College and Career Resources

  • Federal Student Aid- Learn about applying for Federal Student Aid
  • FAFSA  -  Free Application for Federal Student Aid
  • Fastweb - Fastweb is a free scholarship search platform that connects students to scholarships and financial aid tools. Our goal is to help you find scholarships to make school more affordable.
  • FinAid -  Information on financial aid for college and tips on how to help ease the burden of college expenses.
  • Elkhart County Community Foundation - Together with local philanthropists, the Community Foundation offers numerous scholarships for students in Elkhart County. The scholarships go toward tuition for higher education.
  • Dollars for Scholars - To complete the Goshen Dollars for Scholars Application you do not need to complete the entire Scholarship America profile, however, you will be eligible for more scholarships through Scholarship America if you complete additional parts of the profile.
    • Create an Account
      • Click on Students & Parents
      • Scroll to the bottom and click on “Click to Login”
      • Choose “Click Here” to create an account/profile
      • Choose your school -  Goshen High School (be careful to choose the correct Goshen)
      • Start completing Basic Info  -  you MUST complete all ** fields.  Ethnicity note: If your ethnicity is listed—select it.  If not, then select N/A.  If you select ”Other”, fill in the dropbox.
      • Click “submit.”    An email will then be sent to you to verify your profile and create a password.
    • Complete Profile Information 
      • After you have used your password to log into the Scholarship America site, you will need to complete your profile which you will later submit as your application for the scholarship.
      • Student Dashboard – Under “My Information” click on “ To work on your profile Click Here.”
      • My Information Screen - You will need to complete all the ** fields.  There are some areas you will need to complete additional fields.
      • Please note that when you have completed the required profile items for the Goshen Dollars for Scholars application your profile will be approximately 70% complete.
    • Naviance Family Connection -  is a comprehensive website that you and your child can use to help in making decisions about colleges and careers. Family Connection is linked with College Planner, a service we use in our office to track and analyze data about college, so it provides up-to-date information that's specific to our school. To log in, use the username and password your son or daughter has created which is connected to their school Gmail account.  Contact your student's counselor if you have any questions.
        • Research colleges: Compare GPA, standardized test scores, and other statistics to actual historical data from our school for students who have applied and been admitted in the past.
        • College visits: Find out which colleges are visiting our school.
        • Communication: Family Connection lets us share information with you and your child about upcoming events and other web resources for college and career information.
        • College Searches:  Family Connection has an awesome college search feature where you can search for schools by multiple variables.

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