The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) has developed materials for financial aid administrators, high school counselors, and other interested parties to use when conducting financial aid night presentations. The 2008-09 presentation script and PowerPoint presentation have been streamlined to provide students and families with the information they need about financial aid without overwhelming them. For example, NASFAA has eliminated the detailed discussion of Federal Methodology. The title of the new presentation is What You Need to Know about Financial Aid.

The presentation guide is no longer a full script. Instead, it assumes that the presenter is familiar with the Title IV programs and application process, and presents key points in a bulleted format to guide the presenter through the presentation. The new presentation guide also recommends that presenters provide members of the audience with copies of the 2008-09 FAFSA on the Web Worksheet and the Student Aid Program Summary Chart to use as references during the presentation.

NASFAA has also streamlined the accompanying PowerPoint presentation. Since the audience will have the FAFSA on the Web Worksheet during the presentation, we have eliminated the hard to view screen captures of the worksheet from the slides.

NASFAA is pleased to make available for the first time supplemental presentation materials. These materials address specific topics and may be used in conjunction with the What You Need to Know about Financial Aid presentation or as a stand alone presentation, depending on the needs of your audience. Click here for the supplemental presentation materials.

These materials include:

• Guide to Planning and Conducting a Financial Aid Night, describing all the steps on how to set up an informative financial aid night
• What You Need to Know about Financial Aid, is a financial aid night presentation that goes with the PowerPoint slide show (below) that provides the basic information students and parents need to know when applying for financial aid. The presentation and slide show follow the format of the FAFSA on the Web Worksheet.
  
• Handouts to help students and parents through the financial aid process [PDFs below].

Financial Aid Night PowerPoint slideshow and "What You Need to Know about Financial Aid" presentation:

• PowerPoint slideshow

• Presentation in MS Word format

The handouts for downloading and printing are:

• Student Aid Program Summary(describes eligibility requirements and features of student aid programs)
  
• Financial Aid Application Checklist (running list of necessary actions with space fo/FANightr the student to enter due dates and to check off accomplished items)
  
• Application Form Tracking Worksheet (tracks each school's application and documentation requirements for aid)
  
• Cost of Attendance Comparison Worksheet (lays out and compares attendance costs for each school under consideration; focuses student's expectations to realistic levels)
  
• Award Package Comparison Worksheet (guides the family and counselor in comparing aid packages from different schools)
  
• Financial Aid Consultants and Scholarship Search Services Fact Sheet(helps avoid unnecessary and costly reliance on paid consultants to obtain help and advice that is available at no charge)
  
• Sample Scholarship Inquiry Letter (suggests how a student might inquire about financial aid from a private organization)
• Tips for Foster Youth
  

Supplemental Presentation Materials

• Looking for Financial Aid Information: Don't Get Hooked by Misleading Offers is a PowerPoint presentation that discusses common financial aid and scholarship scams and where to find legitimate information about financial aid and scholarships. The presentation is accessible in two ways:

  You can view the on-line PowerPoint presentation or download the slide show [right click on “download” followed by “save target as” or “save link as”] and run it using PowerPoint software.

  Please note that there is no script or guide that accompanies this presentation.

  We hope these presentations materials are useful to you and your students and parents. Comments or questions about the contents of theses materials should be addressed to Connie McCormick at mccormickc@NASFAA.org. Technical questions about downloading should be addressed to Roland Zizer at zizerr@NASFAA.org

  Best wishes for a successful Financial Aid Night!

  Your feedback on these materials is invited. Click here to complete a brief online Evaluation Form.

   Updated December 4, 2007