Financial Aid & Scholarship Sources

Local Resources

Massachusetts Office of Student Financial Assistance
454 Broadway, Suite 200, Revere, MA 02151 • (617) 727-9420
OFSA's mission is to promote and enhance access to higher education by delivering quality financial aid information and services to residents of Massachusetts.

College Access Centers: TERI, The Education Resources Institute
Boston Public Library, Lower Level, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02116 • (617) 536-0200
Administers and guarantees loan programs for students at all education levels. Includes an excellent "how to apply for financial aid" piece in the form of a story. Walk-in and phone service available.

Web Sites

www.fastweb.com
Create a profile and search for scholarships and colleges. Lots of scholarships listed.

www.collegeboard.com
From the test makers, includes sections on College Board tests, planning for, finding, applying, and paying for college. Nice section on how to apply for financial aid and find scholarships. 

www.studentaid.ed.gov
Official web site of the U.S. Dept. of Education Federal Student Aid
Excellent starting point. Explains financial aid process clearly and in detail. Provides latest news on federal grants.

http://finaid.org
Award-winning comprehensive site. Extensive annotated list of loans, scholarships, savings programs, military aid, other aid, application help, and many calculators.

Scholarship Scams by Federal Trade Commission
Learn how to avoid scholarship scams.

http://students.gov
Student Gateway to the United States Government
Official government web site whose mission is to provide easy access to resources from the U.S. government. Get help with choosing a college, apply online for financial aid and scholarships, find an internship, learn about military aid.

Winning the Financial Aid Game by Sarah Breckenridge, Smart Money, October 30, 2002
Excellent article covering the scholarship process with useful tips.

http://www.collegejournal.com/partners/scholarship_search
The CollegeJournal, a subsection of The Wall Street Journal online, offers a scholarship search utility funded by scholarships.com.

Funding Education Beyond High School 2006-2007
pdf version (also available in print) of this comprehensive guide from the U.S. Department of Education Federal Student Aid.

Books

Anderson, Trent. Straight talk on paying for college : lowering the cost of higher education, 2003 [378.3 AND]

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Works Cited

Wilson, Paula A. 100 Ready-To-Use Pathfinders for the Web : a guidebook and CD-ROM. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2005