Educational Opportunity Center at Montgomery College (EOC)
EOC is a free service providing admissions counseling, financial aid counseling, scholarship search, GED practice, career assessment and counseling, loan default guidance, FAFSA, assistance with selection of career schools, colleges and universities. Available to adults and high school students. Located in the Westfield South Office Building, 11002 Veirs Mill Rd (Suite 210) in Wheaton. Call 301-962-8943 for an appointment. Or E-Mail to tracee.goode@montgomerycollege.edu
FAFSA assistance:
- Request a pin BEFORE you complete your FAFSA on line. Go to this site ASAP. This way you can electronically sign your FAFSA on the web before it's submitted and get your results much faster. You will need to provide an email address. Go to www.pin.ed.gov To safeguard your PIN, go to www.pin.ed.gov
- A full list of what you need to complete the FAFSA; apply on line www.fafsa.us
- Free help completing FAFSA www.studentaid.ed.gov/completefafsa
- Create a free, personalized student account folder. Your personal account will allow you to do online college and scholarship searches. Go to www.federalstudentaid.ed.gov Click on "My FSA" icon
Student Loans:
- Get the publication "Repaying Your Student Loans." Go to www.federal studentaid.ed.gov/pubs
- For information about loan consolidation, go to www.loanconsolidation.ed.gov
Montgomery County Public Schools:
- http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/careercenter/
- http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/careercenter/financialaid/scholarships.aspx
Scholarship research ideas:
- Herblock Foundation.org for Montgomery College
- Sunshinelady.org for women victims of domestic abuse
- Rankinfoundation.org for low income women 35 and older
