Financial Aid

Most students are eligible for one type or another of financial aid to help cover the cost of post-secondary schooling.

Different types can be need based or merit based.

Grants and scholarships are typically “gifts” that do not need to be repaid.

Loans do need to be repaid once the student graduates or leaves schools.

In order to be eligible for most forms of federal or institutional financial aid students must fill out the FAFSA (Free Application Federal Student Aid) form.

For more information: http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/index.htm

There are billions of dollars available every year for students. Like I tell the students, “the only scholarship you are guaranteed not to receive is the one you don't apply for.”

The Guidance Office produces a monthly newsletter called Scholarship Sitings (please set up a link – Do you want me to email these to you as they are published?) . These are scholarship applications that have been mailed directly to the Guidance Office.

Local Scholarships (available only to Wisdom students) are available in March. See the Guidance Office for the list. (We could probably do another link here?)

A quick online search will provide many websites for scholarships. DON'T GET SCAMMED . . .DO NOT PAY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP SEARCH. Most sites will provide free searches.