Resources & Links

The following sites may be of assistance to you in your search for college scholarship and financial aid information.

College Admissions

• National Association for College Admission Counseling
• Affordable Colleges Online
• About Affordable Colleges Online
• Online Colleges in Virginia

College and Career Literature

• International Business Times: Educate Your Children And Live Longer: US Study
• The Atlantic The Most Important Lesson for Young People in College
• The New York Times Who Gets to Graduate?
• Financing Your Child’s Future: Will you be able to afford their College Education?
• American Educational Research Association College Selectivity and Degree Completion
  
• Huff Post Education
• Politico: Strengthening the College Track

College Prep Sites

• CollegeBoard.com
• Go College
• TestPreview.com
• Free Test Prep

Dual Enrollment

• APS/NOVA Partnership
• NOVA High School Dual Enrollment

Federal Sites

• Think College
• HHS Grants List

State Site

• State Council of Higher Education for Virginia

Financial Aid

• FAFSA
• SallieMae
• Scholarship Scams!
• Scholarships.com
• College-Scholarships.com
• Fastweb.com
• collegescholarships.com
• The Scholarship Page
• The Scholarship Workshop
• ScholarshipHelp.org
• The Simple Dollar
• Scholarship Guide
• Dollars for College Toolkit

Foundations & Scholarship Providers

• National Merit Scholarship Corporation
• The Scholastic, Inc. Art and Writing Awards

General Information

• Increase Economic Mobility by Busting College Myths
• The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid – links to: scholarships, grants, loans, graduate aid
• Federal Student Aid – information from the U.S. Dept. of Ed. on preparing for and funding education beyond high school

Military Sites

• U.S Coast Guard Academy
• U.S. Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation 

Scholarship Programs and Searches

• www.varsitytutors.com/college-scholarship – Varsity Tutors holds a monthly $1,000 college scholarship contest where students write an essay inresponse to a monthly prompt.
  • ACT: www.varsitytutors.com/free-act-resources
  • SAT: www.varsitytutors.com/free-sat-resources
• www.fastweb.com– create a profile and let fastweb do the research for you
• www.cashcourse.org– information for college students to stay financially informed
• www.cksf.org– educational & scholarship opportunities for students of all levels
• www.cappex.com– free website where you learn which colleges want you, before you apply
• www.scholarships.com– free college scholarship search and financial aid information
• www.scholarshipamerica.org – providesinformation and resources for your scholarship search
• www.meritaid.com– free source for $11 billion in merit aid scholarships from 1,000s of colleges
• www.brokescholar.com– find scholarships and use tools to stay organized and make the process easier
• www.knowhow2go.org– complete information on college prep, whether in middle school or seniors
• www.hsf.net– largest provider of college financial aid for Latino students
• www.latinocollegedollars.org – scholarshipinformation for Latino students
• www.thurgoodmarshallfund.net – providescholarships, programmatic and capacity building support to the 47 public Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
• www.gmsp.org– The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) Program provides outstanding low income AfricanAmerican, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American, andHispanic American students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduatecollege education in any discipline they choose
• www.apiasf.org/scholarship_apiasf.html – thenation’s largest non-profit organization devoted to providing collegescholarships for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI)
• www.collegefund.org– provides Native students with scholarships and financial support for thenation’s 33 accredited tribal colleges and universities
• www.dellscholars.org– Dell Scholars Program recognizes academic potential and determination instudents that have a definite need for financial assistance
• www.uncf.org– awards 10,000 students each year through 400 scholarship and internshipprograms so that students from low- and moderate-income families can affordcollege tuition, books and room and board
• www.zinch.com– connect with scholarships and learn about colleges
• https://www.goodcall.com/scholarships/ – one of the largest databases of scholarshipson the web and unlike others it requires nopersonal information and it’s free to use
• https://www.mastersinaccounting.info/resources/accounting-scholarships/ – accounting scholarship resources