Congratulations! Now, how are you going to pay for college?

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