College search and information sites:
The College Board is the website for the SAT, and a number of publications and services supportive of the college selection and application process.
Develop lists of colleges meeting your preferences using College Search.
Learn about the New SAT, gain access to on-line SAT prep, and find out about the new essay requirement.PSAT/NMSQT® Extra provides free access to the following information online:
Explanations for the answers to every question on the 2004 PSAT/NMSQT
Answers and explanations for the three SAT higher-level math questions that appear on the 2004 PSAT/NMSQT Score Report
Student-written sample essays for the new SAT practice essay question that appears on the 2004 PSAT/NMSQT Score Report.
Study resources:
- Study Skill is a site with links to other study skills pages, study time savers, how to make a schedule, studying foreign languages, and studying with intensity.
- Improve Your Study Skills
- Tips on improving your study skills and preparing for exams.
- Study Strategies
- Study Strategies site from the University of Minnesota contains a study skills survey, information about time management, memorization, learning styles, and study techniques.
- Study Skills
- Courtesy of Virginia Tech, here is a great listing of tips and techniques for improving your study skills. Everything from note taking to how to stop procrastinating. Be sure to take the "Study Skills Checklist" to find out where you need to improve.
Personal/Social supports and information:
- Change Your Mind About Mental Health
- Site sponsored by the American Psychological Association approaches mental health concerns from the young adult's point of view. It's designed to help teens assess their own concerns and decide whether professional help is needed. Anecdotes and examples make serious mental health problems easier to identify and understand.
- Teen Advice
- An excellent site with lots of info on all sorts of teen issues plus connections to additional sites. Topics include dealing with alcohol issues, transitions to college, bullying, date rape and abuse issues to name a few.
- Campus Blues
- Although this site is designed for college students, it deals with many issues that also affect high school students such as test anxiety, stress, loneliness, and shyness.
- High School Blues
- Deals with issues that can trouble high school students such as friends. stress, coming out, anger, acne, staying safe, test anxiety, study skills, etc.
- Suicide Prevention
- FAQs on suicide, symptoms of depression and suicidal danger signs, most common misconceptions about suicide, what students should do if a friend has depression, what hospitalization does for depressives and a recommended reading list.
Drug, alcohol, smoking information:
- Alanon/Alateen
- This site contains basic information about this organization which assists adults and teens with alcohol related concerns. It includes 20 questions designed to help you decide whether or not you need Al-Anon, 20 questions designed to help teenagers decide whether or not Alateen is for them.
- White House Drug Policy
The Drink Wheel is a calculator which allows you to estimate the effects of given amounts of alcohol on individuals who vary by weight and gender.Alcohol: Problems and Solutions.
This web site has a wealth of details about the facts and myths of alcohol, and is sponsored by SUNY Potsdam.What some colleges tell their students:
Middlebury College - Drugs, Alcohol and You, which includes lots of information about drugs and substance abuse as well.
Boston College University Health Services provides good clear facts about many health issues for students.