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FAFSA
Montana Trivia
Important Dates
Financial Aid Types
Scholarships
100
Necessary step to receive any Federal Grants, Subsidized or Unsubsidized Stafford Loans or other financial aid.
What is fill out the FAFSA?
100
The Treasure State
What is Montana's nickname?
100
December 1st, 2016
When is the priority deadline for most colleges in Montana and the U.S.?
100
Financial aid that is awarded on a financial need basis that does not have to be paid back.
What is a grant?
100
This is the most common type of scholarship and is generally awarded based on GPA, extra curricular activities, and ACT/SAT test scores.
What is an academic scholarship?
200
You use this to sign and submit your FAFSA.
What is the FSA ID?
200
This was the first national park in the nation.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
200
October 1st, 2016
When is the date you can start filling out a FAFSA?
200
This type of financial aid is not awarded based on financial need, but needs to be paid back.
What is an unsubsidized loan?
200
Scholly, Fastweb, Cappex, CollegeNET...
What are places to apply for scholarships online?
300
The FAFSA needs to be completed this often.
What is every year?
300
This contains over 200 square miles of water and 185 miles of shoreline. It is considered the largest natural freshwater lake in the west.
What is Flathead Lake?
300
October 31st through November 4th, 2016
When is Montana College Application Week?
300
This type of financial aid requires finding a job, generally on-campus.
What is work study?
300
A scholarship type based on who you are or where you are from.
What is demographic scholarship type?
400
This allows students and parents to transfer tax information from the IRS directly into the FAFSA.
What is the IRS Data Retrieval Tool?
400
The only North American gem to be included in the Crown Jewels of England.
What is the Montana Yogo Sapphire?
400
May 21st, 2017
When is Butte Central's graduation day?
400
Financial aid awarded on a financial need basis that needs to be paid back, but does not accrue interest while the student is in school.
What is a subsidized loan?
400
This is like scholarship but can only be used on a portion or all of your tuition.
What is a tuition waiver?
500
This is the number the FAFSA uses to determine how much financial aid your are eligible to receive.
What is EFC or Expected Family Contribution?
500
A suspected notorious outlaw that was sheriff of Bannack and constructed the first jail in what is now Montana.
Who is Henry Plummer?
500
Generally these deadlines are anytime between December 1st and February 1st.
When are scholarship application deadlines at individual schools?
500
Financial aid that is awarded to the parent to help the student pay for college.
What is a parent PLUS loan?
500
Scholarship program that awards students for demonstrating what they know through the use of internet-based quiz competitions.
What is the Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation.