Wiredscholar.com Offers Valuable Interactive Tools and Information
For College Preparation and Financing
RESTON, Va., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- With the pomp and circumstance less
than one academic year away, it's time for high school seniors to focus on
their post-graduation plans. If they're planning to attend college next year,
there are things to be done and decisions to be made this fall-the first of
which is deciding where to apply. With thousands of postsecondary
institutions to choose from, students often need help narrowing down their
choices. Wiredscholar.com, a division of Sallie Mae and the foremost online
"going-to-college" resource, has interactive tools and information to help
students and families prepare for and select a college.
"The first big step in the planning and paying for college process is
determining which schools to apply to," said David Cooper, managing director
of e-commerce for Sallie Mae. "Wiredscholar.com's interactive tools and
calculators help college-bound students narrow down their choices and apply to
schools that best meet their needs."
Among the Web site's features, the school comparison tool allows students
to get detailed information about their target schools at the click of a
mouse. They can view information on admissions, campus environments,
enrollment, freshmen admissions profiles, school expenses and financial aid
for schools they are considering. Students even can input their own criteria
and search for schools that best meet their needs and search for schools based
on state, entrance difficulty, public versus private, SAT/ACT test score
ranges, campus settings, undergraduate student enrollment, combined tuition,
room and board fees and majors. They can view up to three schools at once,
side-by-side, from wiredscholar.com's database of nearly 4,000 schools.
Information for up to five schools can be saved for review at a later time.
Another feature is the school affordability calculator, which helps
students and families determine how much out-of-pocket expense they can
realistically afford. This tool quickly finds the average cost of attending
the schools students are interested in, the average financial aid awards
offered by each, and how much families might be expected to pay out-of-pocket.
Once students and families have a general idea of their financial need, the
tool highlights the various financing options at their disposal, including
student loan programs. The calculator will even tell students how much they
can expect their monthly payments to be if they choose a loan program to help
pay for the cost of their education. Even families of high school freshmen and
sophomores can use this tool to give them an idea of how much they can expect
to pay in the future.
Wiredscholar.com offers other interactive tools and information to guide
students and their families through the college preparation and selection
process, allowing them to prepare, evaluate, select, apply for and finance an
education entirely online. Additional resources include:
* Online test preparation;
* Scholarship database including information on more than 600,000
scholarships;
* Tips on how to apply for those scholarships and avoid scholarship
scams;
* Interactive savings, budgeting and loan repayment calculators; and,
* Online loan application capability and information about financial
aid.
About wiredscholar.com
Wiredscholar.com is the foremost online resource for "going-to-college"
information for students, parents and guidance professionals. Launched in
spring 2000, the site is the most comprehensive and objective resource on the
Web for information and interactive tools to assist with college preparation,
evaluation, selection, application and financing, all in one online location.
The site has been named "Forbes Favorite" in the college-planning category in
Forbes.com's "Best of the Web" three consecutive times, and has received
various other honors. Wiredscholar.com is a division of Sallie Mae, the
nation's largest source of higher education funding, which extends the
company's commitment to helping students achieve a higher education. For
more information, visit http://www.wiredscholar.com .
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CONTACT:
Erin Love of wiredscholar.com,
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