Hi My name is Ms. Nelson and I am your College & Career Specialist at CCHS. My role is to support the Student Services team and assist students with their post-secondary plans.
College & Career Center
The CCC will open in September for students to visit during A
and B Lunch as well as after school until 2:40 PM.
Location: 1-106 (across from the cafeteria and at the back of
the administration building).
CCC Inquiry Form
http://bit.do/cccinquiry
Please complete this form if you
have a question relating to your post-secondary goals or you are requesting an
application/test fee waiver.
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College Admissions
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Scholarships
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Financial Aid
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Career Planning
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College Application
Essays
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Fee
Waivers (ACT, SAT, College Applications)
CCC-Ms.
Nelson Appointment Request
If
you would like to schedule a meeting with me, please submit the appointment
request form. After you submit the form, you will receive an email with your
meeting date/time.
https://calendly.com/cchscccmeeting/ccc-meeting
Upcoming Opportunities
Upcoming
opportunities are posted in the Student
Body-CCC-Upcoming Opportunities Canvas Page. The Upcoming Opportunities canvas page will
be updated with new opportunities throughout the school year such as college
visits, college programs and fly-ins, webinars, and more! Check this site
regularly!
Scholarship Listings
Scholarship
listings can be found in the Student Body-CCC-Scholarship Listings Canvas Page.
The Scholarship Listings canvas page
will be updated with new scholarships throughout the school year! Check this
site regularly!
Financial Aid Information
Financial Aid is money to help pay for college or career school.
There are four main ways to look for money to help pay for your post-secondary
education: Federal Aid, State Aid, Institutional Aid (from the college or
career school), and Scholarships.
Federal Aid
Submitting
the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is the only way to get federal
aid, including the Pell grants, work-study programs, and federal student
loans. You also often need to file the FAFSA to qualify for state and
institutional aid, such as scholarships.
The FAFSA is a free application and only takes about 30 minutes to
complete!
Each year, the FAFSA opens October 1st for seniors to complete at:
https://fafsa.gov/
- All seniors are to complete the
2022-2023 application if they are attending a university, college,
technical college, or enlisting in the military.
- If you are planning on starting
in the summer you will also complete the 2021-2022 FAFSA application
- All seniors need to complete the
FAFSA during the fall of their senior year.
- Some colleges have priority FAFSA
deadlines-Submit your FAFSA in October to try and earn the most money
possible for college!
- Many colleges will not consider
you for merit aid unless you complete the FAFSA! Apply even if you don’t
think you will qualify!
- Visit the Student Body-CCC-FAFSA Resources for more information!
State Aid
The FFAA
(Florida Financial Aid Application) is a free application that could help
seniors qualify for state grants and scholarships and also includes the Bright
Futures Scholarship.
Institutional Aid
Institutional
aid, unlike federal or state aid, is money from your college or
university. It is often available to incoming students (seniors) as well
as current students at the college.
The first step to applying for institutional aid is completing
the FAFSA, or Free
Application for Federal Student Aid. Many colleges and universities use this form to determine what
need-based aid, grants, loans, or scholarships they may offer a student.
Students will also want to check if your college/university needs other
forms, such as the CSS Profile.
Check the financial aid websites of the colleges/universities you are
applying to for information regarding priority deadlines and additional
scholarship applications.
For example:
UCF Financial Aid Website: https://www.ucf.edu/financial-aid/
Valencia Financial Aid Website:
Scholarships
All grade levels can search and apply for scholarships! Check out the
following scholarship databases to start searching and applying for
scholarships!
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Raise.me
o Raise.me helps students in 9th - 12th grades to
discover colleges and earn scholarships for their academic and extracurricular
achievements throughout high school.
o These bite-sized scholarships are called
“Micro-Scholarships”. When students add
achievements to their Portfolio on Raise.me, they could be eligible to earn
Micro-Scholarships towards partner colleges.
These achievements can include good grades, participating in clubs,
playing on a sports team, volunteering, or even starting a club. They can
include AP or IB courses, honors classes, and college-level courses, too.
o Sign up today at https://www.raise.me/
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Scholar Snapp
o Save time on your scholarship applications!
o Scholar Snapp allows you to reuse your information
– everything from contact details to teacher recommendations, video uploads,
essays, and more – from one application to another.
o https://www.scholarsnapp.org/students/
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“Guaranteed” Scholarships Site
o The newly revised
<http://www.guaranteed-scholarships.com> now includes more than 700
scholarships guaranteed by nearly 200 colleges and universities.
o By guaranteed scholarships, we mean those which are
unlimited in number, and require no interview, essay, portfolio, audition,
competition or other "secondary" requirement. Just meet the criteria
listed, adhere to the application deadlines set by the individual colleges and
universities, gain admission, enroll, and receive your scholarship or
scholarships.
o Once you find a scholarship listed for your
college-check the college's financial aid website for more information.
o https://www.guaranteed-scholarships.com/
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LendEDU’s Guide to College Scholarships
o Scholarships listed by 13 categories:
§ State
§ Trait
§ School
§ Race
§ Gender
§ Religion
§ Brand
§ Major
§ Military
§ Skill
§ Miscellaneous
§ LendEDU
§ Weird
o https://lendedu.com/blog/scholarships/
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http://www.fastweb.com/
o Fastweb is your connection to scholarships,
colleges, financial aid and more.
o Once you complete your profile you'll have access
to Fastweb's database of more than 1.5 million scholarships. That's $3.4
billion dollars in funding - all available to students like you!
o http://www.fastweb.com/
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Petersons
o Win $2,500 for school!
o Start by entering to win Peterson’s World’s Easiest
Scholarship and then search the scholarship database that houses over $10
billion in private aid!
o https://www.petersons.com/
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Unigo
o Create a Unigo account to save your personal
scholarship results. Save your essay questions and fill out future Unigo
Scholarships fast!
o In only a few minutes, complete your scholarship
profile to see your personal scholarship results.
o Start applying to scholarships in your personal
results. Complete all 14 Unigo scholarships. Don’t forget to come back every
month to see updated personal results!
o https://www.unigo.com/
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Cappex
o The nation’s largest, multi-billion dollar
scholarship database— create a free account (Links to an external site.) to see
all of your personalized matches and start applying today
o https://www.cappex.com/
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BigFuture Scholarship Search
o Welcome to the College Board's Scholarship Search!
o Find scholarships, other financial aid and
internships from more than 2,200 programs, totaling nearly $6 billion.
o Enter as much information as possible to find the
most matches.
o
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Scholarships.com
o Whether you’re a high school student, college
student, nontraditional or adult-learner, complete a free profile then get
matched to scholarships and grants you're qualified for from colleges,
universities, organizations, foundations, corporations, government & more.
o Search for college scholarships by academic major,
athletics, art, ethnicity, first in family, GPA, minority, music, state, name
or type.
o https://www.scholarships.com/
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Scholarship America
o There are tons of scholarships out there, designed
to help students like you get to—and stay in—college. Start exploring and start
the application process with the click of a button.
o https://scholarshipamerica.org/students/browse-scholarships/
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Scholarships360
o What is Scholarships360?
o They're a team of educators, parents, and students
who believe it’s possible for any student to get an education with $0 in
student debt.
o How are they different?
o New to Scholarships360? Here’s what to expect:
§ No spam
§ No required sign-up
§ Data safety
§ Updated daily since 2010
§ Decades of experience in higher education
o https://scholarships360.org/
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Maldef Scholarship Guide
o The MALDEF Scholarship Resource Guide is a free,
informative resource guide for students, parents, and educators with an
extensive list of scholarships, including many that do not inquire about
immigration status.
o Click here to view the scholarship guide!
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2021 Undergraduate Scholarships that don't require
proof of U.S. Citizenship or legal permanent residency
o Click the link to view the National Database for
Scholarships for undocumented individuals.
o https://immigrantsrising.org/wp-content/uploads/Immigrants-Rising_List-of-Undergraduate-Scholarships.pdf