10/21/20151 SCHOLARSHIPS Centennial High School

10/21/20152 TYPES OF SCHOLARSHIPS  Merit-Based High GPA, ACT or SAT, extracurricular activities, community service, quality essay, athletics and more.  Need-Based Financial need

SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED BY MINNESOTA INSTITUTIONS  The largest portion of scholarship dollars will come from colleges/universities  Private colleges/universities have more money to give 10/21/20153

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5 Minnesota Office of Higher Education website s/scholarshipsAll.cfm SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED BY MINNESOTA INSTITUTIONS

NET PRICE CALCULATOR All colleges are required to provide a Net Price Calculator on their website. This is only an estimate of financial aid and net costs. It can be found under “Financial Aid” on the college website. ission/first-year-scholarships.html 10/21/2015 6

7 WHERE SHOULD I LOOK?  Ask at the College/University in which the student plans on attending  Parent Employer  Businesses, Civic or Church Affiliation Organizations  Family Connection/Naviance Scholarship List and National Scholarship Search  Centennial Area Scholarships – Available starting in December. Application deadline is January 23,  Surf the Web

10/21/20158 RECOMMENDATIONS Competitive Competitive Apply early Apply early Apply to several Apply to several Continue to search Continue to search

10/21/20159 SCHOLARSHIP SCAMS  Fees: You should not have to pay to search for or apply for scholarships.  Guarantee: No one can guarantee that you’ll be awarded.  No work involved: You can’t avoid putting in time to fill out a scholarship application.

FINANCIAL AID NIGHT  Learn how to access grants, loans and work study  FAFSA – Free Application for Federal Student Aid  Thursday, January 22nd at 7:00pm in the PAC 10/21/201510

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