Online Electronic Book
Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans: A Guide to Education-Related Financial Aid Programs for Students and Professionals (click here)
An online e-book that can be used to find scholarships. An online dictionary is also available here.
Click here for instruction on using this e-book.
Websites related to FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
FAFSA on the Web
Fill out a free application for federal student aid.
www.fafsa.ed.gov
Funding Education Beyond High School
Includes comprehensives details on programs for federal student aid.
www.studentaid.ed.gov/guide
College Preparation Checklist
Aimed at parents, elementary and secondary students, this website offers suggestion for how to prepare for college academically and financially.
http://studentaid.ed.gov/collprep
Do You Need Money for College? Federal Student Aid at a Glance
An overview of federal aid, student eligibility, programs, and the application process.
http://studentaid.ed.gov/pubs
College.gov on YouTube
See over 60 videos with advice from students who are currently attending college.
www.youtube.com/collegedotgov
Websites
http://www.finaidfacts.org/scholarships.htm
A site that offers updated and clear advice on scholarships.
http://www.college.gov
A student designed website that features first-person accounts of how students are able to prevail against the obstacles of peer pressure, financial problems, and an absence of family support, while at the same time achieving their academic goals.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php
US News devotes a webpage to ranking the different colleges. See which one you want to attend.
http://www.ifap.ed.gov
Find the Federal School Code List on the Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP) here starting on
November 1, 2007.
www.collegenet.com
Search a $1.6 million scholarship database.
www.financialaid.com
Step-by-step approach to scholarship searching and securing a loan.
www.scholarships101.com
Scholarship search engine, government program information and links to other helpful sites.
www.absolutelyscholarships.com
A free, personalized scholarship search that matches you to scholarships best suited to your background and interests.
www.collegelink.com
Browse scholarships by award name, school, organization and category.
www.fsapubs.org
Publications and information dealing with financial aid.
http://nces.ed.gov
The Institute of Education Statistics offers a wide variety of data on different colleges, and has a search engine that functions
quite similarly to Google's
Additional websites to note:
www.scholoarships.com
www.scholarships101.com
www.collegequest.com
www.fastaid.com
www.gocollege.com
www.fastweb.com
www.scholaraid.com
www.studentaid.ed.gov
www.collegeboard.com
www.college.gov
www.acenet.edu www.scholarships.cps.k12.il.us |