General
Resources
ACT
(319) 337-1000
www.act.org
Association on Higher Education and
Disability (AHEAD)
(704) 947-7779
www.ahead.org
CollegeApps.com
(800) 746-9469
www.collegeapps.com
CollegeBoard.com
(212) 713-8000
www.collegeboard.com
Educational Testing Service
(609) 921-9000
www.ets.org
EducationUSA
(202) 647-4000
Educationusa.state.gov/undergrad/admissions/best/other.htm
Free Application for Federal Student
Aid (FAFSA)
(800) 433-3243
www.fafsa.ed.gov
HEATH Resource Center
(202) 973-0904
www.heath.gwu.edu
Incight
(971) 244-0305
www.incight.org
Index of American Universities
(352) 392-3261
www.clas.ufl.edu/au
Ivy Bound
(877) 975-1600
www.ivybound.net
Kaplan
(212) 492-5800
www.kaplan.com
Mapping Your Future
www.mapping-your-future.org
My Footpath
(312) 563-1616
www.myfootpath.com
National Center on Secondary Education
and Transition
(612) 624-2097
www.ncset.org
Pacer Center
(952) 838-9000
www.pacer.org
Peterson's Education Portal
(800) 338-3282, ext. 5660
www.petersons.com
Princeton Review
(212) 874-8282
www.princetonreview.com
ScholarshipHelp.org
www.scholarshiphelp.org
University of Washington's DO-IT
Post-Secondary Resources
(888) 972-3648
www.washington.edu/doit
U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov
U.S. Department of Education Office
for Civil Rights
(800) 421-3481
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/transition.html
(Search for “Students with Disabilities
Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know
Your Rights and Responsibilities”)
U.S. News & World Report: America's Best Colleges 2007
(202) 955-2000
www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php
BOOKS
Books can be ordered through your
local library or bookstore, or online.
100 Successful College Application
Essays, by Harvard Independent,
2002, NAL Trade, (212) 366-2000, http://us.penguingroup.com.
Acing the College Application:
How to Maximize Your Chances for Admission
to the College of Your Choice,
by Michele Hernandez, 2002, Ballantine Books,
(212) 782-9000, www.randomhouse.com.
College Countdown, A Planning
Guide for High School Students,
by Helen H. Heron and William S.E. Coleman,
2006, Heron Publishing, (760) 754-5237, www.heronpub.com.
Exam Accommodations Reference
Manual, by Patty Carlton and
Gerri Wolfe, et. al., 2005, AHEAD Publications,
(704) 947-7779, www.ahead.org/publications/.
Financial Aid for the Disabled
& Their Families, 2006-2008,
by Gail Ann Schlachter and R. David Weber,
2006, Reference Service Press, (916) 939-9620,
www.rspfunding.com.
Going to College: Expanding Opportunities
for People With Disabilities,
by Elizabeth Evans Getzel and Paul Wehman,
2005, Paul H. Brookes Publishing, (800) 638-3775,
www.brookespublishing.com.
How to Write a Winning College
Application Essay, by Michael
James Mason, 2000, Three Rivers Press, (800)
733-3000, www.randomhouse.com.
The New Rules of College Admissions:
Ten Former Admissions Officers Reveal What
It Takes to Get Into College Today,
by Michael London, 2006, Fireside, (212) 698-7000,
www.simonsays.com.
On Writing the College Application
Essay: The Key to Acceptance and the College
of your Choice, by Harry Bauld,
1987, HarperCollins, (212) 207-7000, www.harpercollins.com.
The Simple Guide to College Admission
& Financial Aid, by Anne
M. St. Pierre and Danielle M. Printz, 2005,
The Simple Guide Company, www.simpleguidetocollege.com.
For more on accessible colleges, see the
articles in the July-August 2007 Quest.
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