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Financial Aid 101

Seniors and Families,

Thank you to all who attended last week's Financial Aid 101 program. I hope you found it to be helpful. Please review additional information below. We would also welcome any feedback you have here.

Recordings and Slides:

• Click here

  for a Recording

• Click here

  for Financial Aid 101 Slides

• Click here

  for Scholarships 101 Slides

• Click here

  for International Financial Aid Slides
   

Additional resources (Physical copies are available in the CCC for student pickup):  

• General Information
  • Financial Aid Vocab , Questions to ask

    Financial Aid offices 

• Questions about FAFSA?
  • Creating an FSA ID

    , FAFSA Guide (Class of 2026 version coming soon), FAFSA Overview, Schoolinks Guide, Deadlines

  • Assets you DO include on FAFSA:

    Cash, Savings, Checking, Investment Real Estate, Trust Funds, UGMA, UTMA, Money Market, Mutual Funds, Certificates of Deposit, Stocks/Stock Options, Bonds, Installment or Land Sale Contracts, Money Market Accounts, Education Savings Accounts, 529 College Savings Plans

  • Assets you DO NOT include on FAFSA:

    Home you live in, Family-owned business with 100 or fewer full-time (or full-time equivalent) employees, Net worth of a farms on which the family, resides, Net worth of a commercial fishing business, Life Insurance, Retirement plans, Pension funds, Annuities, Non-Education IRAs, Keogh Plans.

• Questions about what to do after submitting the FAFSA?
  • After FAFSA

    ,   FAFSA Verification

• Questions about CSS Profile?
  • Financial Aid

    information, CSS Profile, Student Guide, CSS Profile vs. FAFSA, Schools that use CSS Profile,

• Additional supports
  • ISAC

    Texting Support Service, Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC), State Financial Aid Programs 

• Questions about Scholarships?

  • LT Scholarship Tracker, Scholarships Handout, College Board Opportunity Scholarships,   Scholarship Club (Students only - Starts Nov 1), Local Scholarships open on Jan 1

• Questions about Loans
  • 6 Lenders

    to Consider for Private Loans, 10 Questions to ask before Borrowing, Student Loans 101, 

  • Parent PLUS loans

    are opportunities for parents to take out loans for their student. These are credit based and you must apply in order to be considered.

College Application Process Session (August 27th, 2025)

Class of 2026 and Families,

Thank you to all who were able to attend this week's sessions. I hope they were helpful to you. We would love your feedback, which can be  submitted here. Below are important follow-up materials I wanted to share. 

• Click here

  to access recording of the event  ( LTTV staff encountered some recording issues at the beginning of the program so recording starts at the 9th minute)

• Click here

  to access Zoom recording

• Click here

  for Event Slides

  • Resources from the program

    • If you would like hard copies, please have your students pick up a resource bag next week from the College and Career Center.

    • Click here

      for the main session handout (includes links to all other pertinent handouts) 

    • Click here

      to access Post-HS Planning Support Services

      • We offer individual assistance via Counselor Appointments

      • We offer on-demand support via Common App Support Library

      • We offer small group assistance via Wednesday Lunch and Learns (students may sign up on Schoolinks under School Events).

    • Click here for Supporting Your Senior supplement
    • Click here

      for Letter of Recommendation instructions

    • Click here

      for College Visit Guidelines

    • Click here

      for Schoolinks College Application Manager Instruction Resource

    • Click here

      for DePaul's free essay editing service

    • Click here

      for College Essay Information

    • Click here

      for Fall Semester Tasks & Timelines