Loan Deadlines

Knowing your money

terms:

After January 1 after January you can complete the

FAFSA application
Before May 1 Apply for PA State Grants and complete the
FAFSA for all four year colleges and universities
Before August 1 Complete the FAFSA this deadline is
for open admissions institutions such as:
Community Colleges
Trade schools
Technical schools
Hospital nursing school programs
Junior Colleges

Do your homework
Learn the ways to pay for

FAFSA
Free
Application for
Federal

college:
Savings working over
summers
Grants funds that does not
need to be repaid
Scholarships funds that does
not need to be repaid but can

For more detailed information please see the

list below of:
References and Site Sources

have conditions such as playing

sports or grade averages
maintained

http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
https://student.collegeboard.org/css-financial-aidprofile
http://www.college-scholarships.com
http://www.collegenet.com
http://www.finaid.org
http://www.fastaid.com
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/netpricecalculator/
http://www.collegeaffordabilityguide.org/

Loans funds will need to be

repaid
-Subsidized will not accrue
interest

What to know
and understand
as you plan to
pay for college!

What you need to know

College Scholarship
Service CSS Profile
What is the application
and what does it do?
The FAFSA application is free and
needs to be filled out by anyone
who needs or wants financial aid
money for college. This
application will determine the
amount of money that your
family will be expected to pay
towards your college tuition.
The FAFSA information will be
used to determine if a candidate
qualifies for any federal grants
and what loan amounts are
available to the student and their
family.

Scholarship
Opportunities
Look on www.collegeboard.com
to find a list of possible
scholarships to apply to. Also
stop into the guidance office to
review local scholarship
opportunities. Make time to look
into scholarships; there are many
that go un-awarded because
students dont apply.

Grant Opportunities

College Scholarship Service (CSS)

Profile
Website that is used by 300 colleges
and universities to make
determinations on awarding
scholarship funds:
NON FEDERAL financial aid

Grants and scholarships.

Create a Collegeboard
account and sign in through
it.
Parents can create a
separate account
One student per academic
year
Can use account created in
previous year
Creating your profile:
Create a profile

Only one person on one

computer to be logged into
your account at the same
time
Takes 45 minutes to 2 hours
and must be completed at
one time so have your
parents have their financial
information ready ahead of
time
Information is based on
finances of custodial parent