Post on 25-Jun-2020
Naviance & Tools for Scholarship Searches
FINANCIAL AID SESSION October, 2016
Chris Franken, Ed.S.
College Planning & Assessment
Eastview High School
Develop a Scholarship Strategy
Most student aid comes in the form of federal education loans and grants from colleges, scholarships—with their lure of free money—get a huge amount of attention from students and their parents.
If you decide to invest your time in a search for scholarships, it's important to have an organized system to find, apply for, and win scholarship money.
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Systematic Approach
Start With a Personal Inventory
Consider academic, extracurricular, and career plans. Answers to these questions help determine scholarship eligibility.
Research Local Scholarships First
The smaller the geographical area a scholarship covers, the better your chances of winning.
Contact the MN Office of Higher Education – College/University based scholarship list: http://www.ohe.state.mn.us/sPages/scholarshipsAll.cfm
Look at large national scholarships such as Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), National Merit, Gates Millennium, Intel Science, Coca-Cola, etc.
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Systematic Approach (cont.)
Check Membership Organizations and Employers
Organizations of all types and sizes sponsor scholarships (religious, community service, fraternal, military, union, & professional)
And don't forget parents. Many large companies offer scholarships or tuition programs for children of employees.
Don't overlook student jobs. Employers like fast food chains, department stores, and supermarkets often give scholarships.
Use a Free Scholarship Search Service A scholarship search company collects information on hundreds of
awards and compares student characteristics with scholarship restrictions. Based on answers to a questionnaire, you will receive a list of possible scholarships. (ex: Sallie Mae scholarship search in Naviance & www.FastWeb.com)
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Systematic Approach (cont.)
Research Institutional Scholarships
The vast majority of all scholarship money is disbursed by colleges. Check out college websites, catalogs, and financial aid offices. Institutional awards can be offered on a university-wide basis, or within a particular college or major. Eligibility for such awards can be based on merit, financial need, intended major, ethnicity, or a variety of other factors.
You should never have to pay for scholarship information.
If you're asked to pay a fee for "exclusive" scholarship leads, there's a good chance your scholarship service is really a scholarship scam.
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Scholarship List Under Colleges Tab in Family Connection
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Scholarship List Under Colleges Tab in Family Connection
SallieMae Scholarship Search Colleges Tab National Scholarship Search
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FASTWEB SCHOLARSHIP SEARCH http://www.fastweb.com/
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School/Community Scholarships
Eastview Community Foundation The application is expected to be on Naviance in early Feb.
The deadline to submit will likely be in late Feb/early March.
Eagan Foundation Scholarship
Eastview seniors who live in Eagan are eligible to apply. DEADLINE to submit application last year was on February 8, 2016
http://www.eaganfoundation.org/scholarships/scholarship-program/
At Student HOME Page in Naviance
Family Connection: pages scholarship process
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about me surveys to take:
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Document Library Folder: EV SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
(to be updated before Feb. 1 for 2016)
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State Resources: MN Office of Higher Education – Paying for College www.getreadyforcollege.org
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Paying for College: How MN Families Make it
Happen, broadcast at 12:00 noon, Sunday, Oct. 9 on TPT LIFE.
http://www.ohe.state.mn.us/sPages/tptPayingForCollege.cfm
NATIONAL RESOURCES
National Assoc. of Student Financial Aid Administrators http://www.nasfaa.org/students_parents_counselors
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Avoid Scholarship Scams! Federal Trade Commission: www.ftc.gov/scholarshipscams
The FTC cautions students to look and listen for these tell-tale lines:
• The scholarship is guaranteed or your money back."
• "You can't get this information anywhere else."
• "I just need your credit card or bank account number to hold this scholarship."
• "We'll do all the work. You just pay a processing fee."
• "The scholarship will cost some money."
• "You've been selected" by a "national foundation" to receive a scholarship – or "You're a finalist" in a contest you never entered.
Thank you and Good Luck!!!