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Financial Aid Links:
Before the senior year:
Families may want to get an estimate of how much
college will cost and their expected family
contributions. The following websites can assist
families calculate an estimated financial aid:
www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov
www.collegeboard.com/student/pay/add-it-up/401.html
http://act.org/fane/index.html
www.mappingyourfuture.org/money/budgetcalculator.htm
Applying for Financial Aid:
To be considered for financial aid students must
complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
This is the only approved application students and
parents should use to apply for federal, state, and
institutional financial aid.
Step one:
register at
www.fafsa.ed.gov
Step two: Obtain a PIN
access code at
www.PIN.ed.gov
Step three: complete FAFSA
on the web worksheet after January 1st.
Keep all financial aid papers in one
place for easy referencing…
Michigan Financial Aid Programs:
Funding and program requirements for
all programs are subject to legislative changes. Visit
www.michigan.gov/studentaid
for updated information. This website also has
information regarding the programs below.
Michigan Promises
Scholarship:
www.Michigan.gov/promise
Michigan Competitive Scholarship
Michigan
Tuition Grant
Michigan
Education Opportunity Grant
Adult Part-Time Grant
Michigan Work-Study
Michigan Nursing Scholarship
Children of Veterans Tuition Grant
Tuition Incentive Program:
Education and Training Voucher
Police Officer’s and Fire Fighter’s Survivor Tuition
Act
Michigan Rehabilitation Services
Programs for Native Americans:
Michigan Indian Tuition Waiver:
www.itcmi.org
Bureau of Indian
Affairs:
www.oiep.bia.edu
Federal Financial Aid Programs:
Funding and program
requirements for all programs are subject to legislative
changes. Visit
www.studentaid.ed.gov
for updated information. This website also has
information regarding the programs below.
Federal Pell Grant Program
Academic Competitiveness Grant Program
National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain
Talent (SMART)
TEACH Grant program
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
Federal Work-Study
Federal Loans
Federal Perkins Loans
Federal Stafford and PLUS Loans
Subsidized Federal Stafford Loan
Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loan
Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship
Special/Federal Leveraging Education Assistance
Partnership
Youth in Transition
Federal Health and Human Services Programs
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technology Education Act
of 2006
Military Tuition Support Programs
Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and Michigan
National Guard
Education Tax Credit
Scholarships:
A list of National and
State scholarships will be given to students in early
December. Any other Scholarships received by the
counseling office will be announced to students to pick
up in the office.
A list of Local Scholarships and
applications will be given to qualified seniors in
March. Students typically have three to four weeks to
complete these applications and return them to the
counseling office.
Scholarship searches can be a useful
tool when looking for assistance. Please be advised that
these searches should be free. You should not have to
pay a fee or give a bank account number to apply for or
to hold a scholarship. A list of scholarship web sites
is provided below.
www.michigan.gov/studentaid
www.mappingyourfuture.org
www.scholarshipforhispanics.org
www.uncf.org
www.internationalscholarships.com
www.collegeboard.com
www.thomsonpeterson.com
www.fastweb.org
Other helpful websites:
http://www.salliemae.com/
www.eduguide.org
www.collegeanswer.com/global/registration
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