General Financial Aid Links

Search Financial Aid

Looking for financial aid can sometimes be a lengthy and frustrating experience. To better serve your needs, the HCEF has compiled a list of online and offline resources that might help speed up the process of furthering your education.

Scholarship Resource Book (Microsoft Word document) Updated!

Click the Word document below to find some other scholarships that might be pertinent to your future academic endeavors or course of study.  *NOTE: A scholarship listing in this book does not suggest that the Holmes County Education Foundation in any way endorses or promotes a given organization or group. All information is subject to change.

Opening Doors of Opportunity College Access Program: See what this new service in Holmes County can offer you in your search for colleges, financial aid, and much more!

Holmes County Higher Education Center
A branch of the University of Akron | Wayne College, right here in Holmes County!

Holmes County Public Library
The Holmes County Library Reference Department has many resources available.

OCAN (Ohio College Access Network)- College Aid Internet Guide

FinAid- A Student's Guide to Financial Aid

Federal Student Aid

College Board- focuses on:

• SAT registration and preparation
• College Search
• Test Preparation

Upromise.com- a free service to help you pay for college

CareersandColleges.com: (formerly CollegeXpress.com) college, scholarship and loan search

Ohio Board of Regents: Money for College in Ohio
Online College/Scholarship/Financial Aid Search Engines and Informational Websites

AmeriCorps

American College Testing (ACT) website

Cashe, Sallie Mae Foundation- Educational Loans

College Board Scholarship Search

College Connection

College Goal Sunday (Ohio)

College.gov

CollegeNET

College Savings Plan Network

College-scholarships.com

FAFSA  File the Free Application for Federal Student Aid

FAFSA 4caster  Gives early predictor of financial aid

Fastaid

FastWEB -powered by Monster

Federal Student Aid Information

FinAid.Org  Information on Federal aid, financial planning, scholarships, EFC calculator, and loan comparison

FreSch!- Free Scholarship Search and Information Guide

GoCollege

Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation- Loan Calculators and information can be found here

National Service, Corporation for

Ohio Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (OASFAA)- State and Federal Student Financial Aid information and links

Ohio College Access Network (OCAN)

Ohio Lending Works- an education opportunity program whose goal it is to make college more affordable to Ohioans.

Ohio State Grants & Scholarships Department

Ohio Tuition Trust Authority (OTTA) College Advantage Savings Plan

SAT Testing

Scholarships.com

Selective Service System

The Planning for College Destination

The Scholarship Page