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Editor's Pick: Financial Aid Favorites

 

FastWeb
http://www.fastweb.com/
Students create a custom scholarship profile and are notified as new scholarships become available. Fastweb provides educators with free handouts and flyers to use with students.

 

Federal Student Aid (FSA) Information Center
http://www.studentaid.ed.gov/
The U.S. Department of Education's main portal for students seeking financial aid.

 

Federal Student Aid (FSA) for Counselors
http://ifap.ed.gov/FSACounselors/clcf/main.html
FSA for Counselors provides free scripts and slides to use with students and parents for a "Financial Aid Night." A number of free handouts and publications are also available.

 

Financial Aid Resources

Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis (CHEPA)
http://www.usc.edu/dept/chepa/
"The Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis (CHEPA) brings a multidisciplinary perspective to complex social, political, and economic issues in higher education."

Direct Loans
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/DirectLoan/index.html
"The U.S. Department of Education's Direct Loan Program provides loans to help students pay for education after high school. The Department of Education acts as a lender, providing funds for Stafford loans (for students) and PLUS loans (for parents) in the same amounts as the Stafford and PLUS loans offered through the Federal Family Education Loan Program. (In the FFEL Program banks and other private lenders provide these loans.)"

Direct Loan Servicing
http://www.dlssonline.com/index.asp
"Make online payments, view your account balances and payment history, change your billing options, enroll in electronic services and much more."

Direct Loan Consolidation
http://www.loanconsolidation.ed.gov/
"The Higher Education Act (HEA) provides for a loan consolidation program under both the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Programs and the Direct Loan Program. Under these programs, a borrower's loans are paid off and a new consolidation loan is created. These programs simplify loan repayment by combining several types of Federal education loans (that may have different terms and repayment schedules or may have been made by different lenders) into one new loan. The interest rate may be lower than on one or more of the underlying loans. In addition, the monthly payment amount on a consolidation loan is usually lower and the amount of time to repay may be extended beyond what was available in the separate loan programs."

Ed.gov Financial Aid
http://www.ed.gov/finaid/landing.jhtml
Financial aid information from the U.S. Department of Education Web site.

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
U.S. Department of Education Free Application for Federal Student Aid Web Site.

Federal Student Aid Video conference Series
http://www.edvideo.ddlomni.com/
U.S. Department of Education Federal Student Aid Video-On-Demand Presentations.

FinAid
http://www.finaid.org/
"FinAid was established in the fall of 1994 as a public service. This award-winning site has grown into the most comprehensive annotated collection of information about student financial aid on the web." Funding Your Education http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/FYE/index.html "Funding Your Education, an introductory publication for students below the senior year in high school, provides general information about the U.S. Department of Education's federal student financial aid programs and how to apply for them."

Gates Millennium Scholars
http://www.gmsp.org/
"The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS), funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was established in 1999 to provide outstanding African American, American Indian/Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific Islander Americans, and Hispanic American students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education, in all discipline areas and a graduate education for those students pursuing studies in mathematics, science, engineering, education, or library science."

HBCU Connect Scholarship Entries
http://hbcuconnect.com/cgi-bin/scholarships.cgi
Scholarships for students planning to attend a Historically Black College or University.

Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP)
http://www.ifap.ed.gov/IFAPWebApp/index.jsp
"The IFAP online library contains technical publications, regulations, and policy guidelines on the administration of the Federal Student Aid programs."

KnowHow2Go.org
http://www.knowhow2go.org/
Information and resources for college-bound students.

The National Student Loan Data System
http://www.nslds.ed.gov/
"The National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) is the U.S. Department of Education's central database for student aid. It receives data from schools, agencies that guaranty loans, the Direct Loan program, the Pell Grant program, and other U.S. Department of Education programs."

The Princeton Review - Financial Aid
http://princetonreview.com/college/finance/
Scholarship search and financial aid information from The Princeton Review.

School Code Search
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/fotw0506/fslookup.htm
"You can use the Federal School Code Search to search for a Federal School Code, if you do not know the code for a school, or verify a Federal School Code, if you think you know the code for a school, but you are not sure."

Students.gov
http://www.students.gov/STUGOVWebApp/index.jsp
"Your comprehensive information portal providing answers to your questions on education, career, government and more."

United Negro College Fund
http://www.uncf.org/
"The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is the nation's largest, oldest, most successful and most comprehensive minority higher education assistance organization. UNCF provides operating funds and technology enhancement services for 39 member historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), scholarships and internships for students at about 900 institutions and faculty and administrative professional training."

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