Recommended Websites - Your College-Bound Kid

NCES College Navigator : College Navigator includes institutional data on programs offered, retention and graduation rates, prices, aid available, degrees awarded, campus safety, student loan defaults and accreditation. (Ep. 112)
CollegeScorecard.ed.gov : The College Scorecard is an online tool, created by the United States government, for consumers to compare the cost and value of higher education institutions in the United States. (Ep. 111)
CEED Directory of Cooperative Education & Internship Programs : A great source for information on the top colleges for co-op programs. (Ep. 110)
Your Free Career Test : Answer these 63 questions and get great insights into the careers that best match up with your interests. (Ep. 109)
Wikipedia : A great source for researching the history of colleges. (Ep. 105)
act.org : The official website of the ACT. You can track the changes coming to the ACT. (Ep. 103)
Jon Boeckenstedt blog : An outstanding blog where Jon Boeckenstedt gives his opinions on cutting edge admissions topics (Ep. 102)
Cappex Blog : A great source for articles about all topics related to college and college admissions (Ep. 101)
Scoir Blog : Another great college admission blog (Ep. 100)
Department of Education's Net Price Calculator Center : Access to all of the net price calculators in one place, plus so many other helpful links to other federal government websites about money and college (Ep. 98)
Pros and cons of the three biggest MOOCS-Cousera, EdX and Udacity : A YouTube video that covers the strengths and weaknesses of three of the largest Massive Open Online courses (MOOCS) platforms (Ep. 97)
The Chronicle of Higher Education : Well written articles about current hot topics and trends in higher eduction (Ep. 96)
Initialview : InitialView is the world leader in interview services (Ep. 95)
How to Raise a Successful Adult without overparenting (Ted Talk) : Fantastic Ted Talk about avoiding the pitfalls of overparenting (Ep. 93)
Jed Applerouth comments on the ACT : Great article on the recent changes to the ACT (Ep. 92)
Thomas Frank's 11 minute review of the best three task management apps : What the ACT changes mean for students (Ep. 91)
Common App's blog : You can hear webinars about changes to the Common App and you can read about what is new with the Common App (Ep. 90)
FAFSA 2020-2021 - FAFSA Full Walkthrough by Utah Futures : Great visual tool to help you complete the FAFSA for the current school year (Ep. 89)
List of colleges where Harvard’s current incoming law students received their Bachelor's degree : This list of where Harvard law students went to college is proof you don't have to go to an elite college to get in Harvard law school (Ep. 88)
College Board Landscape : The College Board's new tool to help colleges put SAT scores in their broader demographic context (Ep. 85)
Ulifeline : Your online guide for mental health (Ep. 84)
Coursera : Take free courses with leading college professors (Ep. 83)
Mental Health and Well-Being- How we better care for the whole student : A Barnes and Nobles report on how to help student mental health (Ep. 82)
Put the college in Google and click the News link and the video link under the Google search. Start reading everything and watching all the videos. : A tool to help us learn what is going on at a college that is newsworthy (Ep. 78)
The Twitter account for Inside Higher Ed : A great way to follow new developments in Higher Ed (Ep. 73)
This is the official Twitter account of Federal Student Aid : Follow new developments related to all things that have to do with the FAFSA and Federal student aid (Ep. 72)
The official Twitter account of the Common App : Follow new announcements and articles from the Common App (Ep. 71)
The official Twitter account of the College Board : Great source of new information on the SAT test and AP exams (Ep. 70)
Campus Reel : Campus Reel is like a YouTube that is exclusively filled with information on colleges (Ep. 69)
UCAS : The number one website for information on going to college in Europe (Ep. 67)
The official SAT app : An app that gives you practice SAT questions to help your SAT scores (Ep. 66)
How to write good recommendation letters : A guide to writing evaluations for MIT (Ep. 65)
Why This College Essay Guide + Examples : A guide on how to answer the very common, "Why should you apply to our school" essay by Ethan Sawyer (Ep. 64)
How to calculate your Weighted GPA by Prep Scholar : An excellent blog article on how to calculate your Grade Point Average (GPA) (Ep. 63)
Real essays that worked with the Johns Hopkins admissions review : Former real college admissions essays that students who applied to Johns Hopkins submitted. The website include feedback from JHU admission officers about those essays (Ep. 62)
US Department of Education : Chalked full of information about federal grants, loans, laws, data and other helpful articles and websites (Ep. 58)
Hechinger Report : In depth reporting covering innovation and inequality in higher education (Ep. 53)
College Affordability Guide : Data galore when it comes to college affordability (Ep. 52)
Inside Higher Ed's newsletter and webinars : Exceptional one hour webinars chalked full of insights on cutting edge issues that impact higher education (Ep. 51)
The blog at College Kickstart : Mark's favorite source for following trends in early applications and the decisions colleges make with these Early Action and Early Decision applications. (Ep. 47)
Official SAT past tests : Great place to find practice SAT tests (Ep. 45)
Official ACT practice tests : Great place to find practice ACT tests (Ep. 44)
NACAC College Fairs : A great resource to find large college fairs that travel to over 20 cities around the country (Ep. 43)
College Data : A user-friendly website chalked full of data on admissions, money, campus life, students and academics (Ep. 42)
Revolution Prep webinars : A great source for webinars on college admissions. Mark has done multiple webinars on this platform to help families (Ep. 41)
Applerouth Experts Corner : Mark's favorite blog about college admissions test scores (Ep. 40)
The FAFSA Walkthrough by Step Up Utah for 2019 : A great tool to help you complete the FAFSA. This YouTube video is Mark's favorite single source to help families complete the FAFSA. (Ep. 39)
YouVisit : Mark's favorite website for virtual college tours (Ep. 38)
College Results : Mark's favorite website to compare graduation rate statistics for colleges for kids from different backgrounds (Ep. 37)
NACUBO : Mark's favorite website to study endowment statistics (Ep. 36)
Public University Honors Colleges : Mark's favorite website to do research on public honors colleges (Ep. 35)
BigFuture : A visually appealing website that is one of Mark's favorite websites to do college research. This is run by the College Board. (Ep. 34)
You Science : Mark's favorite resource to help students understand what majors and what careers students have a natural aptitude for (Ep. 31)
SDP Summer Melt Handbook: A Guide to Investigating and Responding to Summer Melt : A great resource to explain what Summer Melt is, why it occurs and what can be done to prevent it (send end us an email at questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com to request this) (Ep. 30)
Saving for College : Mark's favorite website about 529 plans, and all things related to articles and resources to help with saving for college and paying for college (Ep. 29)