Websites – Getting Accepted

Test Preparation

ACT
http://www.actstudent.org/index.html
Provides all the information you need to take the ACT - test dates and places, fees, how to register, how to prepare and how to review your scores. It even includes some free test preparation quizzes.

College Board
http://www.collegeboard.com/testing/
Provides all the information you need to take the SAT - test dates and places, fees, how to register, how to prepare and how to review your scores. It even includes some sample SAT questions and offers advice on how to answer the question.

Princeton Review
http://www.princetonreview.com/
Information is given about both the ACT and the SAT exams. Free practice tests are available for both.

Fair Test – The National Center for Fair and Open Testing
http://www.fairtest.org/university
This websites discusses the fairness of standardized testing and lists over 700 colleges and universities that do not emphasize ACT or SAT scores in their admission process.

College Application Essays

SparkNotes
http://www.sparknotes.com/college/admissions/
Sparknotes offers an excerpt from the book 10 Things You Gotta Know About College Application Essays to help you step-by-step with an essay. There is also a link to a message board to get advice and feedback about your essay.

EssayEdge
http://www.epistemelinks.com/Edge/Essays/index.asp
Here you will find Application Essay Writing 101, a six part essay writing course to help you with each part of your essay.

~RB~