College & Career Resources

The following sites may be of assistance to you in your search for college scholarship and financial aid information.

College Admissions

• National Association for College Admission Counseling
• Affordable Colleges Online
• Online Colleges in Virginia

Career Readiness

• Big Futures from the College Board
• College & Career Readiness from Powerschool

College Prep Sites

• College Board
• Go College
• Test Prep Review

Dual Enrollment

• APS/NOVA Partnership
• NOVA High School Dual Enrollment

Federal Sites

• Think College – college resources for Students with Disabilities
• Grants & Scholarships

State Site

• State Council of Higher Education for Virginia

Financial Aid

• Federal Student Aid
• FAFSA
• SallieMae
• Scholarship Scams!
• Scholarships.com
• Fastweb.com
• collegescholarships.com
• The Scholarship Workshop
• ScholarshipHelp.org

Foundations & Scholarship Providers

• National Merit Scholarship Corporation
• The Scholastic, Inc. Art and Writing Awards

General Information

• Increase Economic Mobility by Busting College Myths
• The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid – links to: scholarships, grants, loans, graduate aid
• Federal Student Aid – information from the U.S. Dept. of Ed. on preparing for and funding education beyond high school

Military Sites

• U.S Coast Guard Academy
• U.S. Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation 

Scholarship Programs and Searches

• Varsity Tutors – Varsity Tutors holds a monthly $1,000 college scholarship contest where students write an essay inresponse to a monthly prompt.
• Fastweb– create a profile and let fastweb do the research for you
• CashCourse .org– information for college students to stay financially informed
• Cappex– free website where you learn which colleges want you, before you apply
• Scholarships .com– free college scholarship search and financial aid information
• Scholarship America – information and resources for scholarship search
• Broke Scholar– find scholarships and use tools to stay organized and make the process easier
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund– largest provider of college financial aid for Latino students
• Thurgood Marshall College Fund – scholarships, programmatic and capacity building support to the 47 public Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
• Gates Millenium Scholars– The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) Program provides outstanding low income African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American, and Hispanic American students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education in any discipline they choose
• APIA Scholars – the nation’s largest non-profit organization devoted to providing college scholarships for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI)
• Native American College Fund– provides Native students with scholarships and financial support for the nation’s 33 accredited tribal colleges and universities
• Dell Scholars– Dell Scholars Program recognizes academic potential and determination in students that have a definite need for financial assistance
• United Negro College Fund– awards 10,000 students each year through 400 scholarship and internship programs so that students from low- and moderate-income families can afford college tuition, books and room and board