Start here when searching for financial aid, resources, and tips
1. Check out our Scholarship Links page on our website, it has links to Scholarship programs and scholarship searchers all over the internet. You may qualify for many of these.
2. Calgrants For info on Cal Grants and how to apply
3. California Student Aid commission, Info about state aid programs and how to apply
4. Cash for College Workshops, Get help completing the FAFSA and earn cash for college for completing the workshop
5. FAFSA, one long application but a must for all college students, it is necessary for loans and other grants
6. FAFSA Hooray, Why fill out the FAFSA? This video will tell you...
7. Braintrack, Financial Aid Articles
8. FAFSA4caster, Forecast your financial aid award
9. SAT Subject Test Recommendations, Take these SAT subject tests based on your predicted college major
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6. College costs and more, Check out college costs, the percentage of students who received Financial Aid and their average award and other facts for 7,000 plus schools nationwide
7. National Center For Education Statistics - Search for the right college within your financial limits, major, locale, and more |
Managing Money
1. 40 Money Management tips for college students
2. Ten positive personal finance steps - Any college student can take these easy, realistic measures
Internships
1. HACU Internships
2. Inroads
Textbook Deals
1. Zinio Textbooks - Save 50% reading digital textbooks from your computer
2. Coursesmart - Another excellent source for digital textbooks with a more comprehensive selection than currently available at Zinio.
3. iChapters - Save money downloading just the chapters that you're assigned
4. eCampus - Get used books at a largely discounted rate
5. Better World Books - Sell new and used books online, save library books from dumpster, and donate profits to literacy projects around the world
5. About.com - Best places to sell used textbooks
6. Bookrenter - Rent books instead of buying and receive by mail for the semester at 40% the purchase rate
7. Chegg - Save 65% - 85% on book rentals for the semester
8. Half.com - A well-known retailer with a considerable selection of textbooks.
9. Amazon - They offer a great service in free Amazon prime(two-day shipping) for students with a college email address. This can be very helpful in getting your books shipped to you before your first assignment is due!
10. And don't forget the cheapest textbook source of all - your college library!!! The library has course textbooks on reserve so they are there at your disposal. Also, if you check in early enough, you may be able to check out your textbooks.
Study/Test taking Skills
1. How to study and make the most of your time
2. Academic Tips - Top college study tips
Maximizing Relationships with Professors
1. Establishing Good Relationships with Instructors - The benefits of positive, professional relationship with instructors
2. Building that important relationship with a professor |
Stress Management
1. How to reduce stress in college life - Get organized, regular exercise, take care of your body, find support
2. Managing Stress - A guide for college students
Resume Writing
1. Resume Writing 101
2. Sample resumes and letters for students - sample resumes, cover letters, and reference letters
Resisting Negative Peer Pressure
1. How to resist peer pressure in college - a few tips
First Generation College Students
1. Tips for first generation college students
Preventing Sexual Assault on the college campus
1. Being Safe - A great website to get educated on the issue, also look at tips for women and men
2. What men can do to prevent sexual assault - Take responsibility for the issue, even if you would never commit sexual assault yourself
3. What can men do?
4. Men Can Stop Rape
Health
1. College Health and Safety - the Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Undocumented Students
1. Education For Change Deportation Guide
2. Frequently Asked Questions About AB 131 (California Dream Act)
3. Young Lives on Hold - The College Dreams of Undocumented Students
4. Financial Aid Guide for Undocumented Students
5. Scholarships to apply to for Bay Area Immigrants
6. Scholarships to apply to for Undocumented Students
7. RISE Scholarship List
8. MALDEF Scholarship List
9. Futuros Educational Services Scholarship List
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