PAYING FOR COLLEGE



Financial Aid Essentials

|1. FFAA |2. FAFSA |3. PROFILE |4. INDIVIDUAL |

|Florida Financial Aid Application - |Free Application for Federal Student |College Scholarship Service/Financial Aid|Individual Scholarship Applications – |

|for all state aid including Bright |Aid – |Profile -for institutional aid required |directly from colleges, companies or |

|Futures |for any type of federal aid |by select private schools |organizations |

| | |See individual websites |

|.org/ | | | |

|Free |Free |$25.00 initial application plus $16 for |Free |

| | |each additional school | |

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|All seniors are required to complete |All seniors are recommended to |Only complete this application if |We recommend students to do at least 2 of |

|this application Why? If students |complete this application since all |applying to a school that requires the |the following scholarship searches: |

|apply and decline the award to go |federal money and some independent |Profile. | |

|out-of- state, they can be eligible |scholarships require the FAFSA. At |Most ivy league schools, Duke, Stanford, | |

|if they return to Florida during the |the very minimum, students can |MIT, BC, BU, Wake, Vanderbilt, Chicago, | |

|first three years. Also, it’s not |qualify for the unsubsidized Stafford|Georgetown, Emory, Davidson, and UNC are |

|just for Bright Futures. |Loan even if they do not demonstrate |among those that require the PROFILE. A |ps/departments/acadprog/guidance_services/|

| |need. |complete list is available online. |scholarships.asp* |

| | | |*applications available in guidance ONLY |

| | | |if they have been announced in the online |

| | | |Senior News. |

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|Opens: Dec 1st Senior Year |Opens: Fall of Senior Year |First priority deadline |Deadlines vary. Check with schools and |

|Early Evaluation Deadline Jan. 31 |First priority deadline |Feb. 15 |organizations. |

| |Feb. 15 | | |

| |Next priority deadline |Check with each institution for their | |

| |March 1 |priority filing date. | |

|Final deadline—date of graduation, |The earlier the better (after January| | |

|BUT money for fall cannot be |1 of senior year) remember money is | | |

|guaranteed if there are any problems |awarded on a first come basis. | | |

|with the application. | | | |

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|75 hours of Community Service are | | | |

|required for the Medallion Award, and| | | |

|100 hours for the Academic Scholars | | | |

|Award. | | | |

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|Online application only |Online application |Online application |Varies-online and paper |

|Student PIN will be mailed or |Student and parent should secure |Must have a username and| |

|e-mailed after application is |PIN’s before completing the FAFSA. |password—part of registration process | |

|submitted. |Apply pin. | | |

|KEEP A COPY OF PIN & APPLICATION FOR |KEEP A COPY OF PIN & APPLICATION FOR |KEEP A COPY OF USERNAME, PASSWORD AND |KEEP A COPY OF ALL APPLICATIONS SENT |

|YOUR FILES |YOUR FILES |APPLICATION FOR YOUR FILES | |

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