Counseling, College, and Career Center

Sites for financial aid and scholarship information:

www.fastweb.com student questionnaire that matches scholarship awards,  updated daily
www.zinch.com scholarship website that will match the dollar amount of any scholarship awarded from their site.
http://www.schoolsoup.com largest free online data base of private and college/university specific scholarships in the United States
www.finaid.com   financial aid information, extensive
apps.collegeboard.org/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp student questionnaire, matches with scholarship awards, families can estimate contribution
www.fafsa.ed.gov  Free Application for Federal Student Aid  (FAFSA)
www.petersons.com/resources/finance.html Peterson’s Education Center financialaid info
www.princetonreview.com/college/finance Princeton Review Financial Aidhomepage
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/index.html Overview of financial aid programs. information on college planning, selection and paying for an education
www.collegenet.com    fast and simple way to find college
www.students.gov scholarships with individual qualifications all around good informational site
www.collegenet.com/mach25  excellent scholarship match site
www.csac.ca.gov California Student Aid Commission
www.nelliemae.com  “Getting ready for college.”  Student loan and financing information
www.srnexpress.com  Scholarship site
www.studentaid.ed.gov Overview of financial aid programs
www.collegesavings.org/ college savings network
www.scholarshare.com/ 529 plans for college savings
www.mappingyourfuture.biz/planyourcareer/ information on college planning, selection and paying for an education
www.brokeScholar.com Scholarship site
www.societyforscience.org/sts Intel Talent Search, pretigious science competition and scholarship
www.scholarshiphelp.org Good site to help you with the complicated process of finding additional scholarship money
www.nasfaa.org/Home.asp this is the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrator's site and it is full of tips on financial aid
www.fastap.org a large private sector scholarship database
www.ftc.gov/scholarshipscams how to avoid scholarship scams
www.glennmiller.org scholarships for music majors
www.orphan.org scholarship for Foster youth or orphans
www.iefa.org resource for financial aid, college scholarship and grant information for US and international students wishing to study abroad.
www.chafee.csac.ca.gov/default.aspx financial aid for Foster Youth
www.scholarshipsandgrants.us/high-school-scholarships/ lots of major specific scholarships, very comprehensive site
www.militaryta.com/state_education_benefits/california-college-tuition-fee-waivers-for-veterans-dependents.shtml California College Tuition Fee Waivers for Veterans dependents
www.finaid.org/scholarships/scams.phtml good tips on what to avoid

   For Minorities     

www.hispanicfund.org/ Hipanic resource for college aid
www.fie.com/?404=Y Minority aid
www.collegefund.org/ American Indain Fund
www.uncf.org/scholarships/index.asp United Negro College Fund
www.aihec.org/ American Indian Higher Education Consortium
www.hillel.org/index Jewish resource for colleges
www.hsf.net/ Hispanic scholarships
www.hacu.net/hacu/Default_EN.asp Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
www.nativeculturelinks.com/education.html Tribal Colleges, Native Studies Programs and Indian education
www.blackexcel.org/100minority.htm 200 schoolarship for minorities
www.littleafrica.com/resources/scholarships.htm  
www.uncf.org/scholarships/index.asp United Negro College Fund
www.thesalliemaefund.org/smfnew/scholarship_directory/index.html more than 300 scholarships for black students
www.collegefund.org/ American Indian Fund
www.finaid.org/otheraid/minority.phtml minority aid site
www.free-4u.com/minority.htm Minority scholarship site
www.maldef.org /education/scholarships.htm Mexican American Legal Defense Fund Scholarships
www.uspaacc.com/programs/scholarship_program.asp   
Asian American Scholarships
www.gmsp.org Gates Millenium Scholarships
http://blackstudents.blacknews.com comprehensive list of sholarships for black students
www.chci.org/chityouth/scholarship/scholarship.html Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
www.free-4u.com/minority.htm Minority scholarship site
www.trpi.org information on over 325 sources that offer scholarships to Latino students
www.ronbrown.org/home.aspx Scholarship site for African-Americans