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Know your school Codes: CEEB School Code find it SAT Testing Site find it   Go to: Students and parents Alumni The profession Admission officers SAS Homepage	Financial aid is awarded to a student based on the financial need of his/her family. It may come from government, university and sometimes private sources. Scholarships are awarded based on academic merit or a special talent (including athletics and the arts). They may come from university or private sources. Click here if you are an International student...that is you are not a US citizen or green card holder, but wish to attend university in the states. IMPORTANT DATES Early Fall Register for PROFILE if you colleges ask for it. December FAFSA forms available in College Counselling office. See below for online options. Submit as soon after January 1 as possible. January 1 Earliest date to submit FAFSA February 15 Priority Deadline for submitting FAFSA and PROFILE Financial Aid Resources The U.S. Department of Education provides information on completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. This page allows you to download an electronic version of the FAFSA, complete a FAFSA online or download a FAFSA form as a PDF file. The first two of these options will dramatically speed up processing time. A MUST! The College Scholarship Service, a division of The College Board manages a financial aid application service that collects information from students applying to particular private colleges and universities. Check with your colleges to see if they require the PROFILE. You may register online to receive a paper version, or you may complete the form and submit it online. An unbelievably complete listing of financial aid information including need estimators, loan calculators, and scholarship service scam alerts! Also scholarship search engines. This site is endorsed by National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. From the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. Pretty useful. Scholarship Resources Offers a scholarship search, online applications and a great deal of information about college scholarships. The best scholarship search engine we've found. There is no fee to search its database of national, state and local awards and the payback may be thousands of dollars in college aid. The nine-page questionnaire covers all the bases, like whether the student is from a single-parent home or the first family member to attend college. Though some questions seem a bit ludicrous: like whether a student is right-handed, or lives in the delivery area for Papa John's Pizza, there are actually matching scholarships in the database for just such students. Our profile pulled up 55 national and four state awards, arranged by deadline, far more than the free scholarship search engines we examined. Click on each, such as the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry offered by the University of Tulsa, and you'll get details such as award amount, number of recipients and contact information. This page has helpful information about scholarships, links to HBCU's and information for African American students entering college. See also: http://www.blackexcel.org/100minority.htm CollegeAnswer provides a powerful search engine for over 1.2 million scholarships.   An unbelievably complete listing of financial aid information including need estimators, loan calculators, and scholarship service scam alerts! Also scholarship search engines. This site is endorsed by National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. The College Board offers an electronic scholarship search service in addition to many other services on its web site.   CollegeView offers a wide range of services for the college admissions process including valuable financial aid and scholarship information. Hispanic Scholarship fund: The Education Gateway for U.S. Hispanics The Gates Millennium Scholars initiative, funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and administered by the United Negro College Fund and partners, is aimed at expanding access and opportunity to higher education to African-Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific Americans, and Hispanic Americans enrolling in and completing undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Private Colleges Worth the Price--an interesting ranking of private colleges based on value... State Universities to Cheer About --Rankings of public universities based on quality and price. Interesting.... Get mail about a scholarship service that charges $200? Don't be fooled. See if it is a SCAM! Several states offer deals for students of other states, by waiving the differential fees they charge for non-residents. Check out the list here... It's never too early to start to save for college. Register your current credit or debit card and 1% to 10% of your purchases get funneled into a Upromise account. Savings rates vary depending on the vendor, which include hundreds of household-name brands, stores and services, from Kellogg's cereals to Circuit City to AT&T Long Distance. You can also direct account earnings into a 529 plan, including those managed by Vanguard, Fidelity Investments and Salomon Smith Barney, to earn tax-free interest. Comparison chart breaks down college savings plans, from UGMA and UTMA Custodial Accounts to the Coverdell Education Savings Account, by tax benefit, flexibility and control.
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