Helpful Sites

Here are some helpful sites available for more financial aid advice!

OutlawStudent.com – An excellent site that all prospective financial aid and scholarship applicants should read through. A real scholarship judge gives free advice, and a great deal of example content, about how to screw up a scholarship application, and how to avoid the extremely common mistakes that disqualify many students for financial aid.

FastWeb – One of the largest scholarship databases available to students. FastWeb, owned by Monster.com, claims to have 600,000 awards worth over 1 billion dollars.

Student Aid on the Web – The Department of Education’s site about federal financial aid.

FAFSA On The Web – The Free Application for Federal Student Aid. To be eligible for the Pell Grant, you must submit this application for federal aid.

Federal Stafford Loan – A small site about the ins and outs of the Stafford Loan Program

To learn the answers to some Pell FAQs, visit https://thepell.com/pell-grant-faq/

We hope that these sites were helpful to you, and that they could provide information that aids you in your college journey. If you have questions about state-specific grants, the application process, or other frequently asked questions, The Pell has more information than you could ever wish for!