- Obtaining scholarships requires a lot
of work on your part. You are unique and the scholarships
each student might qualify for are different. School personnel
can tell you where to look, but you must spend a great deal of
time and energy researching and applying for scholarships.
- Make excellent grades beginning in ninth grade.
- Participate in extra-curricular activities
and volunteer for leadership positions beginning in ninth grade.
- Participate in community activities.
- Carefully read All
about Scholarships and Financial Aid each year beginning in
ninth grade. Once is not enough because you will forget.
- Carefully read all about the HOPE
Scholarship each year beginning in the ninth grade. Once is
not enough because you will forget.
- Look at every website listed at the
bottom of All about Financial Aid.
- Create an account at Upromise
-- free money for everbody regardless of GPA or financial
need.
- Create an account at Fastweb
-- Scholarship opportunites will be emailed to you based on
your profile.
- Create an account at GaCollege411
and USE IT. Read all the information
found in the Financial Aid Tab.
- Research scholarships offered by the
colleges that you are interested in.
- Have a written list of colleges that you
are interest in by the end of your junior year.
- Look on their websites and catalogs for
their unique scholarships.
- Contact the colleges' financial aid and
admissions offices and ask about scholarships.
- By the end of the eleventh grade year,
have a written list of scholarships that you plan to apply for.
Sources:
- During Fall of your senior year, continue to
research scholarships and add to your list. Continually check
the counseling department scholarship listings for updates.
- Apply to scholarships before the due date.
- Complete the HOPE application on www.gacollege411.
(Financial Aid tab -> Applications -> GSFAPPS)
- Have you and your parents income tax information ready as soon
as possible after January 1 of your senior year.
- Apply for the FAFSA as soon as possible
afer January 1 of your senior year.
- Do this whether you think you will qualify
for financial need or not. Trust us on this -- do it.
- Apply for FAFSA through your gacollege411
account. (Financial Aid Tab -> Applications.)
- If you do not complete the FAFSA through
your gacollege411 account, and we don't know why you wouldn't,
DO NOT go to www.fafsa.com. The correct address is www.fafsa.gov
(.gov - not .com) The .com address will try to take your
money. The FAFSA is free!!
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