DeLaSalle Guidance and Counseling Office present the following Internet links to assist students and their parents and guardians with post-high school planning.

COLLEGE SEARCH		COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS
MINNESOTA COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES		SCHOLASTIC APPTITUDE TEST (SAT)
WISCONSIN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES		AMERICAN COLLEGE TEST (ACT)

Scholarship Opportunities

The DeLaSalle 2006 College Planning Guide (pdf)

Minnesota Career Information System
Note: students will need a "user name" and password to use this site. Visit the DLS Guidance Office to arrange this.


COLLEGE FINANCIAL AID COMPUTING
www.finaid.org/calculators
www.getreadyforcollege.org

• COLLEGE SEARCH
College Board
www.collegeboard.com
---information on the SAT with test dates calendar
---scholarship planning
---explore more than 3,600 two- and four-year colleges and universities

US News & World Report
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/rankguide/rghome.htm
---browse the magazine's suggestion of America's best colleges

Colleges That Change Lives
www.ctcl.com
---this web site expounds on the 40 colleges mentioned in Loren Pope's book of the same title

National Catholic College Admission Association
www.catholiccollegesonline.org
---comprehensive college planning tips as well as highlights of Catholic colleges and universities

• MINNESOTA COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Minnesota Private Colleges
www.mnprivatecolleges.org

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
www.mnscu.edu

University of Minnesota campuses
www.umn.edu/twincities/contact

• WISCONSIN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Wisconsin Private Colleges
www.wficweb.org

University of Wisconsin System
www.wisconsin.edu

• COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS
You’ve finalized your list of colleges. Now it’s time to apply.

Common Application
www.commonapp.org
---Why fill out 10 applications when you may only need to fill out one? View the list of colleges that accept the common application.

NCAA Clearinghouse Information
www.ncaaclearinghouse.net/NCAA/student/index_student.html
---for student-athletes who plan on participating in an NCAA Division I or II sports program

• SCHOLASTIC APPTITUDE TEST DATES (SAT)
www.collegeboard.com
---many colleges and universities in America accept the SAT as a part of their admissions process

• AMERICAN COLLEGE TEST (ACT)
www.actstudent.org
---an assessment of high school students' general educational development and their ability to complete college-level work