Scholarships
Funding Higher Education
Lisa Goss
Casper College Scholarship and VA
Coordinator
lgoss@caspercollege.edu
307-268-2510
Helpful Websites
• Federal Aid-FAFSA:
www.fafsa.ed.gov
– Remember students only
have 12 semesters or
equivalent to use federal
aid.
• State Aid-Hathaway
Calculator
http://www.wyo4ed.org/
hathaway-scholarship
– Student can check to
make sure they are on
track.
• Western Interstate
Commission for
Higher Education WICHE:
http://www.wiche.ed
u/studentExchange
– Check to see which
schools outside of
Wyoming participate.
• College you are
attending:
http://www.commun
itycolleges.wy.edu/h
ome.aspx
Online Scholarship Management
Systems
• Online applications for
students
• Students can apply for
multiple scholarships at
once.
• Students can check
status of scholarship
they have applied for.
Free Internet Scholarship Search
Engines:
• FinAid on the Web: www.finaid.org
• Student Aid on the Web: www.studentaid.ed.gov
• College Board:
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/scholarship-search
• FastWeb: www.fastweb.com
• Scholarship Resource Network Express:
www.srnexpress.com
• GoCollege: The Collegiate Websource:
www.gocollege.com
Limiting Scholarships?
• Guidelines set by the federal
government, for all Title IV
schools
• Title IV schools? Award federal
aid, Pell Grant, FSEOG, Direct
Loans.
• FAFSA determines Unmet
need vs. Unmet Cost
• Scholarships vary, so
limitations can vary based on
types of aid
• Students can have too much
money. Colleges may have to
adjust aid not to excess COA.
COA (varies)
EFC (FAFSA no change)
= Unmet Need
Pell Grant
= Unmet Need
= Unmet Cost
Hathaway
= Unmet Need
= Unmet Cost
11692
3500
8192
1500
6692
10192
3200
3492
6992
Limitations can vary based on
types of aid the student is
receiving. Federal aid, State Aid,
External aid, and Institutional aid.
QUESTIONS?
Lisa Goss
Casper College
Gateway Room 316
307-268-2510
lgoss@caspercollege.edu