Awarded 4 stars (highest rating) by College Financial Aid: The Best Resources!
By Gail A. Schlachter and R. David Weber.
432 pages, hardcover.
If you are getting close to high school graduation and are wondering how to pay for college, take this "test":
Do you think your parents make too much money for you to qualify for financial aid?
Do you think that all college aid programs require financial need?
Do you think that only the neediest get financial aid?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you would be wrong! It's a myth that only the needy can get financial aid. In fact, there are more than 1,100 college funding programs open only to high school students that never look at income level. The trick is to find the right programs. We've done that for you in the High School Senior's Guide to Merit and Other No-Need Funding.
There's no other financial aid directory like this one. This guide is just for high school seniors. It identifies more than 1,100 no-need funding programs, lets you search by proposed major or any field, and provides access to funding opportunities in every way you'll need: by program title, sponsoring organization, where you live now, where you want to go to school, your specific subject interests, and application deadline date. Here's your chance to get money for college based solely on your academic record, writing or artistic ability, speech-making skills, athletic success, high school club membership, religious or ethnic background, parents' military or organizational activities, and even pure luck in random drawings!
What do the reviewers say about the High School Senior's Guide to Merit-and Other No-Need Funding? According to School Library Journal. its "user friendly" format takes all the "confusion out of the process" of finding college aid. Reference Books Bulletin points out that "Librarian Schlachter is well known for her scholarship guides for minorities, women, veterans, and the disabled. The High School Senior's Guide targets another special group: middle-class students who don't qualify for need-based scholarships." Recommended Reference Books for Small and Medium-sized Libraries included the High School Senior's Guide in its selective list and American Reference Books Annual concluded that "Schlachter and Weber have done an exemplary job of organizing an enormous amount of information." It's not surprising, then, that the directory was recently awarded four stars (its highest rating) by College Financial Aid: The Best Resources.
