SCHOLARSHIPS
GENERAL INFORMATION
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SHS Students Services will update the Scholarship Bulletin once a month. Please know this is just a small sampling of the hundreds of scholarships out there.
The best source for scholarship information is always the financial aid office of the college/university you wish to attend. Four free sites we recommend for scholarship searches are:
- CFNC
- Scholarships.com
- Fastweb
- bigfuture.collegeboard.org
- Going Merry
- For more WCPSS Scholarships, visit http://www.scholarshipplus.com/wake/
SENIORS / CLASS OF 2025
SCHOLARSHIPS BULLETIN
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Scroll through the SHS Student Services scholarship bulletin to find more scholarship opportunities. The bulletin will be updated at least every other week during the school year.
LARGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
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Are you interested in applying for any of these large scholarship programs?
- Morehead-Cain at UNC-Chapel Hill https://www.moreheadcain.org/
- Park Scholar at North Carolina State University https://park.ncsu.edu/
- Levine Scholar at UNC-Charlotte https://levinescholars.charlotte.edu/
All three of these competitive full-ride scholarship programs now allow self-nominations. Please visit their websites soon to learn about their application process and deadlines. Some are very soon! Contact your school counselor if you have any questions.
FINANCIAL AID
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FAFSA website: http://fafsa.gov
Residency Determination Service: https://ncresidency.cfnc.org/residencyInfo/pdf/RDSBasicsHS.pdf
It is a great idea to fill out the FAFSA and the RDS at the same time since they require some of the same information.
All students who plan to attend a community college or a 4 year public college/university in North Carolina will be required to complete the Residency Determination Service forms. These are required forms to determine your residency for in-state tuition. This form can ONLY be filled out through the College Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC) website. For that reason, you must create a CFNC account if you do not have one already. Additionally, all official transcripts must be sent to in-state schools (both 2 year and 4 year) through CFNC's Transcript Manager function.
FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE
We have a financial aid advisor at Sanderson on Wednesdays from 8am-12pm. Mary Ann Norwood is available to meet with students and parents. To make an appointment, students and parents can email Mrs. Norwood at mnorwood@wcpss.net. Mrs. Norwood will also be visiting each Senior English class each semester to talk about financial aid.
RESOURCE
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