Financial Aid and Scholarships
FAFSA Resources and Workshops
FAFSA questions and assistance provided by ACC
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FAFSA Application
FIRST, check the institutions to which you are applying for admission. Each College and University does their financial aid and scholarship applications and offers differently, so it is always best to ask questions of the Financial Aid Offices at the prospective schools. Remember that Colleges and Universities award the most scholarships!
Students and parents can start filling out the FAFSA with 2023 tax information on December 1st. FAFSA gives students access to grants, loans and some scholarships. To apply for financial aid, please click here.
What You Need to Complete the Application
The information provided below is from the Federal Student Aid website. Please see their website for the most up-to-date information.
To complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), you will need:
Your Social Security Number
Your Alien Registration Number (if you are not a U.S. citizen)
Your federal income tax returns, W-2s, and other records of money earned. (Note: You may be able to transfer your federal tax return information into your FAFSA using the IRS Data Retrieval Tool.)
Bank statements and records of investments (if applicable)
Records of untaxed income (if applicable)
An FSA ID to sign electronically.
About FSA ID
While you are not required to have an FSA ID to complete and submit a FAFSA on the Web application, it is the fastest way to sign your application and have it processed. It is also the only way to access or correct your information online, or to pre-fill a FAFSA on the Web application with information from your previous year’s FAFSA. If you do not already have a FSA ID, click here to create one.
Financial Aid Application Opt-Out Form
To opt-out of filling out the FAFSA, click the button below to access the opt-out form. Please return the completed form to your counselor.
For a fillable form, choose download once the form is open.
Scholarships
Disclamer: Our list of college scholarships is not all-inclusive. There are many scholarships that we do not list simply because we do not have the capacity to list them all, and because we don't know about all of the scholarship opportunities that are available. To find more scholarships, we suggest that you subscribe to one of the scholarship search engines listed below.
Scholarship Search Engines:
NAVIANCE (Find scholarship opportunities under the Colleges tab)
Parents, reach out to your work corporations and see if there are any scholarship opportunities that they may provide.
