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Financial Aid

许多学生犯了错误,导致他们损失了数千美元的助学金。但在 Firecracker,我们致力于帮助您驾驭复杂的助学金世界,以便您可以做出明智的选择,最大限度地利用助学金机会,并确保您走向更光明、更实惠的未来。让我们确保您为您的教育做出正确的财务举措!

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经济援助小指南

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如何支付加州的大学学费:

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1. 加州助学金
2.佩尔助学金
3.工作
4. 贷款
5. 大学奖学金
6. 校外奖学金

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估算成本:

选择你的学校!

选项:

使用净价计算器来计算您所选择的学校!

搜索:(学校名称)+ 净价计算器

例子:
加州大学伯克利分校:https://saservices.berkeley.edu/calculator
加州大学欧文分校:https://www.ofas.uci.edu/cost/net-price-calculator.php
圣何塞州立大学:https://www.sjsu.edu/faso/docs/net-price-calculator.html
哈佛大学:https://college.harvard.edu/financial-aid/net-price-calculator

研究你的援助:

哈佛 - 如果家庭收入为 85,000 美元或以下,学费免除;家庭收入在 85,000 至 150,000 美元之间的,需支付其年收入的 10%

什么是 FAFSA?

联邦学生资助免费申请表

政府会使用此表格来确定您是否有资格获得联邦学生资助。您需要父母的帮助才能填写此表格,因为它需要您家庭财务和纳税申报单的信息。

笔记:

- 明年申请大学的人都应填写 FAFSA 表格
- 您不需要是低收入者即可获得经济援助
- 你必须在每个学年开始前填写新的 FAFSA 表格才能获得援助

申请 FAFSA

在线: fafsa.gov (推荐)
你和你的父母都需要一个(联邦学生援助)FSA ID
- FSA ID 需要您的社会安全号码、全名和出生日期


邮寄:打印并填写纸质 FAFSA 表格,然后将其邮寄至表格上的地址

 

预计发布时间:2023 年 12 月
(通常十月开放,但今年推迟了)

什么是 CSS?

大学奖学金服务

CSS是由大学理事会创建和管理的在线应用程序,允许大学生申请经济援助。许多大学和奖学金项目都使用此平台来提供非联邦机构援助。

链接: https: //cssprofile.collegeboard.org/

*开放时间: 10月1日

*截止时间: ~1 月 1 日 -3 月 31 日(常规决定)

各个学校的截止日期不同

补助金

Cal-Grant:  

 

Deadline: March 2nd *

- The Cal Grant is a California-specific grant for college students that does not have to be paid back. 
- Must either submit the FAFSA or California Dream Act to receive this grant. This money is given for students who want to apply to Universities of California (UCs), California State Universities (CSUs) or California Community Colleges (CCs), or qualifying independent and career colleges or technical schools in California.

 

- Apply through the FAFSA or CA Dream Act application
Note: CA Dream Act is for undocumented students

 
Make sure your GPA is reported to the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC)
- c
reate a WebGrants 4 Students account and log in to confirm they have a GPA on file by March 2nd 
Website: https://mygrantinfo.csac.ca.gov/ 

 

 

Award Amounts for the Cal-Grant

Link: https://www.csac.ca.gov/post/what-are-cal-grant-award-amounts#:~:text=Cal%20Grant%20A%20%E2%80%93%20%244%2C000%3A%20This,books%20and%20other%20college%20costs. 

Pell grant:

A Federal Pell Grant is awarded to undergraduate students who need financial aid. This grant does not need to be repaid and is applied through the FAFSA. 

The maximum Federal Pell Grant is $7,395 for 2023-2024.

CA Dream Act: 

The California Dream Act helps undocumented students receive financial aid. It also allows eligible students to pay in-state tuition at any California public college.

Apply: https://dream.csac.ca.gov/landing

Scholarships

Look for both local and national scholarships! 

Notable Links: 
1. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Js27TzBo7bbFsOrvacDQsgDFFd-cRcBODgI66CdPhyI/edit#gid=0 
2. https://www.sfachievers.org/high-school-scholarship-list

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