Other Financial Aid Websites

Federal & State Links

FAFSA on the Web
Complete your Free Application for Federal Student Aid through the Internet.

Ford Federal Direct Loan Homepage
Use this link to check your loan debt, estimate re-payments, get consolidation information, and obtain helpful information for Direct Loan borrowers.

NSLDS—National Student Loan Data System
Visit this site to obtain information on your student loan history. The site provides information on outstanding loan balances, your loan statuses (whether repayment, deferment, forebearance, or default) and more. In order to use the NSLDS Student Access web site, you will need to provide your social security number (SSN), the first two digits of your last name, your date of birth, and your PIN (Personal Identification Number). A link to request your PIN is provided on the NSLDS webpage.

U.S. Office of Post Secondary Education
The Department of Education is the federal agency that regulates financial aid. Their home page has a variety of current information concerning the current fiscal year. Also, software is available to apply on-line with FAFSA Express.

Selective Service
If you are a male between the ages of 18 and 25, and you have not registered with Selective Service you can do so at the Selective Service site. If you have registered, but you have lost your proof of registration, you can obtain your Selective Service registration number here.

West Virginia Prepaid Tuition Plan
Begin planning early by prepaying the cost of your young child’s college tuition.

Students.gov
A one stop shop giving students access to information about financial aid, career developement, education planning, consumer protection and a wide variety of other topics.

WVU Links

Tuition Payment Plans
An organization which has contracted with WVU to provide a monthly payment plan to WVU students.

WVU Bookstore On Line
Reserve your books on-line!

WVU Foundation Scholarships
Promise Scholarships

Other Useful Links

SimpleTuition.com
A free, Internet-based service which allows students to easily track their education loan information. The service is provided by the National Student Loan Clearinghouse. To access information about your loan servicers, you’ll need to input only your Social Security Number and date of birth. The service provides a list of your loan providers, and information for contacting them. Financial details, such as loan amounts and loan status, are not provided.

FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page
FinAid contains valuable information including information about: scholarship scams and frauds that the Federal Trade Commission is investigating, calculators for everything from determining your monthly loan repayment to estimating your Expected Family Contribution, and links to preferred lenders and scholarship searches.

Financial Aid EasyPlanner
Forecast Costs, Plan Your Aid, Compare Your Awards
This useful website from CollegeBoard helps you understand, compare, and evaluate aid offers from institutions to which you have been admitted. You can: calculate how much you will be expected to pay at each college; get advice about college costs, education loans, and college work-study offers; learn helpful strategies for evaluating and comparing aid offers; and get practical tips and information for paying your college bill. The website is free and easy to use.

FastWeb.com is a scholarship search on the Internet. It provides access to a searchable database of more than 275,000 private sector scholarships, fellowships, grants, and student loans. Used by colleges across the United States, fastWEB is now available to you FREE through the World Wide Web, courtesy of the West Virginia University Financial Aid Office and fastWEB.com, L.L.C.

To use fastWEB, a student fills out a detailed profile through a series of online forms. After the forms are complete, fastWEB responds within a few minutes with a list of matching awards. Each entry in this list includes information about deadlines, eligibility requirements, award amounts, and contact information for the award provider.

College Answer – The Planning for College Destination
Another free scholarship search. Provided by SallieMae, this search asks for you Social Security Number (SSN). If you do not feel comfortable providing your SSN, any 9 digit number may be used.

College-Scholarships.com
Links to more than 40 free, online scholarship search sites listing thousands of scholarships and financial awards worth billions of dollars.