FAFSA/ORSAA
True or False: You only submit a FAFSA/ORSAA during your senior year of high school
What is False
How many OSAC Scholarships are available each year?
What is over 600.
How many college credits will the Oregon Promise Pay for?
What are the first 90 attempted college credits
How many college/universities participate with Common Application?
What is 1090.
What students are eligible for the ORSAA?
What are undocumented Oregon students
When answering the OSAC essay questions, what is the most important part of the question to answer?
What is the "why/what did you learn" or second part of the question.
Name 2 strategies for completing scholarships
What are 1) Set a regular time each week you will complete a scholarship application, 2) Set a time for how long you will search, 3) Pick one and complete the application, 4) Follow the directions! Spell/Grammar Check!, 5) Apply Early! Apply Often! 6) Create a Scholarship List
What is Early Decision?
What is apply early to first choice college; decision is generally binding.
What is the first thing we recommend you obtain before beginning the FAFSA application?
What is FSA ID number
True or False: Students can only use their OSAC Scholarships in Oregon.
What is False
Many OSAC Scholarships are portable out of state
Name 3 scholarship search engines
What are
Bold, Going Merry, Niche, Scholarships.com, Appily, Scholarships 360, fastweb, CollegeBoard, Oregon Goes to College. Other answers may be acceptable.
How do you know what scholarships are available at colleges/universities you are applying to?
What does the FAFSA acronym stand for?
What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid
True or False: Oregon students can only apply for OSAC Scholarships for undergraduate studies.
What is False
You may complete it for all levels of college work: two-year, undergrad, graduate
What is required to fill out in addition to the OSAC Scholarship application and Oregon Promise?
What is FAFSA/ORSAA
What is a net price calculator?
What is a calculator available on a college’s or university’s website and allow prospective students to enter information about themselves to find out what students like them paid to attend the institution in the previous year, after taking grants and scholarship aid into account.
After you submit the FAFSA, what are the two things that will happen next?
What are
1) receive a confirmation email (review carefully) with estimated Pell Grant eligibility & Student Aid Index,
and
2) FAFSA Submission Summary (with 4 parts)
When is the deadline to submit your OSAC Scholarship
What is March 3, 2025
What is the name of the undergraduate scholarship available to promising Oregon high school seniors or recent high school graduates who work hard, have significant financial need and face barriers to higher education?
What is the Ford Family Foundation Scholarship?
What are the 7 public universities in Oregon?
What are OSU, PSU, U of O, WOU, SOU, EOU, & OIT
What grant funds the ORSAA?
What is the Oregon Opportunity Grant, Oregon's largest state-funded, need-based grant program for college students.