Top Websites You Should Use During Your College Hunt

Preparing for college can be intimidating at first. If you were to go to Google and search “college help”, Google would populate 4.97 billion results. Instead, why don’t we break down (in my opinion) the top most helpful websites that will help you better prepare for your college experience.

Here is my list in no particular order:

College Navigator

Using the College Navigator’s school search engine, you can scour the country for schools based on your criteria, which is handy if you aren’t sure where to hunt for schools beyond the obvious name brands and your own state institutions.

College Insight

College Insight, which is the brainchild of the Institute for College Access and Success, has gathered detailed information on thousands of colleges. You can find statistics for any school on such topics as college affordability, graduation rates, and college diversity, including the racial and ethnic breakdown of students and professors.

College Board

College Board is a great took for when you want to check some quick facts about a particular school. You can easily retrieve the academic profile of a college’s freshman class, financial aid and merit aid stats, available majors, and much more.

VIDSIG

A Bay Area company, VIDSIG, is using video chats to connect high school and college students for insight about campus life. You can choose from thousands of undergrad students from hundreds of schools globally. A 1-on-1 on video chat session with an undergrad cost $25 for 10 minutes. This opens up your ability to get all your burning college questions answered.

CollegeMajors101

Are you unsure what you can do with a degree after college? College Majors 101 offers loads of information about what you can do with dozens of majors, as well as what you can expect academically if you pursue these majors.