Financial Aid Ovierview Video: https://youtu.be/kbJ55UWMEFE

 

 

Federal Student Aid is on social media!  Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube

 

Federal Student Aid Webite: https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/

 

Federal Aid at a Glance handout click here.

 

Free Financial Aid Mentoring: Next Gen Vest provides 1:1 financial aid mentoring and support from current college students around the country.  Who better to guide you through the process than someone who recently completed it?  Just text 646-798-1745 and say “I want help paying for college,” or visit their website https://www.nextgenvest.com/.  You can also access Next Gen Vest's suggested financial aid timeline along with other great suggestions here.

 

Adventures in Education is great tool with financial aid and college planning information: http://www.aie.org/

 

Colleges That Meet 100% Need: Many colleges now commit to providing an award package that will meet 100% student need.  Keep in mind this can include work-study programs and summer commitments.  Some schools also factor loans into their award package.  List of schools available here.

 

College Costs: http://collegecost.ed.gov/

 

Café College: This is a fantastic resource in San Antonio that provides all services for FREE!  They offer regular workshops to assist with post-secondary planning and accessing financial aid. 

 

Here is an interesting article about financial aid for higher-income families: https://www.petersons.com/college-search/financial-aid-higher-income.aspx.

 

Every Chance Every Texan has all types of resources for Texas students, including scholarship info: http://www.everychanceeverytexan.org/

 

United States Department of Education blog: http://blog.ed.gov/

 

Visual maps/Infographics of the aid process: http://visual.ly/users/federalstudentaid/portfolio

 

 

 

 

Need to create a FAFSA ID? https://fsaid.ed.gov/

 

For an awesome list of federal resources regarding the 2017-18 FAFSA, click here.

 

Want to estimate your financial aid eligibility?  Try using the FAFSA4caster.

 

Who is my parent on the FAFSA? https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/sites/default/files/who-is-my-parent.png

 

 

 

 

You may still be eligible for financial aid in the state of Texas even if you are unable to complete a FAFSA due to citizenship status.  Learn more about the TAFSA here.

 

DACA assistance, application, and renewal: https://www.raicestexas.org/pages/daca

 

Dream Act information: https://www.texastribune.org/tribpedia/dream-act/about/ and https://dreamact.info/students/in-state/texas

 

 

 

NEISD Scholarship Database: http://blogs.neisd.net/scholarship/

Alamo Colleges Foundation Scholarships Application - If you are planning to attend one of the Alamo Colleges, don't forget to apply for scholarship consideration here: www.alamo.edu/foundation/scholarships

ALIR Scholarship $4,500 scholarship is intended to assist a graduating high school senior in achieving post high school education or training. Application is linked at bottom of the page.

 

 

 

Cafe College Scholarship Brochure available here.

 

Food Service - If you have an interest in food service or have done volunteer work in this field (i.e. food bank, soup kitchen, etc.), then you might want to consider applying for this scholarship.  Info is here, and application is here. 

 

Guaranteed Scholarships is a site listing aid that is guaranteed at various colleges if you meet certain criteria.  Check it out here: http://www.guaranteed-scholarships.com/.

 

JLV College Counseling is a fantastic site administered by a College Counselor.  There are tons of great resources here!

 

Military Affiliation Scholarships - If your family has a military affiliation, you can often find scholarships via that route.  Here is one to check out: http://randolphosc.wixsite.com/randolphosc/scholarship-criteriainformation

PDK Prospective Educator Scholarships: http://pdkintl.org/programs-resources/scholarships-awards/prospective-educator-scholarships/

 

San Antonio Area Foundation offers several scholarship opportunities.  The site is usually updated in the fall.

 

Raise.me is a newer platform where you can create a profile that tracks your accomplishments and pairs that information up with various universities that offer scholarships for such accomplishments.

 

Jose Navarro Distinguished Scholarship Award - available here: http://friendsofcasanavarro.org/scholarship-instruction-and-application-2016/  

 

Scholarships by College Major - there are several scholarships available by intended major. Please see the attachments at the bottom of the page for these resources.

 

San Antonio Desk and Derrick Scholarship - for students have at least a 3.0 GPA http://saddc.org/?page_id=7

 

Association for Learning Environments Scholarship - $2000 award for "students planning to study in a field related to the Architecture, Engineering (i.e. Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, or Architectural, etc.) and Construction industry (AEC) as well as related disciplines such as Interior Design, Information Technologies, Computer-Aided Design, etc. as they relate to building design, construction and related careers."  Application is here.

 

AT&T oxyGEN Scholarship for students interested in pursuing studies in the STEM field. Application and information are available here:

 https://ebiznet.sbc.com/oxygen/oxy/scholarship/index.html