a few of my favorite things

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Book cover titled 'College UnMazed: Your Guide to Design & Document Your Homeschool,' authored by Dr. Michele Evard and Holly Ramsey, with a background of a maze and small illustrations of two girls on either side.

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MY BOOK & COLLEGE UNMAZED BOOKS

College UnMazed: Your Guide to Design & Document Your Homeschool

Book cover titled "College UnMazed" with a maze background, a graduation cap icon, and text "Your Guide to Design & Document Your Homeschool" by Dr. Michele Evard and Holly Ramsey.

College UnMazed Student Workbook

A book cover titled 'College UnMazed' with a maze background, a white circle containing the title, and a small graduation cap icon. The subtitle reads, 'Your Guide to Successfully Complete the High School to College Maze,' and the authors' names: Dr. Amanda Sterk, Dr. Timothy Poynton, and Dr. Richard Lapan.

College UnMazed: Your Guide to Dual Enrollment

Book cover titled "College UnMazed: Your Guide to Dual Enrollment" by Dr. Amanda Sterk and Dr. Sarah Stashkiw. The background features a yellow maze with black pathways, and there are two small illustrated students in graduation caps on the edges of the maze.

ADMISSIONS RELATED

The Black Family's Guide to College Admissions

Book cover titled 'The Black Family's Guide to College Admissions,' second edition. Subtitle: 'A Conversation about Education, Parenting, and Race.' Authors are Timothy L. Fields and Shereem Herndon-Brown. Foreword by Akil Bello.

7 Steps to College Success

Book cover titled '7 Steps to College Success: A Pathway for Students with Disabilities' by Elizabeth C. Hamblet, third edition. The cover features a red number 7, a black graduation cap, and a white diploma scroll on a blue background.

The Truth about College Admission

Red book cover titled "The Truth about College Admission," second edition, with yellow and white text, featuring a yellow circle with red and black text promoting positive college search and admission experience, and listing authors Brennan Barnard and Rick Clark.

Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be

Book cover titled 'Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be' by Frank Bruni, featuring a graduation cap with a yellow tassel on a red background, with text indicating it's an updated and expanded version and a bestseller.

Valedictorians at the Gate

Book cover titled "Valedictorians at the Gate" by Becky Munsterer Sabky, with green and yellow leaves on a blue background.

Who Gets in and Why

Book cover titled "Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions" by Jeffrey Selingo. The cover features a yellow background with red and blue text, and a quote from Frank Bruni at the top. There's a red banner indicating the book is updated for 2022. The title highlights the words "Who" and "College Admissions," with some words underlined or emphasized.

The Price You Pay for College

Book cover titled 'The Price You Pay for College' by Ron Lieber, with a subtitle about a new road map for financial decisions, featuring an image of a rolled-up dollar bill and a red ribbon.

The Privileged Poor

Book cover titled 'The Privileged Poor' by Anthony Abraham Jack, with a red shield emblem on a dark blue background.

COLLEGE SUCCESS

Hacking College

Cover of a book titled 'Hacking College' with the subtitle 'Why the Major Doesn't Matter—and What Really Does' by Ned Scott Laff and Scott Carlson, with a red background and large white and yellow text.

COLLEGE RESEARCH

Book cover titled 'College Match: A Blueprint for Choosing the Best School for You' by Steven R. Antonoff. The cover features a colorful background with a girl sitting on the ground, wearing jeans and a striped shirt, with purple curly hair, and a girl in a swimming pool upside down, reflecting in the water.

Campus Antisemitism Report Card™

PARENTING

How To Raise An Adult

Book cover titled 'Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your An Adult Kid for Success' by Julie Lythcott-Haims, with a yellow background and bold red and blue text.

A Place to Belong

Book cover titled 'A Place to Belong' by Amber O'Neal Johnston with a foreword by Julie Bogart. The subtitle reads 'Celebrating Diversity and Kinship in the Home and Beyond.' The cover features an illustration of a circle of diverse people holding hands against a red background.

Book cover for 'Never Enough' by Jennifer Brehony Wallace, featuring a pencil with an eraser painted to resemble a burning matchstick, and a yellow sticker indicating it is a New York Times bestseller.

periodicals

Inside Higher Ed

Blue square with a white letter C inside

The word 'Diverse' in large blue text

Diverse: Issues In Higher Education

Black background with white text saying "The Hechinger Report"

The Hechinger Report

paying for college

College Board Expected Family Contribution (EFC) Calculator

Student Aid Index (SAI) Calculator

FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)

MEFA’s Paying for College

Scholarship Finder

BigJ Educational Consulting’s Financial Aid Chart

scholarship SITES

Outside Scholarships

Text that reads "Your College-Bound Kid" in blue font.

standardized testing

researching colleges

SEARCH TOOLS

College Navigator

College Scorecard

The Princeton Review

Peterson’s College Search Tool

APPS

Line drawing of a dog's face with tongue out, labeled 'Loper'

LISTS

Text on a webpage that reads 'Public University Honors' with a subtitle 'The site for public university honors colleges and programs'.

Public University Honors

Colleges That Change Lives

Colleges of Distinction

INDEXES OF HOW COLLEGES SERVE THEIR STUDENTS

Campus Pride Index

Text reads 'College Equity First, Inc.'

Campus Equity Index

Economic Mobility Index

Social Mobility Index

specific populations

College Equity Index

NCAA Eligibility Center

Big Future Communities

Six Things Undocumented Students Need to Know About College

Campus Pride

Barrier Breakers

Hillel International

Campus Antisemitism Report Card™

TCC - Neurodiversity in College

explore majors

Find a Major - Princeton Review

Explore College Majors & Degrees

Majors to Career

explore careers

Career Cluster Guidebook

Occupational Outlook Handbook

Roadtrip Nation

Career Roadmap Tool by Roadtrip Nation

me3 Career Quiz

college tour video series

Screenshot of a webpage promoting the series 'The College Tour,' with a photo of a college campus building featuring red brick, beige stone accents, and a central clock tower with a red roof. The title 'The College Tour' is at the top, along with episode details, ratings, and options to watch or share.

application platforms

AXS Companion to the Common App

Coalition For College

Common Black College App

Text that reads 'GET EDUcated!' with emphasis on 'EDU'.

surveys + tools

VIA Character Strength

College Match Self Survey