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
Dual Enrollment
Federal Sites
State Site
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
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
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.
- 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
- http://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
- http://www.mastersinaccounting.info/resources/accounting-scholarships/ – accounting scholarship resources
