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MoneyBoss: Your Guide to Personal Finance and Entrepreneurship: Finances and College Transfer

Resources to help you with budgeting, saving, credit, starting a business, investing and more.

Finances and College Transfer


graph of average total cost of one year of college at four-year institutions by schol type and living situation, 2022-2023

Scholarships from organizations outside of college

For those who wish to conduct your own scholarship searches, you may want to try the following free scholarship search tools. You can usually narrow down your search to whether you're already in college or just graduating high school, your ethnic group, field of study, and more.

Note: The use of any scholarship search that charges a fee is not recommended.

FAFSA

What is FAFSA?
The FAFSA is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. You complete this application to apply for financial aid grants, scholarships and loans.
  • Follow the FAFASA checklist of documents to gather
  • To apply or renew your annual FAFSA go to studentaid.gov
  • Answer state financial aid questions towards the end of the FAFSA application to receive NYS financial aid
CUNY Financial Aid Checklist
[] Complete FAFSA
[] Check CUNYfirt To-Do List and Holds
[] Submit documents requested on CUNYfirst
[] Check your LaGuardia email
[] View your financial aid on CUNYFirst Student Center
 
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Saving and Spending in College

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