Financial Aid

Health Professions
A number of financial aid programs for students interested in the health professions are available, click here. 

Private Scholarships
Students may quality for aid by academic achievement, religious affiliation, ethnic or racial heritage, community activities, athletic abilities, or hobbies and special interests, click here. 

*To be considered for Federal aid, all students must complete the Free Application For Student Aid (FAFSA) on or after January 1; Juniors and sophomores can practice filling out an application here. 

FAFSA: Free Application for Federal Student Aid
The FAFSA is the document that you have to submit in order to receive any federal or state financial aid to help cover the costs of going to college, including community colleges and technical/vocational schools.  Many colleges and universities will also base their financial aid on the information listed in your FAFSA, and most schools will not consider your application complete without a submitted FAFSA.  You can get a FAFSA application either from your LTC or by going to www.fafsa.ed.gov.  Filling it out and submitting it online is the preferred way of submitting a FAFSA because your application will be processed more quickly that way.

Some of the information asked for on the FAFSA can seem very personal, and much of it relates to parents' income.  Students and parents should sit down and fill this out together. If you are doing it online, try filling out a paper copy first and then copying the answers from the paper copy to the online version, so that you have all of the answers ready.

Important things to remember:
  • The FAFSA is not an application for scholarships and is not merit-based.  The FAFSA is based on financial need only
  • When you turn in a FAFSA you are applying for three types of financial aid:
    • Grants
    • Work Study
    • Education loans
  • It is in your best interest to indicate on the FAFSA that you are interested in receiving all three types of aid because if you get enough money in grants or scholarships that you do not need the loans/work study offers that you are given, you will have plenty of opportunity to turn them down in the future, but if you don't apply for them, you will not receive them no matter what.
  • A grant is money given to you by the federal government that does not need to be repaid.  They are awarded by financial need only, and all students who qualify will receive the aid, so it is not based on a first-come first serve basis.
  • A student who receives work study aid will be enabled to take a part time job on his or her college campus and will receive a paycheck from the college in return for the work.  Work study has the benefit of flexible hours and of being conveniently located on the campus.
  • Education loans work much like any other loan, but they need not be paid back until the student is no longer in school or is taking less than 6 hours.  They also typically have very low interest rates.
  • The fastest way to process your FAFSA is to file online, and then to provide an email address where they can email you your Student Aid Report (SAR).

Important Websites/Phone Numbers:
www.fafsa.ed.gov: where you file your FAFSA and can find tons of helpful info.
www.aie.org: a helpful website concerning finding scholarships and other financial aid.
1.800.845.6267: a number to call when you have questions about the FAFSA.

Useful Financial Websites:
U.S. Department of Education
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
College for Texans
The Financial Aid Information Page
Fastweb Scholarship Search
College Board Scholarship Search
U.S. News Online Scholarship Search

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