There are hundreds of resources out there that can give you help with financial aid and financing your education. Listed to the left are popular sites that the Guidance Department at Elder has compiled. We are in no way endorsing one site over another except for the FAFSA web site, which almost all colleges and universities required students to fill out. The FAFSA is primary resource that colleges use in determining your financial need and therefore determining your financial aid award for college. Even though it may be a little daunting and time-consuming, if you want to be considered for financial aid assistance at your college, complete the FAFSA

You cannot complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Financial Aid) until January and we recommend that you complete and submit no later than February 1. You will need your tax returns for the previous year to complete the form, but if you don't have this completed already you can complete with an estimate from the previous year (if you have no significant financial changes). You can get a PIN number before FAFSA completion time. Parents AND students will each need to get their own PIN number for FAFSA completion. Click on the FAFSA link or click below!

When you complete the FAFSA, you will need to identify which schools you would like this information sent to, so click on the link to the left for the "Code List."

The Guidance Department sponsors a Financial Aid Night each year in early January, to help with this process, so please watch for this date.

You may find the sites listed below helpful or you can do your own search by typing in "College Financial Aid" into any search engine.