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Financial Aid Websites for College Bound Students

ACADEMIC COMMON MARKET – Uncommon Opportunities. Real Savings
Learn how you can pursue a degree not available in Tennessee – yet pay in-state rates.  A
s college plans are being worked on and finalized, many are considering out-of-state institutions but find costs prohibited.  The Southern Regional Educational Board (SREB) has a program that may help students pursue degrees in selected out-of-state programs at in-state tuition rates at over 150 colleges and universities across the South.  Participating in the Academic Common Market is easy and free, requiring only that the student be certified as a legal resident of one of the 16 member states of the SREB and be admitted to an eligible program.  For more details and to review a complete list of programs available, visit the ACM web site.

CSS Profile PROFILE is the financial aid application service of the College Board -- a national, 100-year-old, not-for-profit membership association. Many of the member colleges, universities, graduate and professional schools, and scholarship programs use the information collected on PROFILE to help them award nonfederal student aid funds.

 
FAFSA Free Application for Federal STudent Aid.  Apply online for the Lottery Scholarships as well as other grants/loans.


Fastweb Free Scholarship Search  Recommended by over 15,500 high schools and 3,500 colleges, FastWeb is the nation's largest, most accurate, and most frequently updated scholarship database online

Fin Aid - another good financial aid resource

Financial Aid Calculators: Determine how much school will cost and how much aid you will need.

Funding your Education: This is a good resource for the different types of financial aid available.

Nashville Scholarships  - a source to find scholarships for students in the Nashville and Middle Tennessee area. 

TSAC - Get the latest information on the Tennessee Lottery Scholarships!

Linked sites are not under the control of WCS, and the district is not responsible for the contents of any of these linked sites or any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to such sites.   These links are offered to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement of the site by our district.