Academic Help

1. Khan Academy

Khan Academy is a free website that has short lessons, practice questions, and a personalized learning dashboard. It is great for both reviewing old topics and self-learning new ones!

2. Quizlet

Quizlet is another free website that you can use to create study sets with many different review options, including flashcards, quizzes, and short response. There are also many pre-made sets that you can choose from!

3. TED Ed

TED Ed has an enormous collection of educational video content, including videos on thought-provoking and uncommon topics. This website is great for deepening knowledge in specific areas.

4. Stack Overflow

Stack Overflow is a help resource for computer science. It has question and answer forums and millions of already-answered questions. This resource is especially helpful for students in AP Computer Science or who are looking to pursue Computer Science in college.

Important College Websites

1. Collegeboard

Collegeboard is the website where you sign up for the SAT, SAT subject tests, and receive scores for SATs and PSATs. It also has a "scholarship search" function.

2. Common App

The Common Application is the college application that is accepted by around 900 schools, both public and private, both small and large. It allows the user to apply to multiple colleges at one time.

3. Collegeboard AP Website

The Collegeboard's AP website is where students sign up for AP classes and exams using their class's join code. Some teachers also assign progress assessments through this website.

4. FAFSA

The FAFSA is the "Free Application for Federal Student Aid". It is a form completed by current and prospective college students to determine their eligibility for student financial aid.

Virtual College Tours

These are just a handful of the thousands of virtual college tours that are available on the internet. They are incredibly helpful when visiting the physical campus is not an option.

1. Stanford University

2. Yale University

3. New York University (NYU)

4. Duke University

5. University of Southern California (USC)

6. Rice University

Focus & Productivity

1. FocusMe

FocusMe is a website that allows the user to block specific websites and apps that could become distractions during study time.

2. Hocus Focus

Hocus Focus is a utlity for MacOS that allows a user to view one window at a time, which removes tab-switching as a potential distraction. It is free and can be downloaded onto any device running MacOS.

3. Brain.fm

Noisli is a website that has a color mixer and study sound functionality. Lyric-free music is perfect for studying, and they have a wide variety of types. They also have a convenient chrome extension.