Resources
Information About Independent Educational Consultants
It is important to ask the right questions when you are looking to hire an independent educational consultant to assist in your child’s college admission process.
- 10 Ways IECA Members Are Unlike Other College Consultants
- 12 Questions To Ask Before Hiring An Independent Educational Consultant
- ICEA’s Principles Of Good Practice
- College Admission & The Independent Educational Consultant
College Applications
- The Common Application
- US News College Rankings
- University of California’s Undergraduate Admission Information Network
College Search Resources
- YOUniversityTV
- eCampusTours
- www.campustours.com – Virtual college campus tours
- College Confidential
- CollegeXpress
- Big Future (College Board)
Book Resources
- Colleges That Pay You Back (The Princeton Review, 2016 Edition)
- Fiske Guide to Colleges (E. Fiske, 2018)
- The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them Now (Dr. M. Jay, 2012)
- The Here Campus Guide to College Life: How to Manage Relationships, Stay Safe and Healthy, Handle Stress, and Have the Best Years of Your Life (A. Wang, S. Lewis, W. Hanger, 2015)
- Colleges That Change Lives (L. Pope, Paperback 2013-2014 Edition)
- How to Raise an Adult (J. Lythcott-Haims, 2015)
Academic / Testing Resources
Scholarship Resources
- Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education
- Fastweb: The leading online resource in finding scholarships to help you pay for school.
- Collegeboard.org
- Niche.org
- Scholarships.com
- CollegeNET.com
- Scholarshipmonkey.com
- Cappex.com
- Chegg.com
- https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/
types/grants-scholarships/ finding-scholarships#how-find - Unigo.com
- Petersons.com
- Your specific college websites – they will post scholarship through the Office of Financial Aid