• NEW YORK STATE EXCELSIOR SCHOLARSHIP - click here for application and additional requirements. ​​​​​​​ANTICIPATED DEADLINE is July at the conclusion of the school year.

*Be aware that you are on the .gov site. Some other sites claim to be a way to fill out the FAFSA but charge you for this service. You should not have to pay to fill out the FAFSA.

Students, parents, and borrowers are required to use an FSA ID, made up of a username and password, to access certain U.S. Department of Education websites. Your FSA ID is used to confirm your identity when accessing your financial aid information and electronically signing your federal student aid documents.

If you want to create an FSA ID now, go for it!

Colleges, universities, graduate and professional schools, and scholarship programs use the information collected on the CSS Profile to help them award nonfederal student aid funds. Click here for a list of participating institutions that use the CSS Profile.

• Federal Student Aid - Information from the US Dept of Education about how to get financial aid through the FAFSA

• Higher Education Services Center (HESC) - NEW The New York State Excelsior Scholarship link and application. Learn about New York State financial aid programs: Grants, Loans, TAP, College Savings Program and more.

• NYHELPs - New York State Educational Loan Program helps find loans at low cost and fixed rates that are sometimes not available in the private loan market.

• Sallie Mae - Understanding college costs, loan process, saving for college

• College Board - College costs, scholarships and aid, how to pay, loan center

• FinAid.org - "A smart guide to financial aid."

• Nelnet - Education planning and financing

• Scholarships & Financial Aid for Students with Disabilities - Discover scholarships, both narrowly and broadly focused, that can help students with disabilities pay for their education, as well as additional resources for obtaining funding.

• NYS STEM Scholarship information - The NYS STEM Incentive Program provides a full SUNY or CUNY tuition scholarship for the top 10 percent of students in each New York State high school if they pursue a STEM degree in an associates or bachelor degree program and agree to work in a STEM field in New York State for 5 years after graduation.

• College Board - Information on finding college scholarships, understanding steps in financial aid and estimated family contribution (EFC)

• Fast Web - Free scholarship search site

• CollegeXpress - Search scholarships, find a loan, explore colleges, prep for tests

• Scholarships.com - Complete a personalized profile to match your specific skills, talents, interests, and abilities to the Scholarships.com database of over 600,000 college scholarship awards.

• Federal Trade Commision on Scholarship Scams

• Can you spot a scholarship scam?

• If you have to pay money to get money, it's probably a scam.