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College and University Exploration
Many colleges and universities have placed their entrance requirements, course calendars, and campus information on the Internet. Keeping all this information in your school library or counselling services resource centre may be time-consuming and very costly. In addition it is always difficult to keep the information up-to-date, timely, and accurate. Therefore, the Internet can provide information about colleges, universities, financial aid, and related topics that can assist you and your friends to make more informed decisions.

Admissions Tips This is a list of admission tips published on Yahoo Education with information and tips for high school students to better prepare for getting into the college of their choice.

Peterson's Education Center organizes information about educational institutions at all levels. You can search for and request information, apply for admission, interact with faculty and administrators, get details about admissions tests, financial aid, employment and many other topics. A similar site that describes itself as the largest conglomeration of educational sites on the WEB is The Gathering.

FastWEB is a powerful and fast source for searching for college information.

A comprehensive list of American universities and colleges that offer bachelor or advanced degrees is available from BrainTrack. Their list is continuously updated and includes online universities.

If you want to consider post-secondary opportunities in institutions outside of North America visit the International University site maintained by Christina DeMello at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

An online guide to colleges, universities, and graduate programs can be found at CollegeNet. In addition to information on college admissions, there are interesting educational lists, links to academic resources, and online applications.

Many universities require that students complete a national examination in order to qualify for admission. For information about the College Board Examination, check out the site maintained by Educational Testing Service. For links to the Law School Aptitude Test (LSAT) or the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), go to Peterson's Education Center.

If you want to find out what kinds of course work, assignments, reading lists, notes, and activities are associated with post-secondary classes, you can visit The World Lecture Hall (WLH) which contains links to pages created by faculty around the world who use the Web to deliver class materials. Classes include:
Accounting, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agronomy, Anatomy, Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture, Art and Art History, Astronomy, Biochemistry, Biology and Botany, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Building Science, Business Administration, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Classics, Communication, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Comparative Literature, Computer Science, Cultural Studies, Criminology, Earth Science, Economics, Education, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering Science, English and Technical Writing, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Finance, French, Geography, Geology, German Studies, History, Humanities, Industrial Engineering, Journalism, Language, Law, Liberal Studies, Library and Information Science, Linguistics, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine, Microbiology, Middle Eastern Studies, Music, Neuroscience, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Political Science, Public Affairs, Public Health, Religious Studies, Recreation and Park Administration, Science and Technology, Social Work, Sociology, Soil Science, Statistics, Theater, Travel Industry Management, Virology, and Zoology.

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Last Update on April 15, 2009