• Create Your FAFSA ID
  Both students and parents need to create an FSA ID in order to complete the FAFSA
• Create or Update Your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
  Complete and renew this mandatory form once a year as soon as possible after January 1
• Complete Entrance Loan Counseling
  Complete loan counseling, sign your Master Promissory Note, and track/monitor your student loans
• Waive Your Health Insurance
  Make sure you waive your insurance here or on your college portal by the deadline to save approximately $2000 per year
• Check Your Loan Balance
  Enter your FSA ID information to learn more about the total amount of your federal loans
• Learn More with uAspire
  This college access agency based in Boston, Massachusetts, is a great resource for all things financial aid
• Leverage the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority (MEFA)
  Use MEFA’s tools and resources to plan, save, and pay for college

• Cappex
  Cappex is a scholarship database.
• Fastweb
  Fastweb is a scholarship database.
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF)
  HSF empowers families with the knowledge and resources to successfully complete a higher education, while providing scholarships and support services to as many exceptional students as possible.
• The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
  The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need.
• Jackie Robinson Foundation
  The Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF) Scholarship program addresses the financial needs of college students and provides extensive, hands-on mentoring and support services.
• QuestBridge
  QuestBridge connects the nation’s most exceptional, low-income youth with leading colleges and job opportunities.
• Posse Boston
  Through its Dynamic Assessment Process, Posse identifies students and veterans for their leadership and academic potential.
• United Negro College Fund
  UNCF is the nation’s largest private scholarship provider to minority group members.

• Receive a Brooke Stipend
  Send Sarah Holden your semester transcript to receive a $100 book stipend for the semester
• Buy Used Textbooks Online
  Amazon.com, Chegg.com, and Half.Ebay.Com

• My Next Move
  An interactive tool for students to learn more about career options
• Major Clarity
  Connect academic planning with career pathway aspirations

Recruiting websites:

• Bottom Line, Getting Experience
  Resources and tools for students to launch a job search
• Idealist.org
  A recruiting site featuring jobs, internships, and volunteer opportunities with nonprofit organizations
• Chegg Internships
  An internship recruiting site with an extensive library of job application resources

Specific programs:

• Generation Teach
  Summer teaching fellowships for diverse undergraduate and high school students
• Harvard Integrated Life Sciences Summer Internships
  Participate in a paid summer research experience with Harvard’s many schools and affiliated hospitals
• Phillips Brooks House Association Summer Urban Program
  Community-based summer programs across Boston and Cambridge
• Let’s Get Ready
  Volunteer as an SAT-prep and admissions counselor to first-generation-to-college students

• College for America/Duet
  Accelerate your degree from Southern New Hampshire University while working full time
• Year Up
  Gain new skills in this one-year, intensive training program that provides a combination of hands-on skills development, coursework eligible for college credit, corporate internships, and wraparound support
• Foundation Year
  Enroll in Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies, where you can earn a full year of college credit
• Job Corps
  Obtain career technical skills, complete high school education or earn college credits, and gain employment for up to three years in this residential education and job training program
• AmeriCorps
  Commit a year of public service to “helping others and meeting critical needs in the community” through a voluntary civil society program supported by the U.S. federal government, foundations, and corporations