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Online Resources for Scholarships and Financial Aid
Scholarships
www.fastweb.com
This site is the premier online scholarship search site and should be
your first stop after submitting college applications and the FAFSA form.
You need to register and have an email address to really take advantage
of this service. Over 1,000,000 scholarships are in this database.
www.fcps.edu/DSSSE/Scholarships/index.htm
Fairfax County’s database of scholarships also provides an index
for a lot of financial aid information. Click on “Scholarships Currently
Available” to see scholarships with upcoming deadlines. You can
download the application right from the web site.
www.collegeboard.com/pay
Understand all your options when it comes to paying for college. You can
get the latest information about college costs, scholarships, financial
aid applications, educational loans, and college financing.
www.free-4u.com/minority.htm
This site offers a section specifically for various minority and ethnic
groups. See the home page to access scholarships sorted by major, religion,
location, athletics, and special categories.
www.eduprep.com
Over 600,000 scholarships from 9,000 sources and more are available here.
This comprehensive college planning site provides information on college
tours, ACT/SAT test preparation, loan information, and college admissions
tips.
www.fastaid.com
This site claims to be the “world’s largest and oldest private
sector scholarship database.”
www.wiredscholar.com
This site is Sallie Mae’s highly respected free scholarship search
program. It has a section for minority students—with resources and
information for all groups.
Financial Aid
U.S. Department of Education's FAFSA on the Web
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
Families may use this site to complete and submit the FAFSA Free Application
for Federal Student Aid directly over the internet. When you apply online,
your information is processed within 2 weeks, but submissions by mail
could take 4 to 6 weeks. Since you will need a PIN number and the processing
for it takes about 2 weeks, apply for it early.
FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page
http://www.finaid.org
This page (sponsored by the National Association of Student Financial
Aid Administrators) provides links to many sources of information about
student financial aid. It also includes a Scholarship Scam Alert, with
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