04/20/23 1

SCHOLARSHIPSCentennial High School

04/20/23 2

TYPES OF SCHOLARSHIPS

Merit-BasedHigh GPA, ACT or SAT, extracurricular activities, community service, quality essay, athletics and more.

Need-Based Financial need

SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED BY MINNESOTA INSTITUTIONS

The largest portion of scholarship dollars will come from colleges/universities

Private colleges/universities have more money to give

04/20/23 3

04/20/23 4

04/20/23 5

Minnesota Office of Higher Education websitehttp://www.ohe.state.mn.us/sPages/scholarshipsAll.cfm

SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED BY MINNESOTA INSTITUTIONS

NET PRICE CALCULATOR

All colleges are required to provide a Net Price Calculator on their website. This is only an estimate of financial aid and net costs. It can be found under “Financial Aid” on the college website.www.stthomas.edu http://www.hamline.edu/undergraduate/admission/first-year-scholarships.html

04/20/23 6

04/20/23 7

WHERE SHOULD I LOOK?

Ask at the College/University in which the student plans on attending

Parent Employer

Businesses, Civic or Church Affiliation Organizations

Family Connection/Naviance http://connection.naviance.com/centennialhsScholarship List and National Scholarship Search

Centennial Area Scholarships – Available starting in December. Application deadline is January 23, 2015.

Surf the Web www.fastweb.com

04/20/2304/20/23 88

RECOMMENDATIONSRECOMMENDATIONS

Competitive Competitive Apply earlyApply early Apply to severalApply to several Continue to searchContinue to search

04/20/23 9

SCHOLARSHIP SCAMS

Fees: You should not have to pay to search for or apply for scholarships.

Guarantee: No one can guarantee that you’ll be awarded.

No work involved: You can’t avoid putting in time to fill out a scholarship application.

FINANCIAL AID NIGHTLearn how to access grants,

loans and work studyFAFSA – Free Application for

Federal Student AidThursday, January 22nd at

7:00pm in the PAC

04/20/23 10

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING

04/20/23 11

QUESTIONS??