College Completion Resources

Scholarship America and the National Endowment for Financial Education® (NEFE®) have teamed up to offer you a crash course in money management to help you learn how to take control of your money instead of letting your money take control of you.

ACT has a guide to college survival with tips and step-by-step instructions for getting through the first year of college.

This article from the finance experts at Mint.com offers a wide-ranging overview of strategies for students to pay for college, and a list of more reliable sources for financial literacy and financial aid advice. (Thanks to the team at W.B. Goodwin Community Center for passing along this resource.)

The $2,000 Community College Scholarship and Women's Scholarship are both awarded monthly to community college students who are committed to making a difference and who demonstrate financial need.

This site's "College Life" section covers tips on academics as well as campus life.

Debt Free U empowers students and young consumers with financial literacy education. Research has proven that access to these resources increases enrollment, retention and college graduation success. Through the process of learning, applying knowledge and staying current on economic issues, young adults are given the educational tools they need to manage their money and make higher education a reality.

In addition to its scholarship search engine, FastWeb covers topics like what to pack, dorm life and budgeting.

A college professor provides useful tips and links.

The Project on Student Debt is a Web project created by the Institute for College Access and Success, a nonprofit working to inform students, parents, schools and policymakers about trends and issues throughout the world of financial aid. It's well worth bookmarking and visiting often; their list of the Top Ten Student Loan Tips for Recent Graduates is a great place to start.

Students helping students get ahead. Offers tips on all aspects of surviving college, straight from the mouths of other college students.

Unigo.com is a free online student-generated college guide dedicated to accurately representing America’s top colleges and universities. Unigo houses over 15,000 reviews, 4,000 videos and 7,500 photographs of colleges across the country submitted by current undergraduates to help high school students in their college search and give them an inside look at what life at their school is really like.