Essential Financial Aid Links

FAFSA
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Use this link to apply
online and electronically submit this form. By filling out this application,
you become eligible for federal, state, and institutional grants, loans,
student employment, and scholarships.

General Loan Information
Use this site to learn the difference between student loans, parent loans, and private (alternative) loans. This site also gives information on loan consolidation.

Family Federal Loan Program
This site provides strategies for financing college, career options, and college planning.

College Assist
Use this site for information about the Colorado Student Loan Program and planning for college. There is also a link on this site to Colorado Mentor, an online guide to Colorado colleges and universities.

Loan Payments
This site helps you calculate the amount of your monthly loan payments based on the size of your loan, and what annual salary you will need to meet those payments.

National Student Loan Database
Use this site to make inquiries about Title IV loans and Pell Grants. You can also check your individual account if you have this type of financial aid.

CitiAssist Alternative Loan
This site outlines the qualifications you need to apply for a CitiAssist student loan, supplies an application, gives interest rates, and tells how to qualify for rate reductions of your loan.

eStudentLoan.com
Compare Student Loans and apply online! Get instant student loan comparisons and APPLY ONLINE with major lenders. Includes advice, news, and a scholarship search tool.

GrantsNet
Resource to find funds for training in the biomedical sciences and undergraduate science education. Through the support of HHMI and AAAS, this service is completely free.

Nat'l Asso. of Student Financial Aid Administrators
Financial Aid Info -- This site includes a free scholarship search.

College in Colorado
College advice, college admission applications, aid opportunities, Colorado Opportunity Fund information, scholarships, apply online for admission, college comparisons.

Financial Aid Resource Center
Find some basic (and not so basic) direction regarding financial aid for college.

Other Financial Aid Resources

TheAdmissionsOffice.com
Billing itself as a one-stop Website for college-bound students, this small but useful metasite brings together a number of resources to assist in the application process. These include links to hundreds of colleges and universities via a number of select metasites, school rankings, entrance tests, applications, financial aid information, and scholarships. Severaì resources for counselors are also listed.
College Xpress
Lots of advice about college in general and about particular colleges and universities.
Students.gov
This site gives information on federal financial aid for students, colleges, careers in government, planning for college, military service, and even how to get a passport!
U.S. Department of Education
This site covers current federal education policies, how to plan for college, and links to other helpful government Web sites.
Federal Student Guide
This site offers a comprehensive resource guide to student financial aid from the U.S. Department of Education. Grants, loans, and work-study are the three major forms of aid available through the Department's Federal Student Aid office.

Needs Analysis Information

Financial Aid Estimation Form
This Web site shows how much aid you may be eligible for based on your family's income (Estimated Family Contribution or EFC).
Financial Aid Calculators
This site provides helpful ways to understand college costs based on the years you expect to attend, how much should be saved for higher education, how trust funds and life insurance may help, and how college loans work.

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