Scholarships, Financial Aid, and Other Financial Resources
Scholarships facilitate choice and affordability for students of varying income levels.
Student loans offer students an option of paying for school if they cannot afford tuition out of pocket or if scholarships and grants do not fully cover their college-related expenses.
Marshall High School Resources
Worthington High School Dollars for Scholars
Yellow Medicine East Resources
High School Seniors Attending SMSU
TRIO Specific Scholarships
- SMSU TRIO Scholarship - 1 award for $1,000
College Greenlight
College Greenlight has a database of over 8,000 national and local scholarship opportunities and allows the students to create a free profile that matches scholarships to them based on their unique strengths, accomplishments, and personalities. If your next step is a college education, make sure you take the time to fund that education the smart way: by taking advantage of scholarships and taking your financial future into your own hands.
Scholarship Information & Websites
- https://www.mnwest.edu/workforce-development-scholarship
- https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa
- www.fastweb.com
- www.scholarshipamerica.org/
- www.cappex.com
- www.scholarships.com
Minnesota Association of Counselors of Color:
https://www.mnacc.org/scholarships
Page Education Foundation:
https://www.page-ed.org/apply/new-applicants/
Computer Science Majors Scholarship:
https://www.computerscience.org/scholarships-overview/
ROTC Scholarship Info:
https://blog.collegevine.com/a-guide-to-rotc-scholarships/
STEM Scholarship Info:
https://blog.collegevine.com/a-guide-to-stem-scholarships/
Scholarship Information/Tips:
https://clark.com/education/best-websites-resources-to-find-college/
How To Pay For College Without Student Loans or With Minimal Student Loan Debt:
Https://Clark.Com/Education/9-Ways-To-Pay-For-College-Without-Student-Loans/
Payment Plan Information:
https://www.consumerreports.org/paying-for-college/tuition-payment-plan-can-make-paying-bill-easier/
Student Loan Information
How Student Loans Work:
https://www.thebalance.com/student-loans-101-315580
Entrance/Exit Counseling and Other Links
https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/index.action
Types of Loans
https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/loans
Additional Sources:
Private Student Loans
https://www.lendingtree.com/student/
Videos Sharing Information on College and Financial Aid
TedTalks:
- What is a College Education?
- How College Loans exploit Students for Profit
- One Trillion Dollars, Student Debt
The reality of Student Debt & Personal Stories:
- Is Your Student Debt Worth It?
- Faces of Student Debt
- Voices of Debt—The Student Loan Crisis: Don’t Major in Debt
- Bloomberg – Why It’s So Hard to Get Rid of Student Debt
- America’s Student Debt Crisis: Jessie’s Story
- The Benefits of College
Financial Terminology
https://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/assets/pdfs/lessons/lev9-12/Glossary.pdf
DID YOU KNOW? Scholarship and Financial Aid applications are FREE. They will never ask for money to apply for either opportunity. If they do, it is likely a scam.
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