TRiO Resources

I want more information about:

Paying for college

• Oakton Financial Aid: http://www.oakton.edu/admission/costs_financial_aid/
• FAFSA Tutorial: http://www.educationquest.org/fafsa/fafsatutorial.asp?tab=5&yr=2
• http://www.fastweb.com
• http://www.finaid.org
• College Board Scholarship Search: http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp
• CashCourse.org: http://www.cashcourse.org/Oaktontrio
• DePaul University’s Financial Fitness Program: http://financialfitness.depaul.edu/index.html

Picking the right classes

• Transfer Guides from Oakton to other colleges and universities: http://www.oakton.edu/resource/advise/transguide.htm
• Oakton Community College A.A. Degree Checklist [Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]: http://www.oakton.edu/resource/advise/pdf/AAchecksheet.pdf
• or Oakton A.S. Degree Checklist [Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]: http://www.oakton.edu/resource/advise/pdf/ASchecksheet.pdf
• www.itransfer.org

Performing better in classes

• Oakton tutoring: http://www.oakton.edu/learn/tutoring.htm
• GPA calculator: http://www.coastal.edu/registrar/cumgpacalc.html?numcourses=8#calc
• Learning Center http://www.oakton.edu/learn/

Exploring careers and majors

• Illinois career information system: http://ilcis.intocareers.org/default.aspx
• Career planning for students with disabilities: http://www.aacc.edu/careers/studentsdisabili.cfm
• Oakton Career Services resources:
  http://www.oakton.edu/user/%7Evivona/careerresearch/http://www.oakton.edu/resource/careerservices/Majors/default.html

Transfering

• iTransfer: http://www.itransfer.org/
  http://www.itransfer.org/iai/gened/singleSchoolWorksheet.aspx?section=student

Geting involved on campus

• Student Life: http://www.oakton.edu/studentlife/
• Oakton events http://www.oakton.edu/newsevents/
• TRiO news and events