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If you are interested in attending college but aren't sure which school you should go to...ask who your professors would be for whatever field you're hoping to study. You can look up those professors on this website in order to see what other students thought about them. You don't want to end up at a school with professors who won't click with you!

This is a great site that I used a lot when deciding which classes I wanted to take. Even though I knew almost nothing about the class, I felt confident that I was going to have a great professor based on a lot of previous reviews

In this video Professor Lewin thoroughly describes some of the simpler physics concepts of 1-d motion, If you have taken calculus you will probably be familiar with these concepts but it is still a good introduction to the format of Professor Lewin's videos, if you intend to watch more of them in the future.

This site allows you to look at hundreds of questions written by other people. There are many categories of questions, everything from Biology, to Mathematics, to computers, to Physics. Each question is answered by an expert in that field, and you can create your own questions if you are curious about something. Each question can have many replies, so you can see all sides to the answer, and it gives you a deeper understanding of the topic. I find this a useful source because it gives you interesting information by showing you popular questions. I find this site reliable because it is a government site with college professors responding, and because the information they give is consistent with what I get if I research outside of the site. I would recommend this to anyone doing scientific research for school, or to anyone interested in science in general.

This website allows you to classify galaxies and help with a survey. This also allows you to ask real professors questions.

In this video professor Lewin does a great job of debunking common misconceptions of gravity (like the idea that heavy objects fall faster) with fun and intuitive experiments, It is a great introduction to physics concerning gravity.

In this video Professor Lewin does some awesome things, he discuses dimensional analysis in a way that makes dimensional analysis feel simple and intuitive. He explains some of its advantages and some of its weaknesses. This video was also generally a good introduction to the application of units, and scaling arguments.

Ten simple tips to writing a college essay that could set you apart from the other students applying to the same college as you. Very helpful if you need a push in the right direction.

In this video Professor Lewin does a great job of introducing some of the principles of rotation. He does several demonstrations of artificial gravity with a centrifuge and then with a bucket and rope. The video provides a great introduction to the mechanics of rotation.

Khan Academy where college professors upload videos on what lessons they teach in class. Anyone can access these lessons, and learn about the different subject matters. It has videos on math, English, science, and history.