Graduation can be a hectic time for high schoolers or college grads, and you need all the help you can get. We've gathered a couple of online tools and services to hopefully make this crazy time just a bit easier on you. Starting, of course, with the inevitable parties.
Parties & Gift Ideas
Celebrations.com - Party and food suggestions, quotes for speeches, ideas for invitations and more.
eHow Guide To Graduation Gifts - As the name would imply, a list of ideas on how to pick a gift for a graduate.
FoodNetwork.com - Menu suggestions for just about every type of graduation party.
Gifts.com - Find gift ideas based on type of graduation or the recipients personality.
GraduationParty.com - Party planning tips for just about every aspect of a graduation party from picking the date, booking a venue, and just about every type of school graduation.
Party411.com - Lots of ideas for themed graduation parties, guides to help you plan and even a discussion board to talk with other graduation party planners.
Post Graduation
CollegeAftermath.com - Tips and pointers on all parts of your post college life, even how to handle beign in a long distance relationship with your college sweetheart.
CollegeGrad.com - Tips on looking for a job, writing resumes and cover letters and lots more.
Gradspot.com - Gradspot has tips for speeches, how to write a resume, finding your first apartment, and so much more for that newly minted graduate.
Petersons.com - Focuses heavily on helping you with your post undergraduate plans and going for your Masters or PhD, also has help for graduating high schoolers.
The Princeton Review - Suggestions of where to go, and what to do next in the field of schooling once you've graduated high school or college.
U.S. News & World Report Guide To Graduate Schools - An annual list published by U.S. News & World Report of the best programs compiled from over 12,000 schools.
Speeches
GraduationWisdom.com - Has an archive of speeches you can use for motivation, quotes you can use and general tips of points you may want to touch on.
PoemsForFree.com - A collection of poems about the future that are free to use for non-commercial projects.
QuoteGarden.com - A collection of graduation related quotes for speeches for the commencement speaker or others. Gems such as "The tassel's worth the hassle!" can be found here.
Suite101.com - A guide full of numerous tips on writing a better speech, and pitfalls to avoid, such as not quoting Green Day too much.
ThinkExist.com - A large selection of quotes perfect for that graduation speech you need to give.