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The following links are a list of resources that we think are useful to know

college Research

• College Navigator
• Princeton Review College Search
• Big Future by College Board
• Cappex
• Colleges That Change Lives
• Art Schools

financial aid

• FAFSA – Financial Aid for Students
• CSS Profile – Financial Aid for Students
• MEFA – Massachusetts Educational Funding Authority
• College Planning for High School Students – by MEFA
• FinAid – Go to Guide for College Financial Aid
• Fast Web
• uAspire
• Frank Financial Aid Services
• Embark
• College Board’s CSS Profile
• SwiftStudent – use to help you write a financial aid appeal letter

Summer & Gap Year 

• Summer Springboard (in Medicine, Engineering, Business, etc.)
• Engineering Workshops for Kids by Tufts University
• Summer at Sea / Semester at Sea
• Tufts Pre-College Programs (several of the programs, including Coding 101 and International Relations will give college pre-matriculation credit)
• Barnard’s Pre-College Program
• Barnard’s Young Women Leadership Institute
• Barnard’s Kode With Klossy
• Into History? Try William and Mary’s History focused Pre-College Program
• Boston University’s Summer Programs for High Schoolers
• Teen Life- a collection of Summer programs
• K-12 Science and Engineering Programs Across the Country
• Boston Area Summer Programs for Middle and High-School Kids

scholarships

• Unigo
• Scholarship Info by StudentAid
• Scholarships by FastWeb
• Scholarship Search by BigFuture
• Check with local organizations
• Bold.org
• A quick overview of scholarships from NACAC