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Financial Aid Information

Financial Aid Staff from SWOCC will be here this Wednesday, 11/6,  at 6pm, in the MHS Library.  It doesn't matter where you are going to college - this is for everyone.  

 

FSA ID Creation: https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/
    We Encourage FAFSA families to create their FSA IDs prior to completing the FAFSA in December

FAFSA Parent Wizard (works for ORSAA families too!):
https://studentaid.gov/fafsa-apply/parents
    Help FAFSA (and ORSAA) families determine which parent(s) to use on the form with this interactive tool

FAFSA Help Center:
https://studentaid.gov/apply-for-aid/fafsa/filling-out/help
    A one-stop URL for families to get answers to their FAFSA questions

 

Federal Student Aid YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FederalStudentAid
    FSA has updated videos for students and families

 

The OSAC Scholarship application has opened up as well as the Oregon Promise Application.  Both of these can be found at: https://oregonstudentaid.gov/     Be sure to save your username and password somewhere you can easily access it.

 

If you were not able to attend the online Paying for College presentation last month I have a link to it for you to view: https://sites.google.com/view/payingforcollege2024-25/home

Financial Aid Awards

The following articles walk you through what to look for when evaluating your financial aid award(s) and also offers suggestions on how to write a financial aid appeal asking for professional judgement:

 

Here is information for the Coos Bay Student Loan fund for post secondary education loans:

http://coosbaystudentloan.org/

Debi Springsteen

CB Student Loan Committee

Secretary