The Dictionary.com word of the day program is a fast and easy way to improve your vocabulary and enhance performance on college admission exams.

Comprehensive commercial site providing a wide variety of articles and information on post-secondary educational and career opportunities. Sections include: College Admissions Advice, Financial Aid, Test Prep, Career and Athletics.

College Power Prep provides useful free tools to prep for the SAT and ACT.

The Princeton Review offers college entrance exam test preparation services to help students improve their performance along with a comprehensive website with information and resources for the college bound.

Kaplan Test Prep & Admissions offers private tutoring, classroom courses, and online test preparation (for a fee) as well as a site with useful guidance on applying to college and financial aid information.

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"What Stanley H. Kaplan taught us about the S.A.T." by Malcolm Gladwell appeared in the December 17, 2001 issue of The New Yorker Magazine. According to Gladwell, Kaplan proved that the S.A.T. was "eminently coachable". Read the article to learn about improving your SAT scores through coaching and practice.

Study Guide Zone provides a treasure trove of free resources for students who wish to improve their scores on the SAT, PSAT, ACT, FCAT and many other standardized tests.

ACT vs. SAT, written by Michelle Slatalla was published in the November 4, 2007 issues of the New York Times. The article focuses on the issue of some students scoring higher on the ACT and others on the SAT, and deciding which test(s) to take. The article states that "the tests have distinct personalities — the ACT is curriculum-based, while the SAT is aimed more at general reasoning and problem-solving skills."

Kaplan, Inc., is a leading provider of educational services and a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO). Products & Services include: test preparation, career services, admissions services, after-school learning programs and private tutoring.

PrepMe provides test preparation services. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL with a software engineering office in Mountain View, CA. PrepMe features tutors and learning technology.

The FreeSAT1.com site provides a lot of information and self-study resources to help you best maximize your SAT score including study aid reviews, test prep tips and hundreds of practice SAT questions with answer explanations.

If you'd like to build your vocabulary and at the same time help contribute to charity, then check out FreeRice.    You find challenging word quizzes.  Correct answers are rewarded with donations (grains of rice) to the United Nations to fight world hunger. 

Check out Pink Monkey for a great selection of study guides.  With a large and loyal following among students, teachers, parents, and home schooling parents, Pink Monkey provides a wide variety of valuable content. Pink Monkey can help you with homework and to prepare for college entrance exams.

PrepHub was founded to help users study for tests through practice. PrepHub allows users to create questions for each other.  In a YouTube-like manner, users can rate questions and favorite questions.  PrepHub is a community site.

Number2.com provides free on-line preparation for the SAT and ACT.

SAT Prep by Quia Corporation which provides education through Web-based technologies. Quia Web is a popular educational technology Web site.

FreeVocabulary.com provides a list of 5000 words with brief definitions for individual and classroom use. These words can be downloaded to some Texas Instruments calculators and into a 36-page, small-print, two-column PDF format.