Counseling and Career Center

FINANCIAL AID PROCESS

Financial Aid is the term used for all of the opportunities you have to get assistance to pay for your post-secondary education.

THE FIRST STEP to obtaining financial aid is to apply for the FAFSA.
         Colleges, scholarship committees, and others may want to see your FAFSA results as a way to determine your need for financial aid. 

SCHOLARSHIPS are offered through many organizations.

  • HHS posts scholarships on their webpage (see right column)

  • HHS Career Center provides local scholarship applications are offered in paper form.

  • Other scholarship sites provide links to national, international and state-wide opportunities.

  • Students are sometimes nominated for scholarships that do not require them to apply.

  • Colleges and their foundations offer a wide-variety of scholarship opportunities through a single application that is filled out one you apply to attend that school. (see college/school website for application link and information.)


STUDENT LOANS are offered as a way to pay for your education, then paid back once you graduate. (see "Federal Student Aid at a glance" link below)  

GIFTS AND MORE... There are several ways that friends or relatives can contribute to a student's education costs including Cash Gifting, 529 College Fund, and even paying tuition straight to a college. Please seek financial counseling from a qualified financial advisor before choosing how you will help a student pay college to ensure that you are aware of all the risks and benefits..

PAYING FOR COLLEGE!

FAFSA

FAFSA Means - Free Application for Federal Student Aid
Online application now opens October 1st and now uses Prior-Prior Year Income information.

https://fafsa.ed.gov/

Federal Student Aid at a Glance

Do you need money for college?

https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/types

Avoid Financial Aid Fraud

Don't get scammed on your way to college!

https://studentaid.ed.gov/sites/default/files/dont-get-scammed.pdf

ACT financial planning for college

http://www.actstudent.org/finaid/

Student Scholarships & More

The largest scholarship database on the web. Find money for college as well as explore Career options.

http://www.studentscholarships.org/

Scholarship & College Headquarters

Cappex.com Create your profile and begin browsing scholarships and colleges that match your criteria. Scholarship finder shows you difficulty of application, ratio of applicants and more.

http://www.Cappex.com

What do you want to do for a living?

Explore Career Choices

http://www.mynextmove.org/

Career One Stop

Pathways to career success! Resume and Interview tips, Explore Careers, Find Scholarships and more

http://www.careeronestop.org/ResumesInterviews/ResumesInterviews.aspx

I'm First Scholarship Links

Simple list of available scholarships!

http://imfirst.org/2017/02/09/scholarship-searches/

SCHOLARSHIP LINKS

MyCollegeOptions Scholarship Search

There are $33,603,680 in scholarships that are are available by application on the My College Options website.

Do your search by visiting the website!

https://www.mycollegeoptions.org/scholarship-advanced-search.aspx?HighlightMatchPattern=scholarship-search|scholarship-advanced|scholarshipsearch&contactid=HC9FFTKN&ccode=000254043&ContactDateTime=2016-11-22