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Financial Aid & Scholarships

Battlefield students and families, please find all of our college and career planning resources on our internal PWCS Canvas page under "BFHS-Counseling and Student Services".

You will find in-depth financial planning resources and recorded workshops!

FAFSA

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is available online at studentaid.gov. The earliest filing date for the FAFSA is October 1st.

Step 1: Students, parents, and borrowers are required to use a FSA ID to confirm your identity when accessing financial aid information and electronically signing your federal student aid documents. Click here to create an FSA ID (Parent/guardian and student each need their own).

Step 2: Electronic filing is the fastest, easiest, and most accurate way to apply for financial aid. Log into your FAFSA application using your FSA ID at studentaid.gov.

CSS Profile

The College Board's CSS Profile™ is an online application that collects information used by almost 400 colleges, universities, professional schools, and scholarship programs to award financial aid from sources outside of the federal government. After you submit your application, the College Board sends it to the colleges and scholarship programs you have chosen.

Scholarship Search

College/Institution Scholarships

Check the institution's financial aid website to see if you need to either:

  1. Apply to the college by a certain deadline to automatically be considered
  2. Apply to scholarships within the college's database after applying to the school
  3. If you need to be nominated by your high school for a college scholarship Community Scholarships are listed in Naviance Student under -> Colleges tab, scroll to the bottom, "Scholarship List". Click on the scholarship to learn how to apply!

Scholarship Sharing database
SPARK Scholarship database

TIP: Ask your parents/guardians to check with their human resource offices at their work to see if their company offers scholarships for dependents!

ROTC Scholarship

Understanding ROTC Programs

TIP: If you do not currently meet the requirements to apply for an ROTC scholarship right out of high school, be mindful that you can apply to an ROTC scholarship while IN college!
Be sure that the ROTC branch that you wish to serve through is offered at the institution you seek to attend.

Opportunities Scholarship

The College Board Opportunity Scholarships

The more effort you put in, the more opportunities you have to earn a scholarship. Complete all six, and you're eligible to earn $40,000. Scholarships will be awarded through monthly drawings to students who complete each action.

  1. Build Your College List: $500 Get started by exploring colleges you're interested in.
  2. Practice for the SAT: $1,000 Use Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy® to get ready for test day.
  3. Improve Your Score: $2,000 Show how practice pays off by improving your SAT score.
  4. Strengthen Your College List: $500 Make sure your college list has a mix of academic safety, match, and reach schools.
  5. Complete the FAFSA: $1,000 Fill out the free government form to apply for financial aid.
  6. Apply to Colleges: $1,000 Apply to the schools you want to attend.
  7. Complete Your Journey: $40,000 Complete all six scholarship steps to be eligible for a $40,000 scholarship.