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Get Video Answers to Financial Aid Questions

Scholarships

• Scholarships are gift funds that are often awarded to students based on various criteria- high academic achievement, special talents or other association with the sponsor
• Like grants they do not have to be repaid
• We encourage you to investigate the availability of grants or scholarships from all sources - review the APUS Web site, research the Department of Education resources and contact local or private organizations like AMVETS, Rotary Clubs, community foundations or the chamber of commerce just to name a few
• There are over 100 organizations that have provided our students scholarships
• Each application process is different

Outside Scholarships

• Students may pay for course registrations with outside scholarships
• Those who will be using an awarded scholarship to pay for a course registration must indicate this payment method when registering for a course
• Students using outside scholarships will not be able to enter their classrooms until formal verification of the scholarship arrives at APUS
• Applicants for Federal Student Aid and/or Private loan programs are required to notify Financial Aid Services of their award and award amount
• This information is required to be recorded and used to calculate your eligibility for Federal Assistance

Private Scholarship Search Resources

• Businesses
• Civic organizations
• The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation
• College Board
• College Quest.com
• Discover Card Tribute Award Scholarship
• DiversityJobs Scholarship
• FastWeb
• The Gates Millennium Scholars Program
  Administered by the United Negro College Fund
• Guidance Counselors
• Harry S. Truman Scholarship
• Homeland Security
• Horatio Alger Scholarship
• JustJobs Scholarship
• LatPro Scholarship
• National Merit Scholarship
• National Security Agency Stokes Scholars Program
  Email: customercare@nsa.gov 
• Parents' Employer(s)
• Ron Brown Scholar Program
• Rhodes Scholar
• Scholarship.com, LLC
• School Soup Scholarship Search
• Walmart Foundation Scholarship

Free Scholarship Search Services

• FastWeb
• FinAid on the Web
• Free-4U
• Fresch: Free Scholarship Search
• Go College: The Collegiate Websource
• Peterson's Scholarship Search
• Sallie Mae
• Scholarship Help
• The College Board

Thinking about using the services of a financial aid consultant? Before you decide, please review important consumer information from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.