EmPowerment21/P-20 EmPowerment21/P-20 InitiativeInitiativePaying For College/Financial Aid/FAFSA

ADMISSIONS MATTERSADMISSIONS MATTERSiPad Presentation!!! Bowl Tickets…Reality Check Google Searches ExamplesStrategies To Get the Best Aid Packagehttp://www.OfftoCollege.com/FAFSA (

http://www.finaid.org/fafsa/video.phtml)Paying Taxes on Financial AidGov’t direct loan program (forgiveness 10-

yr)Military VA Scholarships – DependentsGood Websites to Review1-800-4-FED-AID or “hand-holding”10 Things You Gotta Know – revisited

Reality CheckReality Check$ Based On The People You Hang AroundDon’t Forget Why Education (Job or L/S?)Hot Majors (pg 38)HBCU/HSIPaying for College

◦Exact match (School Specific Scholarship)◦Not an exact match, BUT!!! ◦Find Schools who are looking for you◦Scholarship mining at schools you REALLY

want to attend

Strategies To Get Best Aid Strategies To Get Best Aid PkgPkgLay Your Groundwork Early (pg 84)Target Your ApplicationsAsk For AidDon’t Stop w/FAFSABeat The DeadlineWeigh The Aid Package (Ratio)Loans/Grants/Work

Study/EntrepreneursFinal OfferMind The Gap/Appeal

Google examples junior college scholarships texas

◦ Click “Texas Scholarship” and scroll to”◦ Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program (TASSP)

(not encouraging you to join the military, but some of you are going to, SO….!!!)

xerox scholarship◦ Shell◦ IBM, etc.

Google Search IdeasGoogle Search Ideas

Website Resources to Website Resources to ReviewReview 5 Reasons why scholarships are essential

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/the-scholarship-coach/2011/7/7/5-reasons-why-scholarships-are-essential.html

Paying for college http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college

Where should I start my search? http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-admissions-experts/2011/05/18/where-should-i-start-my-scholarship-search

Twitter Handles for scholarships http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/the-scholarship-coach/2012/08/02/10-more-twitter-handles-for-scholarship-seekers

More Website Resources to More Website Resources to ReviewReview Paying for college without going broke 

https://www.google.com/search?q=paying+for+college+without+going+broke&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari 

Paying for college without parentshttp://www.ehow.com/how_5967061_pay-college-parents.html

 http://money.msn.com/saving-money-tips/post.aspx?post=fdb60dc9-015a-45a5-bc97-5e90f5d1e4c6

  Financial Aid

Wikihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_financial_aid_in_the_United_States

Review the outline (esp "No-Loan financial aid”)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholarship