The following are helpful web-links and resources to assist with the financial aid and scholarship details relating to your College Selection Process:

From the Ohio Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (OASFAA.org) website, the following links will provide clarification to the financial aid process:

• Information for Students & Parents: This page contains information designed to help you understand and explore the financial aid resources available for higher education.

• Helpful web-links to financial aid sites and search engines.

• Common Financial Aid Acronyms & Abbreviations

• Loan Terminology

• Information on Scholarship Scams

• NACAC's Scholarship Scam Prevention web page

• Warning Signs of a Possible Scholarship Scam

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA):

• Register for Personal Identification Number (PIN) for both student and parent, which will serve as your electronic signature when logging in and completing your application.

• Official website for FAFSA.

• Official website for Federal Student Aid.

• Official website for Department of Education.

CSS/POFILE is a program of the College Board, for which a fee is assessed.  Many colleges and universities, graduate and professional schools, and scholarship programs use the information collected on CSS/PROFILE to help them award non-federal student aid funds.  The CSS/PROFILE is customized for you based on the information you give when you register for the service.

• Register for your customized CSS/PROFILE application.

• See CSS/PROFILE on-line registration guide.

• View list of colleges, universities, and scholarship organizations that will use CSS/POFILE for 2006-07 year.