Scholarships & Financial Aid Basics Guest Speakers: Felipe Martinez, The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis Kelli Lively, Washington University, Student Financial Services Michelle Luraschi, PHS You CAN go to College!

PHS College & Career Resources Sign-up for Remind me texts of college & career events, college visits, scholarships, deadlines & more. Juniors: text @phs2017sr to 81010 or email phs2017sr@mail.remind.com Seniors: text @phs2016sr to 81010 or email phs2016sr@mail.remind.com Use College Counseling website www.phs.psdr3.org Select“Student Services” then “College Counseling” Mrs. Luraschi’s email: mluraschi@psdr3.org Attend all college-related events at PHS

Scholarships 101 What? When? Oct.-June Merit/academic: usually college funded Activities/Interests (athletics, band, scouts, leadership, major, demographics): college or externally funded Need: private college or externally funded Combined (academics, activities, financial need) When? Oct.-June How? Essay? Letter(s) of recommendation? Financial need essay?

Scholarships may be found in 6 areas: Where? Scholarships may be found in 6 areas: College funded: Automatic &/or merit-based scholarships Departmental and/or institutional scholarships Externally funded: Family/work/community connections Local opportunities forwarded to PHS  National scholarship search engines    Internet key word searches: professional associations in ______field scholarships for students with/in _______

Local & National Scholarships Local Scholarships Arriving at PHS from Oct.-May Check for new scholarships every 2 weeks on College Counseling website Search by: Scholarship Name Category Last Update (change arrow to descending) National Search Engines Raise Me & St. Louis Graduates Ethnicity, special interests, major Complete 1 general profile (FastWeb, Cappex)