Additional Resources
College Application Help:
- NC Residency Determination – Everyone must complete this before applying to a NC community college or university. Record your determination number in a safe place for future use in college applications.
- Common App Account Creation – Create your commonapp account using the link below. Many schools, especially the larger ones, use this electronic application site. I can submit your transcript here also if your school uses this for applications.
- Finalize College Application Essays (Video)
- Common App Essay Prompts
- Common App Essays Brainstorm 2026-27
- Essay Red Flags (Video)
Scholarship Tools & Resources:
- Scholly Scholarships by Sallie – A FREE tool for students to easily search through thousands of scholarships based on your background, major, state you live in, and more.
- Niche – Find College Scholarships
- Raise Me – Scholarship Finding Service
- Horatio Alger Association – Various Scholarships
- Big Future – Scholarship Directory
- Scholarships – Scholarship search website
- Scholarship America – Scholarship search website
- Cumberland County Scholarships – Local Scholarships
- HBCU Connect – HBCU Scholarships & Grants Directory
- Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Funds – 2026-2027 Scholarships
- Finnie – Scholarship Finder with Common App compatibility
- bold.org – Scholarship Finder
- CareerOneStop – Government Database Scholarship Finder
- CollegeXpress – Scholarship Search
- fastweb – Scholarship Search
- appily – College Planning Platform & Scholarship Database
Financial Aid:
College Articles:
College Application Tips and Suggestions, Selecting the College That’s Best for You , and CLEP Testing: How and When is CLEP a Good Idea.