Bright Futures, Grants, Scholarships, Work Study Programs.

Seniors: Please remind your friends to register.
Parents: Please remind your seniors to register.
Teachers: Please remind all your seniors to register.

Florida Bright Futures And Other Grants, Scholarships And Work Study Programs   2010 High School Graduates

All Seniors, Please carefully read!

This is very important to everyone!!

As of December 1, you may now go on line and register for Florida Bright Futures and other Grants, Scholarships and work study programs offered by the State of Florida. Even if you think that you will not qualify for Bright Futures - there are a number of nice grants, work-study programs and low interest student loan programs that are offered by the state - so please register today!

http://www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org/ssfad/bf/

Please carefully read the information found at link# 7 “APPLICATION CHECKLIST” to better understand your responsibilities in the application process.

A COUPLE OF POINTERS:

1. (#13) Identify the Florida County where you attended high school.  It is in the table as “Dade”

2. (#22) Our graduation date is      06/0 6/2011

3. (#23) “In the fall of 2010, I will be classified as: “Freshman, “first time in college”

4. If you don't know what college that you will be attending...enter an in-state school.  Remember that Florida Financial Aid and Bright Futures cannot pay for out-of-state colleges.

5. (#25) Ignore #25 because you are graduating from High School. 

6. (#26) If you do not know your Weighted / Unweighted GPA, make your closest guess If you r GPA is close to a 3.0 (2.8 or 2.9) put 3.0 anyway. Florida Financial Aid and Bright Futures will get your actual GPA off your official transcript that will be sent by the school.

7. (#29) Be sure to check one of the tests!

8. (#35 & #36) I always recommend that you say “yes” to work-study and “student loans”. You can always deny them later on if you do not need this type of financial aid.

9. (#37) you must authorize your SAT/ACT scores and grades so check yes!

10. (#38) Please read this question carefully and correctly answer it.

All Seniors planning to apply to a Florida 4-year private/public university, a 2-year community college, or a vocational/technical school are required to register. For students planning to go out of state, as a back-up, go ahead and apply by entering the name of the in-state College or university you play to use as your back-up. You never know what might happen.

11.  You must register by the end of your senior year or you will loose your Bright Futures eligibility. In other words...If you don't register and go out of the state of Florida to college and then later return to go to a Florida school, YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE YOUR BF AWARD.

- Save and submit your application / Note And Correct Errors If Made Then Resubmit Your  Application

- Print your results and put them in a file.

- When finished click on "Home" at the bottom of the page.

Important Links:

Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA):

Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program 

Please see Mrs. Cosgrove if you have any questions or problems completing this application! She will be monitoring who has applied and who has not applied. Everyone  should register by January 31, 2011 – before the first evaluation.