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*Two important dates to remember: December 1: Bright Futures Scholarship Program allows students to access the application page. No Bright Futures monies will be awarded or released until the initial application is filled out. You may access this site to do the application at the following web site: OSFA Home January 1: FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) has set this date for initial registration for Federal monies for education. All students are encouraged (along with their parents to make application on, or as soon after, this date as possible. FAFSA.ed.gov Filing the Florida Financial Aid Application is easy! 1. Complete the Florida Financial Aid Application online at link given above. Select "State Grants, Scholarships & Applications, and then "Apply Here" 2. Check your application status online at the link given above, using your User ID and PIN issued in your application acknowledgement correspondence. 3. Keep OSFA in ormed of any change in your name address or your postsecondary institution
For scholarships and college entrance, seniors should be taking care of the following items NOW: 1. Obtain 3 good recommendations. It is suggested that these come from three different sources, i,e. business person, school teacher or administrator or youth minister. In order to obtain this, the student should give his/her activities sheet to the recommender. 2. Activities Record. Each senior has a copy of this already, however, there are more in the guidance office. 3. Personal Essay. There is good information online, especially at the university web sites as to what is expected in these essays. The student should include some basic demographic information, but the main part being information related to college major, career, interests, achievements, grades, courses, hobbies, community service and anything else that would give the readers a good description of the writer and his/her goals and aspirations. 4. Making applications to a college or university. The larger universities in state and out, should be receiving these applications asap. The in-state community colleges can be a later registration (Spring or Summer). Our aim is to have every senior applied and hopefully accepted by the end of December with the reason being that the student can spend the rest of the year working on his/her money for school. Do not wait to send in an application for lack of a test score or some other item; go ahead and make application. Other things can be sent in later. The important thing is to get the application on file! Monies for College GRANTS: Florida Student Assistance Grant - Florida's largest need-based program which provides undergraduate students who qualify, based on FAFSA guidelines and who are enrolled in an elligible public or private Florida educational postsecondary institution. Florida Resident Access Grant - Provides tuition assistance to full-time Florida undergraduates who attend elibible private, non-profit Florida Colleges or universities. Access to Better Learning and Education Grant Program - Provides tuition assistance to full-time Florida undergraduate students enrolled in degree programs at elibible private Florida colleges or universities. Florida Work Experience Program - Provides elibible Florida students the opportunity to secure work experiences that complement and reinforce their educational programs and career goals. To be considered, a student must submit a completed (error free) FAFSA by the deadline specified by the participating college, university, communitycolege, career center operated by a district school board, or educator preparation institute. Students should check with the postsecondary institution thay expect to attend. First Generation Matching Grant Program - Provides grant funding to undergraduate students enrolled at state universities and community colleges, who demonstrate financial need and whose parents have not earned a baccalaureate degrees. Fill out FAFSA and check with the postsecondary institution you plan to attend. Federal Student Scholarship Programs: Bright Futures Scholarship Program Jose Marti Scholarship Challenge Grant Fund Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program Rosewood Family Scholarship Fund Scholarships for Children and Spouses of lDeceased or Disabled Veterans Mary McLeod Bethune Scholarship Program Ethics in Business Scholarship Program Professional Programs: Critical Teacher Shortage Student Loan Forgiveness Program Critical Teacher Shortage Tuition Reimbursement Program OTHER RESOURCES: American Corps National Service: www.americorps.org Financial Aid Search Through the Web: www.fastweb.com American Council on Educaton: www.CollegeIsPossible.org The Smart STudent Guide to Financial Aid: www.finaid.org PRIVATE SOURCES FOR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP MONIES (These are scholarships offered here at CH&BS through friends in the community and local businesses) (We will have applications posted online at this site or we will give them out in class) Some of the scholarships listed below can be reached online. You may go to that website and download the scholarship application. As I receive them in our office, I will transfer them to this site. Sun Trust Bank (Martin/Mckinney Scholarship) Blount Honda Mt. Dora Lions Club East Lake County Chamber of Commerce Prickett Partners, LLLP Scholarship Mt. Dora Rotary Club Mt. Dora Community Trust Disney Dreamers & Doers Lucy B. Every Scholarship William Baker Scholarship Erma Hamiltom Scholarship Mt. Dora Jr. Women's Club Women's Committee of Fine Arts Apopka Women's Club Dr. Carl Wilson Pepperman Scholarship Kevin Adams Scholarship Marie Bolles Wright Scholarship Italian-American Club of Lake County Florida Association of Realtors Florida Association of Realtors: Media Center Golden Triangle Kiwanis Club Ogden Orthodontics Scholarship House Builders Association of Lake County Scholarship Scholarships offered through Outside Sources (Go online to search these) |
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