Financial Aid Information

Each year the Counseling Office hosts a Financial Aid Information night.

The biggest thing to know is to get started early and don't miss deadlines!  Deadlines for admission may be different than deadlines for financial aid.  

Both presentations are on the Chattahoochee High School website.  Here they are as well:

Financial Aid Information Part 1: GSFC Presentation click here
Financial Aid Information Part 2:  CHS Presentation click here 

There is some overlap in the presentation, but all good information.

On the CHS counseling page, there are scholarships that are posted.  The nominated scholarships are very specific and competitive.  Any student interested must complete the information by the deadline.  Here is the link for nominated scholarships:  Nominated Scholarships Link

Here is the list of all scholarships that are sent to us in Alphabetical order: Hooch Scholarship List

We highly recommend joining the Hooch Twitter, Facebook, and Edmodo pages.  All information is posted on social media as soon as it becomes available.  If a student has not joined the "class of..." Edmodo page which is structured through the counseling office, they should do so.  The codes are located in the counseling office right in front of Mrs. Cochran's desk.  They change every two weeks.  Edmodo codes cannot be sent via email.  Once a student joins a group, they will remain a member through graduation.  They do not have to rejoin each year.  If a parent would like to be part of their child's Edmodo group, the student must send the link to their parents for them to join as well.  A lot of information is sent through Edmodo.

Other helpful information (image below).  When thinking about "financial aid", it is not just loans.  Any money given to a student to assist in paying for college is considered financial aid such as loans, grants, institutional aid, HOPE, Zell Miller, other scholarships, etc.  This is also an excellent resource for scholarship information:  College Scholarships Link

Please reach out to your child's counselor if you have questions.  Some things we can answer, some things you really need to talk directly to the college financial aid office or directly to Georgia Student Finance Commission.