HTHS Parents,
As all the
acceptances start coming in, many of you, after celebrating your child's great
success, may be wondering how you are going to pay for such excellent colleges.
Remember,
filing the FAFSA is important! I know some of you are saying "I
won't get anything so why file?". Keep in mind that some colleges
will not give you the merit aid your student received unless you file a FAFSA
so check with the colleges your student has been accepted into to see if that
is the case before you make a decision. If you are filing, you should be
starting that process now. Go to fafsa.ed.gov for
more information. Be careful of FAFSA sites that charge - FAFSA is free!
Scholarships
are another way to offset some of the costs. There are multiple ways to
find scholarships. The first, and most important, is the HTHS Guidance
Office. We have a folder in the conference room that your student can
come and browse through. We also put most of those scholarships online
at www.monmouthcountyscholarships.com.
Some very specific HTHS scholarships cannot go on the website because
that is open to all students from all the MCVSD Academies so it is wise for
your student to check in Guidance once in a while!
Another way
to search scholarships is to log into Naviance and click on the Colleges tab
and then click on Scholarship list. That will give you a national list of
scholarships. And, www.fastweb.com is also a very good
resource. Please never, never, ever pay for a scholarship search.
If a company charges you ANY amount to search for scholarships, even
$0.50 - it is a scam. All scholarships searches should be free.
Let us know us
know if we can help you at all.
Mrs. Bufis and Mrs. Tice
Mrs. Bufis and Mrs. Tice
