Step Five: Paying For College (Financial Aid & Scholarships)

Congratulations! You've applied to colleges ... now how do you pay for it?

Click here to learn more about HESSA, the FAFSA and scholarship opportunities.

Researching college costs in advance
Scholarships
College Cost Estimators
Financial Aid & Scholarships
FAFSA
HESSA
Other sundry stuff

Principia Prep: Financial Aid Presentation 9/14/2021 (Click arrow to view)

"College Aid Presentation" Understanding The Financial Aid Process in 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqT08RU6XsI

Spring 2021 Updates to our "College Aid Presentation"

HS Senior College Prep Program - More scholarship/grant resources, loan advice, & what to do now

https://youtu.be/QZae2YejOVU

Covers:

-Getting Ready for Freshman year of College

-Properly reading the award letters
-Understanding the appeal process
-The Federal and Private loans available and how they work
-Master Promissory Notes & Entrance Interview Paperwork
-Continuing scholarship opportunities
-Dealing with waitlist and rejection
-FERPA and the HIPPA forms

The College Aid Program for families of Sophomores & Juniors (Scholarships, Grants, Financial Aid)

https://youtu.be/sszljRpnxS4

Covers:

-What Sophomore and Junior parents should know and be doing now
-The impact of Test Optional/Blind going forward on the Financial Aid process
-The Federal and State changes to College Aid because of Covid
-Scholarships Available before Senior year in High School
-The impact of divorce and remarriage on Financial Aid Opportunity
-The CARE’s ACT impact on the Financial Aid Future
-How to evaluate colleges on the out of pocket cost

Centenary University Full-Tuition Partnership Scholarship (Click arrow to view)

Centenary Flier 2021-2022 Final

Warren County Community College Dual Enrollment Program

Hackettstown High School has a Dual Enrollment Program with Warren County Community College at no cost for any Hackettstown High School students provided they meet the prerequisites to take the class. The following classes are available for college credit:

DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES

HHS Course	WCCC Equivalent	Credits
ACCOUNTING	ACC 101 Principles of Accounting	3
ADVANCED ART STUDIO	ART 201 Drawing	3
ANATOMY & PHYS I and II	BIO 176 Intro to A & P/Pathology	3
AP BIOLOGY	BIO 162 General Biology	4
AP CALCULUS AB	MAT 201 Calculus I	4
AP CALCULUS BC	MAT 201 Calculus I	4
AP CALCULUS BC	MAT 202 Calculus II	4
AP CHEMISTRY	CHE 110 Intro to Chemistry	4
AP ENGLISH LIT & COMP	ENG 140 English Comp I	3
AP ENGLISH LIT & COMP	ENG 141 English Comp II	3
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY	HIS 102 Western Civilization II	3
AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE	BIO 165 Environmental Studies	4
AP GOVERNMENT	POL 110 Intro to American Government	3
AP PHYSICS	PHY 111 College Physics I	4
AP PHYSICS	PHY 112 College Physics II	4
AP STUDIO ART	ART 115 Basic Design	3
AP US HISTORY (I & II)	HIS 114 American History	3
AP WORLD HISTORY	HIS 101 Western Civilization	3
AP WORLD HISTORY	HIS 250 Twentieth Century Global History	3
CONT SOCIAL ISSUES	SOC 103 Intro to Sociology	3
FORENSIC SCIENCE	CRJ 107 Forensic Science	4
FUND. OF COLLEGE MATH	MAT 110 Topics of Math	3
HONORS ALGEBRA II	MAT 131 College Algebra	3
HONORS PRECALCULUS	MAT 141 Precalculus	3
HONORS SPANISH III	FOR 201 Intermediate Spanish I	3
HONORS SPANISH IV	FOR 251 Intermediate Spanish II	3
MARKETING	BUS 201 Principles of Marketing	3
HONORS STATISTICS	MAT 151 Statistics	3