Financial Aid Hotlist
Here are some websites which will "help you save your pennies" and provide you with helpful information about financial aid:
FAFSA – Free Application for Federal Student Aid
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
Fill out an application
for federal student aid online in English or Spanish, check status of your
application and stay up-to-date with deadlines – all on
this website!
FinAid! - The SmartStudent
guide to Financial Aid
www.finaid.org
Find information about scholarships, loans, military aids, pre-paid tuition savings
and financial calculators
Texas B-on-Time Loan
Website
http://www.hhloans.com/borrowers/BOTfactsheet.cfm
Find out eligibility requirements and loan amounts for the Texas B-On-Time
loan as well as how to apply.
http://collegefortexans.com
Everything a Texan needs to know about preparing for, applying for and paying for a college or technical school is included in this website!
http://www.collegeboard.com/paying
This site helps you evaluate what college will cost and what you can afford. Scholarship search, interactive tools and other financial advice is included.
Fastweb – Scholarship Search
“FastWeb lets students create a personalized profile that can be matched against our expansive databases of colleges and scholarships. As the oldest and most popular free online scholarship matching service, our database has over 800,000 scholarships totaling more than $1 billion. FastWeb also notifies students when new scholarships are added and application deadlines are approaching.”
Xap.com – Financial Aid Wizard
http://www.xap.com/getmoney/fin_aid_wizard/
“… our wizard will help you find and calculate virtually everything you need for any and all schools you're interested in. It will show you the deadlines for filing financial aid applications for the colleges you select, walk you through scholarship searches, help you estimate your expected family contribution and federal aid, and provide you a tool to interpret and analyze your financial aid award letters.”
Wiredscholar: Paying for College
http://www.wiredscholar.com/paying/content/index.jsp
Wiredscholar has a variety
of information for the college-bound student, including career resources,
test prep and financial aid.
ACT: Financial Need Estimator
http://www.act.org/fane/index.html
“The Financial Aid Need Estimator allows you
to calculate both your family contribution and costs at specific institutions
by taking you through two steps.”
U.S. Department of Education: Financial Aid Page
http://www.ed.gov/topics/topics.jsp?&top=Financial+Aid
Contains updated news articles about federal student aid, loans, student tuition increases and more.
The Warren Counseling Staff hopes that you have found this hotlist to be a helpful timesaver.
Don’t forget: Many of these websites also have a wealth of helpful information for college and career planning other than financial aid, so check the other areas out as well!
Good luck in your
search!
