Financial Aid
FAFSA
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is an on-line application (http://fafsa.gov) which seniors should complete to make themselves eligible for federal, state, and college-based financial aid such as grants, loans, and work study. Each year the FAFSA can be completed after October 1st for graduating seniors who will be attending college the following school year. Each student's deadline to complete the FAFSA may be unique depending upon the colleges in which they have applied or intend to apply. Therefore, students should check with their colleges of interest to discover each school's priority FAFSA deadline. Seniors should target the earliest FAFSA deadline for their colleges of interest. For questions regarding the FAFSA call 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243) and/or contact your college's financial aid office directly.
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
Additional PHEAA Resource:
Financial Aid Tutorial Videos & Powerpoints for Students & Parents/Guardians
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Understanding College Financial Aid Award Letters & Covering Costs PowerPoint, Click HERE!
ESHS-SOUTH FINANCIAL AID NIGHT
Every year, a Financial Aid Night is conducted by the East Stroudsburg High School South Guidance Department to provide seniors and their parents with an orientation regarding the financial aid process and types of aid available. Our guest speaker, Michael Burke, is a representative of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) Access Partner. A link to both the presentation & PowerPoint from the October 11th, 2021 presentation is listed below.
Financial Aid Presentation - East Stroudsburg Senior High School - South, Tuesday, October 1st, 6-8PM
SCHOLARSHIP SEARCH SITES
bigfuture.collegeboard.org - Free scholarship search
www.blackexcel.org/ - Free minority scholarship search
www.collegenet.com/mach25/app - Database of over 600,000 awards totaling over $1.6 billion
www.collegetreasure.com/scholarengine.html - Free scholarship search
www.educationplanner.org/ Premier college and career planning website, national college search, essay writer, resume writer, college admission and decision guidance, financial aid information, calculators for EFC and loan repayment, free scholarship search and much more!
www.edumed.org/financial-aid/african-american-student-scholarships-resources/ Scholarships and resources for African American students
www.fastweb.com - Free scholarship search
www.finaid.org Information about scholarship process, financial aid, scholarship scams, and links to fastweb.com scholarship base
www.financialfinder.com List of scholarships and financial aid information
www.hsf.net Hispanic Scholarship Fund
www.iefa.org International Education Financial Aid. The IEFA Center offers financial aid, college scholarships, grants and awards search for international students studying abroad.
www.internationalscholarships.com Information on financial aid, college scholarships and international scholarships for students wishing to study abroad.
www.naacp.org/page/s/scholarship2 NAACP scholarship information and application
https://scholars.horatioalger.org/ - Honors the achievements of outstanding individuals in our society who have succeeded in spite of adversity and who are committed to supporting young people in pursuit of increased opportunities through higher education. 18 million awarded annually.
FINANCIAL AID RESOURCE SITES
PHEAA.org - PHEAA's main website for financial aid; students can create accounts, complete forms, check program status and more.
fafsa.gov - Official website for completing the FAFSA online, checking the status of the FAFSA and making corrections.
fafsa4caster: http://fafsa.ed.gov/FAFSA/app/f4cForm?execution=e2s1 - Provides an Estimated Family Contribution (EFC) and eligility for federal student aid
http://fsaid.ed.gov- Official site for students and parents to create a necessary FAFSA ID which is used to access and sign the FAFSA as well as on-line loan documents.
studentloans.gov - Official site for applying for federal student and parent loans
studentaid.ed.gov - U.S. Department of Education web portal for information on preparing and funding education beyond high school
aes.Success.org - Students can create an account, manage student loans, learn about repayment, deferments, etc., get forms and student loan information.
