General Resources

Naviance’s Family Connection
https://connection.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=berkshire

The Common Application
https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Default.aspx

 
Standardized Testing Resources

Standardized Testing Information for V Formers

 PSAT, SAT, SAT Subject Tests, AP
www.collegeboard.com

ACT
www.actstudent.org

TOEFL (Test Of English as a Foreign Language)
http://www.ets.org/toefl

Select Berkshire list of score-optional schools

Fair Test (Full list of test-optional colleges and universities)
www.fairtest.org/university/optional

Test Practice
www.number2.com

Conversion Table for SAT and ACT

Financial Aid Resources

FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
www.fafsa.ed.gov

CSS/Financial Aid Profile
Berkshire Parents Guide

College Board
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/pay/index.html?affiliateId=rdr&bannerId=pay

Fastweb
http://www.fastweb.com/

Need-Blind Admissions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need-blind_admission

 
Berkshire Matriculation Lists

Matriculations for 2008-2010

Early Matriculations for the Class of 2011

NCAA Eligibility Center

http://web1.ncaa.org/ECWR2/NCAA_EMS/NCAA.html

Suggested Reading List for Students and Parents

The Gatekeepers, Jacques Steinberg
The Hidden Ivies, Howard and Matthew Greene
Colleges That Change Lives, Loren Pope
Looking Beyond the Ivy League, Loren Pope
100 Successful College Application Essays, Editors of Harvard Crimson
Fiske Guide to Colleges
Fiske Countdown to College
Fiske Guide to Getting Into the Right College
Rugg’s Recommendations on the Colleges

The New York Times College Admissions Advice: The Choice Blog

Chronicle of Higher Education

College Board

The ACT