Entrance Exams

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Financial Aid

The College Grants Database
Good information about loans, grants, and resources for students and parents.

Student Scholarships
This site focuses on providing scholarship information to students from New York.

Financial Aid - The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid
A comprehensive source of student financial aid, advice, and services.

FastWeb
Use this free scholarship search matching your needs to available grants, loans, and scholarships.

Merit Aid Scholarships
Colleges that offer merit aid scholarships.  

College Application 2 - Year Colleges

Mohawk Valley Community College

Herkimer County Community College

Onondaga Community College

Fulton-Montgomery Community College

Monroe Community College

Tompkins Cortland Community College

College Application 4 - Year Colleges

Common Application

SUNY Application

Utica University

Hamilton College

Colgate University

Le Moyne College

Syracuse University

University of Rochester

RIT

Nazareth University

Siena College

St. Bonaventure University

NCAA Scholarships

College Search Engines

U.S.News Best Colleges 2025

This guidebook featurss a handy directory of more than 1,800 colleges, as well as a variety of helpful articles on such topics as:

  • entrance exams
  • selecting colleges
  • the application process
  • financial aid
  • A To-Do List from Freshman Year to Senior Year
  •  U.S. News’s exclusive Best Colleges rankings, including Best Value schools, those that excel at Social Mobility, and “A+ Schools for B Students”.

College Board
This site is a one-stop resource for all your college planning. 

College Express

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