Local Community Scholarships

FAFSA-Financial Aid for College opens December 1st 

• Unaccompanied homeless youth and unaccompanied youth at risk of homelessness fill out the FAFSA as independent students

• “Applying 101”: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-in/applying

• “Financial Aid 101”: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college/financial-aid

• ACT: https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/FeeWaiver.pdf

• SAT: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/register/fees/fee-waivers

• SCHOLARSHIP Search: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/scholarship-search 

• Register for PIN-student & parent (personal Identification Number) at: https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch

• Parents & Students will need info from parent's previous years federal income tax form

• FAFSA assistance can be found at Reach Higher Montana: https://www.reachhighermontana.org/

• HS Seniors will be offered the chance to apply to a college for free during the required Senior Prep Class, 1st Semester

• Admission tests (ACT, SAT, etc.) scores should be sent directly to the college applied to

• 7th semester transcripts are released in early February

• Most scholarships require 3 letters of recommendation and a resume

• Know deadlines of application/scholarship and be early on submissions (all deadlines are listed below in the "Local Scholarship Due Date List"