Alliance College Access Links
http://www.findtuition.com/index.php?rid=1
Search one of the largest FREE scholarship searches on the web! At FindTuition.com, you get fast, free access to one of the world's largest resources for finding college money. Search over 1.7 million scholarships and grants worth more than $7 billion.
http://www.castategearup.org/
GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate
Programs) was enacted as part of the 1998 Higher Education Act to give more low-income students the skills, encouragement, and preparation to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. GEAR UP grants have been awarded to 47 states and three territories. Program services are specifically designed to support the middle school reform effort in each State.
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/psat/quickstart.html
My College QuickStart™
If you took the PSAT/NMSQT on or after 2006, you have access to My College QuickStart, a free personalized college and career planning kit based on your test results.
To sign in, you'll need the access code printed on your PSAT/NMSQT paper score report. If you do not already have a College Board account, you'll be prompted to create one. It typically takes less than two minutes to create your FREE account.
My College QuickStart includes these features:
- My Online Score Report – An enhanced score report that allows you to review each test question, your answer, and the correct answer with answer explanations.
- My SAT Study Plan – A customized SAT study plan based on your PSAT/NMSQT test performance, highlighting skills for review and practice.
- My College Matches – A starter list of colleges based on the your home state and indicated choice of major.
- My Major & Career Matches – Personalized lists of majors and careers plus access to a personality assessment that suggests other compatible possibilities.
http://www.latinocollegedollars.org/
An overwhelming majority of Latino families value a college education, yet they perceive the cost of higher education to be prohibitive.
Many families are not aware that scholarships and grants- free money – are available to Latino students, and every year thousands of dollars go unclaimed!
This up-to-date directory that requires no registration and is accessible to all.
Best of luck as you work to find the financial support you deserve.
http://www.thesalliemaefund.org/smfnew/scholarship_directory/index.html
This free scholarship search, geared for African-American students, contains more than 300 scholarships searchable by GPA requirement, academic and career interest, and application deadline.
This directory is a part of The Sallie Mae Fund’s multi-faceted African-American College Access Initiative, launched in October 2005, to improve access to higher education among African-American students. Produced by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education.
http://www.thesalliemaefund.org/smfnew/index.html
Addressing financial need through scholarships is one of the key elements of The Sallie Mae Fund's efforts. Since 2001, The Sallie Mae Fund has awarded $12.7 million in scholarships to help more than 5,000 students enroll in college.
http://www.csocollegecenter.org/
CSO College Center is an initiative of Center for Student Opportunity, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to promote college access and opportunity among first-generation and historically underserved student populations.
Center for Student Opportunity was founded by a group of concerned parents, admissions professionals, and nonprofit practitioners who sought to fill the need for greater college counseling and preparation resources for first-generation and underserved college-bound students. Studying the national landscape of college access to this student population, the principals discovered that while there are numerous local and sub-regional programs that effectively serve these populations, few if any of these organizations have the resources to expand their reach and fewer still, have the network to access many of the colleges and universities that have targeted these student populations for admission.
With this in mind, the principals founded Center for Student Opportunity with the express purpose of growing opportunities for college-bound first-generation and underserved students as a conduit in linking qualified students with leading colleges and universities.
