College Planning

If a scholarship comes into the Student Services Office, Mr. Guebert will put it on our Scholarship List for 2024-2025. These scholarships are not reviewed or vetted. Apply at your own risk or reward. Anyone with a can view this scholarship list. 

The St. Louis Community Foundation also offers scholarships. Some of these cover our area. 

I prefer these new "up and coming sites". Learn more about these in the Musketeer Minute Episode #8 and Episode #2. 

Raise.me - https://www.raise.me/ 

Going Merry - https://www.goingmerry.com/

CollegeBoard - https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/scholarship-search 

Now partnering with Scholar Snapp to allow students an "Autofill" to scholarship completion similar to Going Merry

These are the "old stand-by" Scholarship Search Websites:

Scholarships 360 - https://scholarships360.org/

Fastweb - https://www.fastweb.com/

Scholarships.com - https://www.scholarships.com/

Chegg - https://www.chegg.com/scholarships

Student Scholarships - https://studentscholarships.org/ - Follow them on Facebook for updates 

Illinois Specific Scholarship / Tuition Waivers:

Illinois Student Assistance Commision - https://www.isac.org/students/during-college/types-of-financial-aid/scholarships/

College Cost:

MyinTuition - https://myintuition.org/ - Quick College Cost Estimator - this tool will show you what many private schools will actually cost.

College Scorecard - https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/ - U.S. Department of Education Cost Estimator

Old Scholarship Lists: Sometimes it is helpful to take a look at old lists so that you can plan ahead. The latest scholarship list is above.

Scholarship List for 2020-2021

Scholarship List for 2021-2022

Scholarship List for 2022-2023

Scholarship List for 2023-2024

College Navigator - https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/

Niche - https://www.niche.com/?ref=colleges

College Greenlight - https://www.collegegreenlight.com/

Go College! Now - http://www.gocollegenow.org/

BigFuture from the CollegeBoard - https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/

ISAC Student Portal - https://studentportal.isac.org/web/guest/student/

Exploring College Options is a special program intending to expose them to a wide variety of college options beyond what is seen locally. - https://exploringcollegeoptions.org/

College Application Fee Waivers - NACAC offers fee waivers to qualifying students, see their website for more details - https://www.nacacfairs.org/applicationfeewaiver

Better Make Room - Sponsor of College Signing Day, they offer resources to students intending to go to college - https://www.bettermakeroom.org/

Resources for Transferring College Credits - MyCreditsTransfer - https://mycreditstransfer.org/

These are not the only way to apply to college. Many colleges have their own applications, but many also use one or more of the options below. Some of these options allow you to apply to more than one college through their platform which can be a huge time saver.

Common App - https://www.commonapp.org/

AXS Companion - A free guide to completing the Common App - https://open.oregonstate.education/axscompanion/

Coalition for College - https://www.coalitionforcollegeaccess.org/

QuestBridge - https://www.questbridge.org/

The Common Black College Application - https://commonblackcollegeapp.com/  - Apply to all 61 member Colleges and Universities for a single $20 application fee.

Free Resources for completing a college application:

College Essay Guy - https://www.collegeessayguy.com/college-essay-resources