FAFSA Application for Financial Aid

FAFSA season is just after the holiday season - are you ready?

www.FAFSAonline.com has recently been updated to provide families with tips and tricks for completing the governments Free Application for Federal Student Aid - also known as the FAFSA form.   Check out the site for advice, a free eBook and other tips for completing the form on time and error free.

Some FAFSA tips:

File early to increase your chances of receiving financial aid.  Many sources of aid are limited and given out on a first come, first served basis.  In this case, the early bird catches the worm.

Be careful - errors will cause delays in processing and (as described above) you may miss out on aid.

Ask for help - your financial aid officer is available to help you with questions and you can cal the Department of Education's Financial Aid Hotline at 1-800-4-fed-aid.

Get your FAFSA PIN (Personal Identification Number) from the DOE, save it and don't share it with anyone else.

Know your FAFSA school code.  You will have to provide this when completing the FAFSA.

If you have other tips - please post them below!!!

Free Scholarship Program for Students

ScholarshipPoints just announced the most recent $10,000 college scholarship recipient.  Not sure if you know of the ScholarshipPoints program, but you should.  In short - it is a college student membership rewards program where students earn points for completing certain online activities (take a survey, read a blog post, visit a website).  Students accumulate points which can be converted into entries for that month's scholarship sweepstakes. 

ScholarshipPoints will give away more than $110,000 this year and likely even more next year.  The beauty if it is that the more students who join, the more scholarship are given away...

If you have not allready, tell your students, family and friends to sign up at:

http://www.scholarshippoints.com/