College Planning Resources

Counselor Letter of Recommendation Request form

Teacher Letter of Recommendation Form

Outside Letter of Recommendation Request Form

What is a College Application?

College Application Tracker

Linking student Common App accounts – Step 1

Linking student Common App accounts – Step 2

College Search Engines

Use these websites to help you with the college search
Winning in College: A Guide for Students with Disabilities
College Match
College Board College Search
Peterson’s College Search
College Navigator
CAPPEX
College View

Common Application

Common Application

The Common Application is a standard application that is accepted at over 800 colleges and universities worldwide. It allows students to fill out an application once, and submit it to many institutions, instead of having to reapply multiple times to each institution.

Through the Common Application, students have the ability to start and stop and save their work so that they work on it until they feel it is ready to send to a college/university.  Students may begin working on the common application during their junior year.

Schools in Colorado that accept the common application are Colorado State University, Regis University, Colorado College, University of Denver and Naropa University.

List of schools who accept the Common Application

Financial Aid

Websites Answering Frequently Asked Questions
FAFSA
College Affordability Guide
Financial Aid
Edudemic
College Invest
Department of Education
Federal Money
SallieMae

Scholarship Databases

Websites helping families access scholarships and give pertinent career & post secondary information
College in Colorado
Denver Scholarship Foundation
Fast Web
Free 4UScholarship Experts
Scholarships
Petersons
Princeton Review
College AnswerFinancial AidCredit and Critics
Edsmart
Best Scholarships Website

Websites listing scholarships & other resources especially helpful for ethnically diverse students
Hispanic Fund
Venture Scholar
Quest Bridge
African American Grants

Large Scholarships

Links to specific scholarships
Boettcher Scholarship Information
Daniels Scholarship
Gates Millenium Scholarship
Coca-Cola Scholarship

MAPS requirements

NCAA

Senior Brown Bag Presentation for Students or Parents

Senior Brown Bag Powerpoint (Slides Only)

Daniels Fund Scholarship Presentation

Daniels Fund DSA Information Sheet

Daniels Fund Information for Applicants-Daniels Fund

Scholarship Night Slides

Boettcher Scholarship Presentation
If you are applying, please reach out to your counselor. There are some parts of the application your counselor will complete for you.