Financial Aid
(note: many general college sites also have financial aid info)
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FTC: Scholarship Scams
Scholarship
Scams
Check these sites out *before* looking at scholarship information anywhere else. This page has valuable information about fraudulent scholarship search services and how to avoid them.
- CollegeBoard.com - Pay for College
Advice from the College Board about financial aid, scholarships, loans, and so on.
- FAFSA on the Web
Information about the Federal Student Financial Assistance Programs and how to fill out an application online. Online applications can be saved and completed in stages up to 45 days later.
- FAFSA4caster
"Receive an early estimate of eligibility for federal student aid ... (and) increase your knowledge of the financial aid process."
- FastWeb: Scholarships, Financial Aid and Colleges
"The most complete source of local, national, and college-specific scholarships...
Search and compare detailed college profiles including tailored scholarship matches." Requires free registration.
- Financial Aid Glossary
"Read real college financial aid award letters. Decode confusing (and sometimes misleading) loan and scholarship information. Translate financial aid jargon and acronyms into plain English. Get great tips on raising extra college cash, cutting costs, and making that degree more affordable."
- Financial Aid Podcast
"The Financial Aid Podcast delivers timely financial aid, scholarship, student loan, career, and personal finance information to you in just 10 minutes a day."
- FinAid: The SmartStudent Guide
to Financial Aid
This is a super comprehensive site on financial aid.
- FSA: Student Aid on the Web
Information, forms, FAQs, and publications about federal student financial aid financial aid and students loan opportunities from elementary school through graduate school. From the US Dept. of Education.
- HESC: Higher Education Services Corporation
"The New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) is the state agency that helps people pay for college by administering the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), guaranteeing student loans, offering guidance and administering a highly successful College Savings program for students and families." A must-see site for New York students seeking loans or scholarships.
- Scholarships.com
As well as information about financial aid, loans, and grants, this site allows you to set up a personalized profile which can be compared to the site's database of over 600,000 college scholarships.
- The Student Guide
"The Student Guide is a comprehensive resource on student financial aid from the U.S. Department of Education. Grants, loans, and work-study are the three major forms of aid available through the Department's Federal Student Aid office."
