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College Board: Scholarship search sites and information on planning for college and the important standardized testing. You can search for colleges by interests and scholarships the same way. www.collegeboard.com
College Board Scholarship Search: This online tool will help you locate scholarships, internships, grants, and loans that match your education level, talents, and background. Complete the brief questionnaire and Scholarship Search will find potential opportunities from its database of more than 2,300 sources of college funding, totaling nearly $3 billion in available aid! bigfuture.collegeboard.org
CollegeNET: This search engine helps you quickly find the ideal college. Narrow down by region, college sports, major, tuition, and several other criteria. Review, compare, and sort schools according to exclusive, detailed profiles provided by ACT. www.collegenet.com
FastWeb: One of the Internet's leading scholarship search service, helps students make the decisions that shape their lives: choosing a college, paying for college and finding jobs during and after college. And it's all free. FastWeb lets students create a personalized profile that can be matched against their databases of colleges and scholarships. The database has over 600,000 scholarships totaling more than $1 billion. FastWeb also notifies students when new scholarships are added and application deadlines are approaching. www.fastweb.com
Federal Student Aid: Federal Government site broken up into six information sections regarding financial aid: Preparing, Choosing, Applying, Funding, Attending and Repaying. studentaid.gov
FinAid: A comprehensive annotated collection of information about student financial aid on the web. Information on loans, scholarships and military aid programs. Calculators, help in financial aid forms and applications, scholarship search feature, and free subscription to FinAid Newsletter for tips and advice. www.finaid.org
SallieMae: For more than a quarter-century, Sallie Mae has been helping students achieve their dreams of higher education by providing funds for educational loans, primarily federally guaranteed student loans originated under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). Web sections include: Plan for College, Apply for a Loan, Manage Your Loans, Find A Job, and More Financial Aid Services. www.salliemae.com
Additional Student Scholarship Links
Student Inventors Scholarships www.invent.org
Holocaust Remembrance Scholarships holocaust.hklaw.com
Ayn Rand Essay Scholarships www.aynrand.org
Guaranteed Scholarships www.guaranteed-scholarships.com
Easley National Scholarship Program www.naas.org
IES Study Abroad Scholarships www.iesabroad.org
Union Sponsored Scholarships and Aid www.unionplus.org
Federal Scholarships & Aid Gateways from Black Excel www.blackexcel.org
FAFSA on The Web usa.gov/fafsa
Aid & Resources for Re-Entry Students www.back2college.com
HBCU Packard Sit Abroad Scholarships www.sit.edu
Inroads Internships www.inroads.org
Black Alliance for Educational Options Scholarships www.baeo.org
Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford www.rhodesscholar.org
