Financial Aid
Paying for College and Career Education
Paying for College is one of the most important steps in planning for College and Career Education. Financial Aid can be in the form of grants, loans or work-study. In order to access Financial Aid you must complete and submit your online official FAFSA application in the senior year.
BetterFAFSA.student-family-version.pdfUn Mejor FAFSA/WASFA
BetterFAFSA.student-family-version-Spanish.pdfFinancial Aid Application Help
Financial Aid Help Events by Graduate Strong
Sign up for financial aid workshop here!!! https://www.graduatestrong.org/graduate-strong-calendar
Financial Aid Application Assistance Events through Washington State 12th Year Campaign
HELPFUL FAFSA TOOLS
FAFSA Text Help through Otterbot: to help navigate financial aid for college & career education
Seniors can text "Hi Otter" to 360-928-7281, 24 hours a day, seven days a week
'Wyatt', a free FAFSA assistance chatbot that you can text with. Click here getfafsahelp.org to sign up.
Free Live FAFSA Support through the Kitsap Regional Library
Online platform called 'Brainfuse'. Tutors are available every day from 11:00 AM-10:00 PM
Understanding & Applying Financial Aid: Where to Start
Students & families: the first step in applying for Financial Aid is applying for separate FSA IDs online BEFORE filling out the FAFSA application. These worksheets will help! Start at https://fsaid.ed.gov After ID's are verified, you may begin your FAFSA application at https://studentaid.gov
Start by applying for an FSA ID
(both parent and student need separate IDs)
creating-using-fsaid for FAFSA.pdfEn Espanol
creating-using-fsaid-spanish.pdf22-23 12th.Year.FSA.ID.Worksheet.docxFSAID worksheet-FAFSAsteps.pdfFAFSA on the Web Worksheet. View the information needed on the online application before you apply!
APPLYING TO COLLEGE OUT OF STATE? DON'T MISS THIS SCHOLARSHIP!
The Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) is an agreement among WICHE’s 16 member states and territories, through which 160+ participating public colleges and universities provide steep nonresident tuition savings for Western students.
Through WUE, eligible students can choose from hundreds of undergraduate programs outside their home state, and pay no more than 150 percent of that institution’s resident tuition rate.
Since full nonresident college-tuition rates may exceed 300 percent of resident rates, WUE increases affordable higher-education choices for students, and minimizes the adverse impacts of student loan debt.
WUE Handout.pdfUnderstanding Financial Aid Award Letters: After you have applied & been accepted
Understanding-Award-Letters-WCAN-College-Knowledge-Update-2020_28.pdfUnderstandingFinAidPackageAwardLetters.pdfAll About Financial Aid Award Letters.pdfWatch a Financial Aid Award Letter YouTube Video Presentation - LINK HERE
Click HERE for more Financial Aid information through College Success Foundation
MORE RESOURCES
Find out which Application to file (FAFSA or WASFA): Submit this short quiz to find out: https://readysetgrad.wa.gov/WASFAelig
FSA ID Website: https://fsaid.ed.gov. Parent & Student both need one! Start here!
FAFSA website: https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa - Apply& submit your official FAFSA application in your senior year on this website. Financial Aid application & information, Customer Service Chat, Pre-application worksheet, etc.
CSS/PROFILE: service of the College Board -- a national, not-for-profit membership association. Many of the member colleges, universities, graduate and professional schools, and scholarship programs use the PROFILE to help them award nonfederal student aid funds.
U.S. Dept. of Education information: www.studentaid.ed.gov
Website to Financial Aid Q &A: www.finaid.org
Nonfederal/state aid: www.readysetgrad.org
WCAN College Knowledge Useful Materials: https://www.wcan.org/college-knowledge/
Understanding Your Financial Aid Award Package, Research Colleges, Ways to pay for college, Guides by grade-level and more!
If you are wanting more information on the Scholarship program available through the UW, go to "The Husky Promise."
Check out WSU's scholarship program "The Cougar Commitment."
Going to Olympic College? Check out OC's scholarship website: https://olympiccollegefoundation.org/scholarships/how-to-apply/
McKinney-Vento/Homeless/Unaccompanied Youth FAFSA Informational Flyer