I thought I’d say a general thank you here after four admission seasons on College Confidential to the many participants who post helpful information on CC forums. More and more these days when I Google for information on any aspect of selecting colleges, applying to colleges, or parental dealing with college applicants, I find threads on CC prominently listed in my Google search results. One great thing about CC is the very civil and constructive atmosphere here, based on the carefully crafted Terms of Service
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and the efforts of the great majority of participants to live by the spirit and letter of those. Another great thing about College Confidential is the large number of helpful links to external static content that can be found here. I thought I’d celebrate what I’ve learned by reading CC by posting some of my favorite links here, all of which (according to my best recollection) I learned about from other CC participants. Glancing over my browser bookmarks and posting in no particular order, here are some links I learned about from other CC participants, which I now to post to share with you as I express my thanks to them.
<a href=“http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/fa/Economics-Primer-2004.pdf[/url]”>http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/fa/Economics-Primer-2004.pdf</a>
[EFC</a> Calculator: How Much Money for College Will You Be Expected to Contribute?](<a href=“http://apps.collegeboard.com/fincalc/efc_welcome.jsp]EFC”>http://apps.collegeboard.com/fincalc/efc_welcome.jsp)
[What</a> Financial Aid Is Available?](<a href=“http://www.nasfaa.org/subhomes/doitaffordit/affordit2.html]What”>http://www.nasfaa.org/subhomes/doitaffordit/affordit2.html)
<a href=“http://www.nationalmerit.org/Merit_R&I_Leaflet.pdf[/url]”>http://www.nationalmerit.org/Merit_R&I_Leaflet.pdf</a>
[QuestBridge</a> Home Page](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/index.html]QuestBridge”>http://www.questbridge.org/index.html)
[EdTrust</a> - College Results Online](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/default.htm]EdTrust”>http://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/default.htm)
[SSRN-A</a> Revealed Preference Ranking of U.S. Colleges and Universities by Christopher Avery, Mark Glickman, Caroline Hoxby, Andrew Metrick](<a href=“http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=601105]SSRN-A”>http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=601105)
[College</a> Navigator - National Center for Education Statistics](<a href=“http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/]College”>http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/)
[The</a> Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) - Changes to Race/Ethnicity Reporting to IPEDS](<a href=“http://nces.ed.gov/IPEDS/news_room/ana_Changes_to_10_25_2007_169.asp]The”>http://nces.ed.gov/IPEDS/news_room/ana_Changes_to_10_25_2007_169.asp)
[National</a> Student Clearinghouse: Degree verification & enrollment verification](<a href=“http://www.nslc.org/]National”>http://www.nslc.org/)
[MIT</a> Admissions | Blog Entry: “Many Ways To Define “The Best””](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/before/recommended_high_school_preparation/many_ways_to_define_the_best.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/before/recommended_high_school_preparation/many_ways_to_define_the_best.shtml)
[College</a> acceptance rates: How many get in? - USATODAY.com](<a href=“http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2006-11-02-collegerates_x.htm]College”>http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2006-11-02-collegerates_x.htm)
<a href=“http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ff0615S.pdf[/url]”>http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ff0615S.pdf</a>
[gladwell</a> dot com - getting in](<a href=“http://www.gladwell.com/2005/2005_10_10_a_admissions.html]gladwell”>http://www.gladwell.com/2005/2005_10_10_a_admissions.html)
<a href=“http://cepr.uoregon.edu/upload/Gates-College%20Readiness.pdf[/url]”>http://cepr.uoregon.edu/upload/Gates-College%20Readiness.pdf</a>
[Reason</a> Magazine - Legacies of Injustice](<a href=“http://www.reason.com/news/show/123910.html]Reason”>http://www.reason.com/news/show/123910.html)
[Faculty</a> Senate minutes - April 20, 2006 meeting](<a href=“http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2006/april26/minutes-042606.html]Faculty”>http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2006/april26/minutes-042606.html)
[SAT</a> Data Tables](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/portal/site/Professionals/menuitem.65452323633e94493883234011a161ca/?vgnextoid=add9f24af03b4110VgnVCM100000a9a514acRCRD&vgnextchannel=7efc4ada81814110VgnVCM200000121a16acRCRD]SAT”>http://professionals.collegeboard.com/portal/site/Professionals/menuitem.65452323633e94493883234011a161ca/?vgnextoid=add9f24af03b4110VgnVCM100000a9a514acRCRD&vgnextchannel=7efc4ada81814110VgnVCM200000121a16acRCRD)
[MIT</a> Admissions | Blog Entry: “What’s the big deal about 40^2?”](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/standardized_test_requirements/whats_the_big_deal_about_402.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/standardized_test_requirements/whats_the_big_deal_about_402.shtml)
[PSAT/NMSQT:</a> If You Missed the Test](<a href=“http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/psat/about/missedtest.html]PSAT/NMSQT:”>http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/psat/about/missedtest.html)
[University</a> of California - Admissions - The University of California offers one of the broadest ranges of study of any institution of higher learning in the world, all at an affordable price.](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/welcome.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/welcome.html)
And there have been many more. What are some of your favorite external links? It would be good to post them here, to thank the CC participants who first shared them.