DO YOUR STUDENTS NEED HELP UNDERSTANDING THE FINANCIAL AID PROCESS AND APPLYNG FOR SCHOLARSHIPS TO HELP PAY FOR COLLEGE?

Share Step-By-Step Instructions with Your Students on How to Apply for Financial Aid and Most Importantly - Scholarships.

Your students are probably looking for financial aid and scholarships to help pay for college costs as they apply to various colleges for admission.  Applying for financial aid and scholarships may seem like a confusing process, but if they are provided with easy to understand information; the financial aid process can be fairly simple. 

My name is Sedgwick Hines and I'm the author of The Scholarship Workbook. The Scholarship Workbook is a step-by-step guide designed to help students search and apply for financial aid and scholarships to help pay for college. There are four steps explained in The Scholarship Workbook to make the financial aid process less confusing and less intimidating.

The Scholarship Workbook help students: Understand the entire financial aid process Complete Free Application Federal Student Aid Document qualifications for scholarships Identify various scholarship sources Apply for scholarships Increase chances of winning scholarships And much more.

How do I know about the financial aid process?
Well,  it cost me approximately $130,000 to attend Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.  Although, I received nearly $90,000 in scholarships, grants, and institutional aid to help pay for college.  I still had to borrow close to $40,000 in Student, PLUS, and Alternative loans to help pay for college and flight training costs.  Knowing what I know now, I should have applied to more scholarships .  However, financial aid and scholarships allowed me to pursue my childhood dream of becoming a professional airline pilot.  (Click here if you'd like to read more about my financial aid experience...)

After graduating from college, I wrote and published my first book titled “Aviation Scholarship Directory” to help students find aviation scholarships.  After publishing the second edition of this book, I was asked numerous questions by students and parents about the financial aid process.

Some of the questions asked by past students and parents may be the same questions that your students and their parents are asking you and themselves:

How am I going to pay for college?
What is the financial aid process?
How do I apply for financial aid?
What are the different types of financial aid? 
What is the FAFSA and how do I complete this form?
Am I eligible for financial aid?
My parents make too much money, do I qualify for scholarships?
Where are the scholarships located?
When should I start applying for scholarships?
How do I increase my chances of winning scholarships?

After answering their questions, I realized that most students and parents don’t have a clue about the financial aid process, how to search and apply for scholarships, or how to increasing their chances of winning scholarships.

So I wrote The Scholarship Workbook to simplify the entire financial aid and scholarship process for students and parents by making it a step-by-step guide. 

	Here is a sample of what your students will get in their copy of: The Scholarship Workbook
The Scholarship Workbook is full of step-by-step instructions, examples, and tips about the entire financial aid process. This book will save your students time, money, and energy.  The guess work has been eliminated when it’s time for your students to start applying for financial aid and scholarships.

The Scholarship Workbook consists of the following steps:

Chapter 1: Financial Aid Basics
Chapter 1: Financial Aid Basics explains the entire financial aid process from beginning to end.  Once you and your parent(s) familiarize yourselves with the basics of financial aid, the process is relatively simple.

Chapter 1: Financial Aid Basics will help you understand:
The various types of financial aid.
How financial aid is awarded.
How to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
The Financial Aid Award Package (Award Letter).
How scholarships affect your financial aid award package.
How to renew your FAFSA.
How to avoid scholarship scams.
And much more.

Chapter 2: The Workbook
Chapter 2: The Workbook is designed to help you document information about your college plans, career goals, and information about your family.  Documenting this information will help you identify and apply for scholarships and complete winning scholarship applications.  It will also help you write essays, personal statements, create a scholarship resume, prepare for a scholarship interview, and complete college applications.

The more information you document about you and your family, the more scholarships you are likely to identify and apply for in which you may have overlooked. 

The Workbook has eight parts to help you document your:
Part 1: Personal Profile
Part 2: Family Background
Part 3: Educational Background
Part 4: Volunteer and Work Experiences
Part 5: Extracurricular Activities
Part 6: References
Part 7: Scholarship Resume
Part 8: Track Forms

Chapter 3: Financial Aid and Scholarship Sources
There are various scholarship and financial aid sources that can help you pay for college costs.  Students are typically informed about the following financial aid and scholarship sources:

Federal Government
State Higher Education Agencies
Organizations, Clubs, and Foundations
Business
Individuals

Note: In Chapter 3, there are over 25 different specific sources shared with you to help you identify national scholarships, state scholarships, local scholarships, college scholarships, scholarships for women, scholarships for minorities, and other private scholarships; in which you may have overlooked.


Chapter 4: Completing the Scholarship Application
Chapter 4: Completing the Scholarship Application will help you complete and submit winning scholarship applications.  This chapter will help you complete your scholarship application(s) in a timely fashion and keep your stress level to a minimum.

Chapter 4: Completing the Scholarship Application will help you:
How to obtain a scholarship application
Keep track of the scholarship application process
Understand Scholarship Application Components
Gather Supporting Documents
Complete a Competitive Scholarship Application
Prepare for a Scholarship Interview
Understand what to do after winning a scholarship.
Understand how scholarships are disbursed 
Renew Your Scholarships

The entire financial aid and scholarship process is explained in The Scholarship Workbook.

I want to HELP as many students and families understand the financial aid process and win scholarships to help pay for college. I have decided to offer TRIO Programs, Gear-Up Programs, and educational organizations The Scholarship Workbook at the wholesale price of...

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Sedgwick Hines
Author
"The Scholarship Workbook"