Local Scholarship News - Updated 12/18/2009

Check on your state award

This site is maintained by the U.S. Department of Education.

Comprehensive site with a database of over 600,000 scholarships. Complete a questionnaire and Fast Web will give you a list of scholarships for which you are eligible.

Financial aid application service of the College Board - member colleges, universities, graduate/professional schools, and scholarship programs use the information collected on PROFILE to help them award nonfederal student aid funds.

Vast source of all types of financial information – regularly updated, objective.

Overall basic info; how to get money for school, what parents need to know, and a financial need estimator.

Another site the College Board offers with helpful guidance for parents.

Financial aid site includes scholarship and loan information.

The Princeton Review's Aid Comparison Calculator helps you assess the financial aid award letters you receive from schools.

This is a tool offered by the College Board for a comparison of the quantity and quality of your aid.

Run by the Federal Trade Commission this is a valuable site to help parents and students avoid unethical providers.