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Financial Aid
- GoCollege: The Collegiate Websource - This site offers a college search feature, financial aid information, and also a scholarship database.
- Kaplan - Information on college admissions, SAT, PSAT, ACT, financial aid, and tips for success.
- Mapping Your Future - Provides college, career, and financial aid information and services.
- New Jersey Commission on Higher Education - Many links to valuable information about higher education in New Jersey, including financial aid.
- FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) - You may use this online form to file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
- Completing the FAFSA - This is an introductory publication for students providing instructions on how to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) either online or on paper. This publication is available online only.
- PIN Web Site -- U.S. Dept. of Education - The PIN (Personal Identification Number) serves as your identifier to let you access your personal information in various U.S. Department of Education systems.
- New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority - This site offers information about New Jersey's grants, scholarships, and loan programs. Information is also available on how to apply for student aid.
- NJ STARS Program - This site provides information regarding the New Jersey Student Assistance Reward Scholarship (NJ STARS).
- Student Loan Game Plan, an interactive educational resource, demonstrates how student loan debt may affect your financial future. It provides personalized real-time results and lets you develop an action plan.
- The Student Loan Guide provides general student loan information to assist students and their families in planning and paying for a post-secondary education through the use of student loans.
- Reach Higher, a guide for choosing a future college or career path.
- NJ BEST - Web site of New Jersey's 529 college savings plan.
- College Board--Paying for College - Many useful features regarding financial aid including: 529 plans, student loans, comparing financial aid awards, and a scholarship search.
- CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE - Online version of the CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE. PROFILE is a financial aid application service of the College Scholarship Service (CSS), the financial aid division of the College Board. Many colleges, universities, graduate and professional schools, and scholarship programs use the information collected on PROFILE to help them award nonfederal student aid funds.
- Expected Family Contribution (EFC) Calculator - This site is provided by the College Board Online, this site helps you compute your expected family contribution instantaneously.
- Fastweb - A financial aid search through the World Wide Web.
- Federal Student Aid (FSA) - A one-stop web site for learning all about the financial aid process, from pre-college to repayment.
- High School Counselor's Handbook (for Federal Student Aid) - This handbook describes the major federal student aid programs from the U.S. Department of Education. It includes an extensive section on completing the FAFSA and lists useful telephone numbers, publications, and web sites about student aid.
- FinAid! - A very comprehensive and objective guide to student financial aid. Includes the EFC Estimation Form.
- FTC Guide Regarding Scholarship Scams - The Federal Trade Commission's guide to protecting yourself from scholarship fraud.
- Looking For Student Aid - Information and links regarding federal, state, and other sources of financial aid information. Also information regarding scholarship/financial aid fraud.
- National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) - This site offers information regarding student financial aid, including an informative slide show and hand-outs for students and parents.
- Nellie Mae Inc. - A service dedicated to the explanation of college loan progams and the planning of college finance.
- Office of Postsecondary Education--Information for Students - This Web site provides links to on-line publications that explain major federal student aid programs, maximum awards, and eligibility.
- Sallie Mae Inc. - A guide to federal education loans with general information regarding college financing.
- Scholarships.com - This site offers a free college scholarship search and financial aid resources.
- U.S. Department of Education Financial Aid Guide