to be the internet's largest free scholarship search. One can set up a personalized profile to match skills, abilities and interests to it's database of over 400,000 scholarships. Has a parent's section and many tips about financing college.

FreSch Free Scholarship Search & Information Service - www.freschinfo.com This database contains records on 2,000 organizations offering over 150,000
scholarship awards. Updated regularly, you'll find plenty of help and advice here.

SallieMae www.salliemae.com:80/index.html As one of the country's largest financial services companies, it naturally has information about financing a college education, it also includes information about applying for college, finding the right college, etc. You can use their calculators online to help forecast college costs or how much is needed to save for college or you can download their CollegeCalc software.

College Edge http://CollegeEdge.com Has thousands of links to colleges, as well as information and guidance on scholarships, careers, majors, financial aid and more.

U.S. News College and Career Center www.usnews.com/usnews/edu Well-known for its reporting on education and careers, this site uses the web to offer its database chock full of information on colleges and financial aid.

The Financial Aid Information page www.finaid.org Bills itself as "a free, comprehensive, independent, and objective guide to student financial aid."

College Board Online www.collegeboard.org If you want information about taking the SAT, this is the place to go. You can register online for the SAT, try a daily SAT question and review the College Board test dates. Also, information about financial aid, colleges, essay evaluation and more.

Counselors

School-to-Work Outreach Project www.ici.coled.umn.edu/schooltowork This site posts profiles of models and strategies that was used during theSchool-to-Work Outreach Project.

National School-to-Work Learning and Information Center www.stw.ed.gov Includes resources, grants, links and the latest information about school-to-work.

Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education www.okvotech.org Provides more information than just about Oklahoma's program. Free educational materials are available online. Online catalog of products is under construction. as of this writing.

American Guidance Service www.agsnet.com View and order from AGS's online catalog. Also, newsletter and workshop/conference dates can be reviewed.

Assessment Tools

Birkman Method Career Style Summary - www.review.com/birkman -A section of The Princeton Review's Web site. This is a free mini-version of the assessment which examines skills, interests, and motivations to help you ascertain your career interests and work style.

CareerLeader - www.careerdiscovery.com - From the directors of the MBA Career Development Programs at the Harvard Business School, this site allows you to take a series of self-assessments. Cost for a 60-day subscription is $95.

Keirsey Temperament and Character Web Site - www.keirsey.com - Free personality assessment; features two questionnaires measuring character traits and temperament.

Online Career Architect Development Planner - www.lominger.com/online1.htm Choose from 67 competencies that related to career success. Cost: $25 fee.

The Self-Directed Search - www.self-directed-search.com - Based on theories by Dr. John Holland, for $7.95 you can see if your personality type matches your chosen occupation.

Distance Learning

OnlineLearning.net - www.onlinelearning.net - More than 175 online courses from UCLA Extension, the University of San Diego and the California CPA Education
Foundation.