Paying for College

1. Create a FSA ID

• Social Security #
• Date of Birth
• address
• phone number
• email (not school email!)

2. Complete the FAFSA using your FSA ID

Want to practice or need to see if you qualify for a Pell Grant? FAFSA Aid Estimator

(Click on links below)

Benson Alumni Scholarships (paper or PDF posted below)

• October 1- January 31 (get paper copy in room 222 or download below)
• 2.0 GPA
• 6 or more $1,500 awarded

• October 1-January 31
• 2.5 GPA
• Over $76,000 awarded to various Benson Students

• December 1- February 28
• No GPA requirement
• Up to $15,000 /yr awarded for a 4-year university or up to $12,500/yr for 2-year trade school

• November 1- March 3
• hundreds of scholarships offered for various OPS students

• November 1-February 1
• 2.0 GPA
• Full ride scholarship to any public Nebraska university/college

Scholarships for Nebraska Students

UNO (University of Nebraska at Omaha)

UNL (University of Nebraska at Lincoln)

UNK (University of Nebraska at Kearny)

Wayne State College

Peru State College

MCC (Metropolitan Community College)

• Davis Chambers Scholarship for MCC (PDF attached below)

Gates Scholarship

• July 15-September 15
• 3.3 GPA, School Leadership
• Pell Eligible

Questbridge National College Match Scholarship

• DUE September 26
• Pell Eligible

Coca-Cola Scholars

• August- September 30

Elks National Foundations Scholarship Programs

• August- November 12
• No GPA requirement
• US Citizenship

Jack Kent Cooke Foundations Scholarship Program

• August 22-November 14
• 3.75 GPA

Heisman Scholarship

• August 15- October 17
• 3.0 GPA, 3 year high school athlete

Hagan Scholarship

• September 1 - December 1
• 3.5 GPA

Dell Scholarship

• October 1- December 1
• 2.4 GPA, Pell Eligible, Upward Bound/College Possible

Burger King Foundation Scholars

• October 15-December 16

Jackie Robinson Foundations Scholarships

• August- January 9

APIA (Asian & Pacific Islanders American Scholars)

• November 15-January 15
• 2.7 GPA, Asian ethnicity

Horatio Alger Scholarships

• due March 17
• Financial need
• US Citizenship

Hispanic Scholarship

• January 1-February 15- 3.0 GPA
• Hispanic ethnicity

McDonalds HACER Scholarships

Search on Schoolinks (Finances)--> access through Clever

Scholarships for Nebraska Students

Scholarships 360

College Board Big Future Scholarship Search

Top 175 Scholarships

Education Quest Scholarships

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Educationquest.org

-Click on "Tools"

-Click "Activities Resume"

-Create an account or log in

Benson High School Counseling Team

Education Quest