Lender Lists
FAFSA and GPA Verification Form
- FAFSA on the WEB
- 2010-11 GPA Verification Form (to qualify for the Cal Grant)
Scholarship Search
- College Board’s Online Financial Aid Services: Includes a scholarship search, a career search, and financial aid calculators.
- CollegeNET: Offers useful financial aid links and a powerful scholarship search engine.
- FastWEB Scholarship Search: Use the largest free scholarship search service on the Internet Register online, and FastWEB will respond with a list of matching award programs. Also includes interactive calculators and financial planning software.
- Financial Aid Information: Provides information and links to scholarship databases, financial aid calculators, and opportunities to "Ask the Aid Advisor."
- Sallie Mae Financial Aid: Online scholarship search, interactive calculators, and financial planning software.
- Upromise Scholarship: A scholarship program for Upromise members who plan to pursue postsecondary education.
- Sacramento Region Community Foundation Scholarship Search
- Scholarships.com
Other
- Student Guide: The Student Guide to Federal Student Financial Assistance Programs (Department of Education).
- IRS Publication 970 is the definitive guide for all tax benefits for higher education. Due to the frequent changes in tax law, we recommend that you read this publication for all the last information.
What will you find in this publication? Chapter 1 explains the tax treatment of various types of educational assistance, including scholarships, fellowships, and tuition reductions. Two tax credits for which you may be eligible for are explained in chapters 2 and 3. These benefits, which reduce the amount of your income tax, are: The Hope credit and the Lifetime Learning credit. Ten other types of benefits are explained in chapters 4 and 12. With these, benefits, you may be able to take advantage of some great incentives.
