Articles in Financial Aid News
5 Online Financial Aid Calculators You Need To Know About
by Mara Strom Unless your last name is Rockefeller, you’ll need to think long and hard about the expense of your college education. Even though more than 90% of college grads say their degree was “worth it,” the cost can still be staggering. If you’re in college — or planning to attend — here are […]
FAFSA Workshop – Part 4: Determining Your FAFSA Deadline
Welcome to part 4 of the Financial Aid Finder’s five-part FAFSA Workshop. If you want to catch up on parts 1-3, follow these links: Essential FAFSA Documents FSA ID Today, I am focusing on FAFSA deadlines. You would think that with something like a deadline, this post would be pretty short. But the reality is, […]
FAFSA Workshop Part 2: The FSA ID
Welcome to part two of the Financial Aid Finder’s online FAFSA workshop. (Go here to read Part 1: The Essential Document Checklist .) The FAFSA is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and it is your key to unlocking the treasure chest of federal financial aid. In order to help you maximize your student […]
FAFSA Workshop Part 3: Common Blunders on the FAFSA Application
Welcome to part 3 of the Financial Aid Finder’s five-part FAFSA Workshop. As the month of February winds its way down, many of you have just days or weeks left to finish up your FAFSA. In the first two weeks of our series, we gave you a list of the Essential FAFSA Documents and talked […]
FAFSA Workshop – Part 5: Frequently Asked Questions
Welcome to the final part of the Financial Aid Finder’s five-part FAFSA Workshop. If you want to catch up on parts 1-4, follow these links: Essential FAFSA Documents FSA ID Common FAFSA Blunders FAFSA Deadlines Well, we have arrived at the final installment of our FAFSA workshop. For some of you, this may no longer […]
FAFSA Workshop – Part 1: Essential Document Checklist
Welcome to the Financial Aid Finder’s online FAFSA workshop. The FAFSA is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, which is your key to the treasure chest of federal (and even some state) financial aid for college. If you want to qualify for federal student loans, federal grants (that’s free money, people!) or federal work-study […]
Free Help with Completing FAFSA Available
Are you struggling to finish your Free Application for Federal Student Aid? The FAFSA was shortened a bit this year, but that federal form is no doubt still a bit tricky and time consuming. Yet, without a completed FAFSA, you are not eligible for any federal aid, including grants, loans and work-study. If you’d like […]
RentHop College and University Scholarship Program (Deadline: December 1, 2015)
Who can Apply: The RentHop Apartment Scholarship awards $3000 a year to eligible undergraduate students in bachelors and associate degree programs in the US who demonstrate the ambition, diligence, leadership, and an entreprenuerial spirit that is central to our company culture. You must be a current student in an eligible undergraduate program, working towards a […]
Scholarship Friday: Americanism Essay Scholarship, Biomedical Science Scholarship, and Vanguard Minority Scholarship
Are you here for your weekly dose of great scholarship opportunities with upcoming deadlines? Then you’re in the right place! There is no more productive way to spend your weekend than applying for a handful of scholarships. I recently read that earning money for college through scholarships is a numbers game — the more you […]
Scholarship Announcements: Life Lessons, American Foreign Service, Hero Scholarships
TGIF, scholarship seekers. Hope you are enjoying some great weather wherever you are. We had our first 80-degree day since September, and it was bliss! Of course, if you are seeking free money for college, you might have to spend a couple of hours inside this gorgeous weekend to work on your applications. I’m making […]
