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College/Financial Aid Info

General    How to choose a college     Organizer Sites   College Directories  Texas Colleges    *Advice

General

• ACT testing - information about the ACT test

• College Board Online - College Savings Bank offers the CollegeSure® CD, a certificate of deposit indexed to college costs; guaranteed to meet future tuition, fees, room and board; and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States up to $100,000 per depositor.

• College Prep 101 - designed to help prepare students for college (Created by the University of Oklahoma)

• Fafsa Instructions- this site provides every student applying for federal student aid with the online version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

• High School and College Planning - information about preparing for college, financial aid, and etc.

• TexasMentor.Org -   provide information and links regarding admission processes and requirements for freshmen, transfer, international, and graduate students; also provide cost and contact information for each of the TexasMentor™ campuses

• http://www.thecb.state.tx.us   college info/financial aid

• http://www.tasp.nesinc.com   info about the TASP

• http://www.sssc.com   college info/financial aid

• http://www.salliemae.com   college info/financial aid

• Fastweb.Com - a searchable database of financial aid and awards; claims to be the largest free scholarship searching site on the Internet

• http://www.testmasters.com  -  Test Masters offers prep courses for the SAT and PSAT.

• http://www.review.com   SAT testing, college resources

• http://www.kaplan.com   SAT Prep classes

• College Savings Bank- provides a wealth of information related to education planning and saving for college.
• The Financial Aid Information Page- created by Mark Kantrowitz, author of The Prentice Hall Guide to Scholarships and Fellowships for Math and Science Students, and is sponsored by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA).
• Your Future Links from Zapme

  How to choose a college

  2001 College rankings from U.S. News and World Report- ranks and compares colleges annually

  The best college for you?-produced by Kaplan; this site is interactive and helps you develop a profile to aid in college selection

  College Board Online-provides information about PSAT and SAT testing, colleges, college planning, visiting colleges, and other valuable resources for preparing for college

  Critical Comparisons of American Colleges and Universities-Are schools with higher tuitions better schools? Which campuses are safe, and which have unacceptable crime rates? Who offers the most respected computer science, English or biology curriculum? Is the average annual tuition increase at University X reasonable, or way out of line? Prospective college students and their parents need to know the answers in order to make informed decisions. This site is published by Memex Press.

  Expan on the Web- this is the same information that you can find on our web site except that is slower to browse and can't save the information you may need to work on applications; type in "Expan on the web" in the search window- this will get you to the Expan page

  Princeton Review Online:Choosing a college- offers tips to aid in college selection plus information on testing and admissions

  Selecting a School: a guided tour- part of the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation, this site combines advice on selecting a school with links to other useful sites or documents

  Organizer Sites

  Alternative Higher Education Network- provides information on non-traditional higher educational sites ranging from online universities to schools like Oberlin and Antioch

  Catapult- provides links to many schools and is arranged by subject (architecture, anthropology, and etc.)

  CollegeNET- allows you to search a college database, look for financial aid, and build a profile of colleges tht meet your needs

  CollegeSource Online - has college catalogs online and allows you to search for colleges on several different parameters

  Internet Public Library's Guide to Colleges and Universities- provides links to some of the best sources of information on the web

  Molis- stands for Minority On-line Information Service and includes HBCU's and Hispanic-serving institutions; provides inforamtion about schools and financial aid

  U.S. Universities and Community Colleges-links to servers at colleges and universities in the U.S.

  Virtual Tours- this site produced by MSNBC allows you to view a number of college videos

  Welcome to Fishnet-the College Guide- allows you to build a profile and order information from colleges

  Yahoo Education: Distance Learning- lists over 300 sites which offer distance education

  College Directories

  Historically Black Colleges and Universities- provides links to the 117 institutions dedicated to the education of African-Americans and is also a resource for African -American history and culture

  Princeton Review College Rankings- ranks colleges by quality of life, academics, politics, and etc.

  Texas Colleges and Universities

  Name	Location	Telephone	Web Address
  Abilene Christian University	Abilene	800/460-6228	www.acu.edu/
  Amber University	Garland	972/279-6511	www.amberu.edu/
  Angelo State University	San Angelo	915/942-2041	www.angelo.edu/
  Austin College	Sherman	800/442-5263	www.austinc.edu/
  Baylor College of Medicine	Houston	713/789-4951	www.bcm.tmc.edu/
  Baylor University	Waco	800/Baylor-U	www.baylor.edu/
  Concordia	Austin	800/865-4282	www.concordia.edu/
  Dallas Baptist University	Dallas	214/333-5378	www.dbu.edu/
  Dallas Theological Seminary	Dallas	800/992-0998	www.dts.edu/
  DeVry Institute of Technology	Dallas	972/929-6777	www.dal.devry.edu/
  East Texas Baptist University	Marshall	903/935-7963	www.etbu.edu/
  Hardin Simons University	Abilene	800/568-2692	www.hsutx.edu/
  Houston Baptist University	Houston	281/649-3000	www.hbu.edu/
  Howard Payne University	Brownwood	800/880-4478	www.hputx.edu/
  ICI University	Irving	972/751-1111	www.ici.edu/
  University of the Incarnate Word	San Antonio	800/749-word	www.icw.edu/
  Lamar University	Beaumont	409/880-8888	www.lamar.edu/
  LeTourneau University	Longview	903/233-3000	www.letu.edu/
  McMurray University	Abilene	915/691-2226	www.mcm.acu.edu/
  Midwestern State University	Witchita Falls	940/689=4334	www.mwsu.edu/
  University of North Texas	Denton	817/565-2000	www.unt.edu/
  Northwood University	Cedar Hill	972/291-1541	www.northwood.edu/
  Our Lady of the Lake University	San Antonio	210/434-6711	www.ollusa.edu/
  Paul Quinn College	Dallas	214/376-1000	www.pqc.edu/
  Rice University	Houston	713/527-8101	www.riceinfo.rice.edu/
  Saint Edward's University	Austin	512/448-8400	www.stedwards.edu/
  Saint Mary's University	San Antonio	800/FOR-STMU	www.stmarytx.edu/
  Sam Houston State University	Huntsville	409/294-1111	www.shsu.edu/
  Schreiner College	Kerrville	800/343-4919	www.schreiner.edu/
  Southern Methodist University	Dallas	214/768-2058	www.smu.edu/
  South Texas School of Law	Houston	713/659-8040	www.stcl.edu/
  Southwest Texas State University	San Marcos	512/245-2111	www.swt.edu/
  Southwestern Adventist University	Keene	817/556-4731	www.swau.edu/
  Southwestern Assemblies of God U.	Waxahachie	888/YES-SAGU	www.sagu.edu/
  Southwestern University	Georgetown	512/863-5788	www.southwestern.edu/
  Stephen F. Austin University	Nacogdoches	409/468-2011	www.sfasu.edu/
  Sul Ross State University	Alpine	915/837-8011	www.sulross.edu/
  Texas A&M University System			tamusystem.tamu.edu/universities/bcd_home.ht
  Baylor College of Dentistry	Dallas	214/626-6100
  College Station	College Station	409/845-1004	www.tamu.edu/
  Commerce	Commerce	800/331-3878	www.tamu-commerce.edu/
  Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi	512/994-2630	www.tamucc.edu/
  Galveston	Galveston	409/740-4428	www.tamug.tamu.edu/
  Kingsville	Kingsville	512/593-2315	www.tamuk.edu/
  Prairie View A&M University	Prairie View	409/857-2626	www.pvamu.edu/
  Tarleton State University		800/687-8236	www.tarleton.edu/
  Texas A&M International University	Laredo	956/326-2001	www.tamiu.edu/
  West Texas A&M University	Canyon	806/656-2000	www.wtamu.edu/
  Texas Christian University	Fort Worth	800/TCU-FROG	www.tcu.edu
  Texas Lutheran University	Seguin	830-372-8020	www.txlutheran.edu/
  Texas Southern University	Houston	713/313-7011	www.tsu.edu/
  Texas Tech University	Lubbock	806/742-1480	www.ttu.edu/
  Texas Wesleyan University	Fort Worth	817/531-4444	www.txwesleyan.edu/
  Trinity University	San Antonio	210-736-7011	www.trinity.edu/
  Texas Women's University	Denton	940/898-3047	www.twu.edu/
  University of Central Texas	Killeen	245/526-8262	www.vvm.com/uct/
  University of Dallas	Irving	972/721-5000	www.udallas.edu/
  University of Houston System
  Main Campus	Houston	713/743-1000	www.uh.edu/home.html
  Clear Lake	Clear Lake	281/283-2520	www.cl.uh.edu/
  Downtown	Houston	713/221-8000	www.dt.uh.edu/
  Victoria	Victoria	512/576-3151	www.vic.uh.edu/
  University of Mary Hardin-Baylor	Belton	254/939-8004	www.umhb.edu/
  University of N.T. Health Science Center	Fort Worth	800/535-TCUM	www.hsc.unt.edu/
  University of St. Thomas	Houston	713/522-7911	//basil.stthom.edu/
  University of Texas System
  Arlington	Arlington	817/272-2011	www.uta.edu/
  Austin	Austin	512/471-1241	www.utexas.edu/
  Brownsville	Brownsville	956/544-8200	www.utb.edu/
  Dallas	Dallas	972/883-2111	www.utdallas.edu/
  El Paso	El Paso	915/747-5000	www.utep.edu/
  Pan America	Edinburg	956/544-8200	www.panam.edu/
  Permian Basin	Odessa	915/552-2605	www.utpb.edu/
  Tyler	Tyler	903/877-3451	http://www.uttyl.edu/
  Health Science Center	Houston	713/500-3333	www.uth.tmc.edu/
  Health Science Center	San Antonio	210/567-7000	www.uthcsa.edu/
  M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	Houston	800/392-1611x3	utmdacc.uth.tmc.edu/
  Medical Branch	Galveston	409/772-1996	www.utmb.edu/
  Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas	Dallas		www.swmed.edu/
  Wayland Baptist University	Plainview	806/296-5521	www.wbu.edu/
  Wiley College	Marshall	903/927-3300

    * Advice

  Bellaire offers a college preparation class taught by Ms. Resnick and Ms. Saucier. Ask our counselors for details in Room 109. The Counselors have a large college section and offer expert advice.  The library has many college guides, test preparation books and videos.

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  © 2000 D.Hall Last Updated: 07/29/02.
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