Contact your bank (can usually get a better interest rate than a student loan)
1-800-4-FED-AID
Fill out the FAFSA form (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). This cannot be done with out a current income tax form. For information on how to fill this out correctly-
2009-10 Compendium of Texas Colleges and Financial Aid Calendar Now Available
The Texas Comptroller's Office and the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation have released this year's online version of the Compendium of Texas Colleges and Financial Aid Calendar. Students, parents, school counselors, teachers and others can now review important information about Texas colleges and universities on the Comptroller's Every Chance, Every Texan Web site. The Compendium contains a list of colleges and universities in the State of Texas, admission requirements, total expenses for an academic year, financial aid data and related information, helpful hints to the college bound, together with a Calendar of various scholarship deadlines arranged by months.
