College Resources
Click here to see what books the library has to offer!
Books from other library’s can be placed on hold and sent to the Brighton District Library. If items are not checked out or have a hold list, they take roughly 3-4 days to arrive.
Learning Express Library is a online database that you can access for free from the library. The College Prep center of the database includes SAT & ACT Practice Tests, College Admissions Essay Help, and more.
Lake Trust New Beginnings Scholarship:
Michigan residents who wish to pursue skilled trade technical education programs or realize their dream of being an entrepreneur who makes a community impact. Prospective students may submit applications on the Foundation’s website at https://www.laketrust.org/Foundation/Scholarships for either one of four New Beginnings Scholarships worth up to $2,500 or one of five full-tuition Community Impact Scholarships.
Schoolcraft Career Assessment- No idea what you want to do? Check out Schoolcraft’s Career Assessment Test. The test will ask questions and based upon your answers generate likely college/career paths. The test is free and doesn’t require any sign up.
Scholarship.com allows you to look up scholarships by State so you can look for local scholarships. Click here to go directly to the list of available Michigan Scholarships.
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aide) is where you’ll be applying for Student Loans and Grants. The Michigan Deadline is generally March 1st prior to when you plan on attending college. Click here to find out more or start your application.
The FAFSA Youtube Channel has plenty of video tutorials and guides you can look through.
The Common App
Instead of a student needing to complete a separate college application for each of their fifteen institutions, The common App allows students to complete one application that will be sent to multiple participating schools. Click here to see which Michigan Colleges are part of the Common App.
Campus Touring Info Resources
ECampusTours.com
Tour a college campus online without leaving the comfort of your home. eCampusTours.com is a college planning website featuring 360° x 360° virtual college tours of over a thousand college campuses.
Quad2Quad App
Quad2Quad makes scheduling college tours and navigating big, bustling college campuses quick and easy. Quad2Quad can inform you of the following:
- Where to park/how much it costs
- Tour dates and times
- Info session dates, times, and locations
- Navigation to specific places on campus
College Rating & Review
Niche.com– One of Niche’s most characteristic features is that it allows students to rate schools on different aspects and provide individual reviews.
Cappex- Cappex is great at displaying beefy college statistics in a way that is easy to read. Cappex also takes the time to spell out your expenses for you (including books, meal plans, etc.) In addition to a College Search, it also offers a Scholarship Search which includes $30,000 in Cappex-issued scholarships and College Reviews.
College Confidential- Here you’ll find hundreds of pages of articles about choosing a college, getting into the college you want, how to pay for it, and much more. You’ll also find the Web’s busiest discussion community related to college admissions.
Unigo- College resources for high school students with useful college planning info, stats, and more. This includes student ratings and reviews on a number of aspects you may be interested in. There is also the Unigo $10K Scholarship available and live streamed college events.