Scholarships Funding Higher Education Lisa Goss Casper College Scholarship and VA Coordinator
[email protected] 307-268-2510
Helpful Websites • Federal Aid-FAFSA: www.fafsa.ed.gov – Remember students only have 12 semesters or equivalent to use federal aid. • State Aid-Hathaway Calculator http://www.wyo4ed.org/ hathaway-scholarship – Student can check to make sure they are on track.
• Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education WICHE: http://www.wiche.ed u/studentExchange – Check to see which schools outside of Wyoming participate.
• College you are attending: http://www.commun itycolleges.wy.edu/h ome.aspx
Online Scholarship Management Systems • Online applications for students • Students can apply for multiple scholarships at once. • Students can check status of scholarship they have applied for.
Free Internet Scholarship Search Engines: • FinAid on the Web: www.finaid.org • Student Aid on the Web: www.studentaid.ed.gov • College Board: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/scholarship-search • FastWeb: www.fastweb.com • Scholarship Resource Network Express: www.srnexpress.com • GoCollege: The Collegiate Websource: www.gocollege.com
Limiting Scholarships? • Guidelines set by the federal government, for all Title IV schools • Title IV schools? Award federal aid, Pell Grant, FSEOG, Direct Loans. • FAFSA determines Unmet need vs. Unmet Cost • Scholarships vary, so limitations can vary based on types of aid • Students can have too much money. Colleges may have to adjust aid not to excess COA.
COA (varies) EFC (FAFSA no change) = Unmet Need Pell Grant = Unmet Need = Unmet Cost Hathaway = Unmet Need = Unmet Cost
11692 3500 8192 1500 6692 10192 3200 3492 6992
Limitations can vary based on types of aid the student is receiving. Federal aid, State Aid, External aid, and Institutional aid.
QUESTIONS? Lisa Goss Casper College Gateway Room 316 307-268-2510
[email protected]
