Scholarship Resources

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Access College Foundation - accesscollege.org
Provides a college advisor for high school students and their parents to help with researching higher education opportunities and filing the FAFSA

American Indian Higher Education Censortium - aihec.org
Scholarships for high school students who are of American Indian descent

ASPIRA Association - aspira.org
Scholarships for high school students who are either Puerto Rican or Latino descent

INROADS - inroads.org
Scholarships for high School students that are African American, Hispanic American, or Native American interested in business and technology

NAACP - naacp.org
Scholarships for high school students who are African American

National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering - nacme.org
Scholarships for high school students who are minorities and are interested in engineering, technology, and math based careers

National Urban League - nul.org
Scholarships for high school students that are African American and economically disadvantaged

United Negro College Fund - uncf.org
Scholarships for high school students that plan to go to historically black colleges and universities

Mometrix Test Preparation - mometrix.com
How college funding works, the types of scholarships available, how to find them and how to apply for them.

ACT - act.org
Most comprehensive site with college, career, ACT test information, and Discover career exploration

Black Excel - Blackexcel.org
A most comprehensive scholarship list for Black students, a college help package, a reference guide to 143 historically black colleges, and a medical school help package

CollegeBoard - collegeboard.org
The College Board resource for colleges, careers, financial aid/loan information, and SAT question of the day

College Stats - collegestats.org
College search, college essay help, extensive information on financial aid and scholarships, FAFSA, virtual college tours, and more

collegexpress - collegexpress.com
Private college search, colleges also can search for you, financial aid, can enter personal information to get feedback in several categories

U.S. Department of Education - ed.gov
U.S. Department of Education - click on "College Financial target="_blank" Aid;" The Student Guide, Funding Your Education, and Looking for Student Aid

Embark - embark.com
CollegeEdge serves everyone involved in the transition to higher education

EssayEdge - essayedge.com
college application essay writing advice site on the Internet plus a free application essay help course and over 100 successful essays to see as examples

FAFSA - studentaid.gov
FAFSA on the Web (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)

fastweb - fastweb.com
One of the Internet's largest free scholarship searches

finaid - finaid.org
Student Guide to Financial Aid - one of the most complete financial aid sites on the Internet

IMDiversity - IMDiversity.com
Provides minority professionals with comprehensive job seeking and career management tools

National Association for College Admission Counseling - nacacnet.org
NACAC - Parent and student info;college admissions; on-line college fairs throughout the year

My College Guide - mycollegeguide.org
College search, the common application, questions and answers about college admissions and financial aid, and financial aid information

National Junior College Athletic Association - njcaa.org
NJCAA information on scholarships and academic eligibility requirements

sallie mae - salliemae.com
Understanding financial aid and loans, scholarship search

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia - schev.edu
State Council of higher Education for Virginia (Spanish language)

Universities - universities.com
National/international college database, scholarships and grants, FAFSA information and application

Wired Scholar - wiredscholar.com
This site, operated by Sallie Mae, the educational loan lender, is another good place to start.

U.S. Air Force - airforce.com
Air Force website

Navy - navy.com
Navy website

Marines - marines.com
Marine website

U.S. Army - goarmy.com
Army website

United States Coast Guard - uscg.mil
Coast Guard website

Virginia Department of Education - doe.virginia.gov/
Virginia Department of Education website