College search websites?

[Anonymous]

What's the best website for initial college searching? I was mildly addicted to collegeboard.com when DD1 went through the college search/application process. Four years later, looking for DD2 and I don't like the website much at all and find it much harder to quickly access info about each college. Is there a website you like better than collegeboard?

[Anonymous]

I like collegeconfidential.com. It has great message boards for specific questions about any school.

[Anonymous]

PP, what kind of information did you find helpful on collegeconfidential? We've gone through the application process with 3 kids and I've occasionally gone on CC. My experience was that the discussion was redundant and not particularly insightful. For example, reviewing the visit reports on schools that I know pretty well -- e.g., my own alma mater and the schools that my 2 oldest children now attend -- it seemed that you could get the same info that's on CC much more quickly by reading the profile in the Fiske guide.

[Anonymous]

http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/

For numbers and statistics! Very helpful info.

[Anonymous]

As an independent college counselor, I would suggest Unigo. They have a website with lots of helpful information and I think it is a great place to start.

[Anonymous]

http://www.possibilityu.com/for-families#!/ has a some great tools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.possibilityu.com/for-families#!/ has a some great tools

Seems expensive for information you can find for free elsewhere...