SCHOLARSHIP WEB SITES

www.fastweb.com The most popular scholarship search site, covering more than 275,000 scholarships.

www.collegeboard.com Provides a basic scholarship search. Look under the "parents and students" selection off the main page for scholarship searching.

www.finaid.org A comprehensive site covering all aspects
of financial aid. It was created by Mark Kantrowitz, author of The Prentice Hall Guide to for Scholarships and Fellowships Math and Science Students, and by the National Association of Students and by the national Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA). It also contains links to many of the most popular, free scholarship search engines.

www.srnexpress.com SRN Express is a free web version of the Scholarship Resource Network (SRN) database. The SRN data base focuses on portable, private-sector, non-need-based aid. The award listings in the SRN database contain more detailed information than can be found in most scholarship databases and scholarship listing books.

www.collegenet.com CollegeNET MACH25 is a free web version of the Wintergreen/Orchard House Scholarship Finder database. This database contains listings of more than 500,000 private sector awards from 1,570 sponsors. The student can view the results in brief or detailed formats, save individual awards in their profile, and generate letters to request additional information. The database is updated annually.

http://www.thesalliemaefund.org Sallie Mae's Online Scholarship Service offers free access to the College Aid Sources for Higher Education (CASHE) database. This database contains listings of numerous private sector awards from more than 3,600 sponsors.

www.freschinfo.com Free scholarship search service tips on applying for scholarships, student loan information etc.

www.mainecf.org Maine Community Foundation Scholarships.

www.mesfoundation.com Online scholarship applications

www.finaid.org/finaid/scams.html Scholarship Scam Alert, Warning Signs of a Scholarship Scam.

Americorps Wondering how you will pay for college? Interested in joining AmeriCorps? An overview of the AmeriCorps education award.

OTHER RESOURCE WEB SITES

www.ed.gov Start off under the "Student Financial Assistance" topic. There is a lot of information on this site.

www.famemaine.com The Finance Authority of Maine's site on the World Wide Web provides parents and students with quick and easy access to information regarding the variety of student financial aid programs and services FAME offers.

www.nelnet.net Access current information on your student loan account at NELNET, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.