Scholarships & Financial Aid

Welcome to an incredible school year, Seniors of 2026!! We have compiled this newsletter to help guide you through reliable sources for scholarships and deadlines. As you follow along, you will find opportunities and guidance for not only scholarships, but other relevant opportunities to help you on your path after your HHS graduation. We want our newlsetter to be a helpful resource so please stop in with any questions you have regarding resources in the newsletter or other concerns regarding your college and career search!

Attention HHS Seniors and their parents/guardians!!!! Please join us for our Financial Aid Night on Monday, August 25th at 6PM in the Great Hall. A completed FAFSA submission is what determines your eligibilty for some types of financial aid for college. This will be a very helpful presentation by INvested, the experts for Indiana students on the FAFSA. Representatives from INvested will be here to answer your questions about FAFSA and help guide you through the process which will begin with step one at this event. All seniors are strongly encouraged to attend as you will be walked through the process of establishing your FAFSA account. Please bring your charged Chromebook, social security number and any questions you have about how the financial aid process works. We will offer a second session to complete your FAFSA later this Fall, but in order to proceed to that, you need to complete your FAFSA account setup which we will do on 8/25/25.

College Board is a non-profit organization that develops and administers standardized tests that are promoted here at HHS for college readiness. These tests include the PSAT and the SAT. But College Board is so much more than that for students! Their website is a hib for all things college and career where you can find resourses to help you find a college, apply for scholoarships and learn about career opportunities. You will need to create an account when you first visit the page so that you can create a personalized profile and experience. This account is not already created or synched for you with any HHS affiliation, so make sure you use an email that is not your Google account through Hobart HIgh School. CollegeBoard is your one stop shop for scholarship search and career guidance.

BigFuture™ is home to so much more than just our College Search tool. Use the following free BigFuture tools to guide students on their college-going journey and to increase equity and access in your school. Big FUture is your planning tool for College and Career planning and is brought to you by College Board.

College Board offers checklists for every grade level. It's never too early to start working towards scholarship money! Click your current grade level below to get started!

9th grade - 10th grade - 11th grade - 12th grade

The Lilly scholarship is a full-tuition scholarship for four years at any Indiana private or public university. Six students in Lake County receive the scholarship; Hobart HS can only nominate one student. The scholarship cannot be used out-of-state, so it is highly recommended to only apply for this if you plan to attend college in Indiana.

2025 Criteria Required for a Student to Apply:

Graduating senior from an accredited high school in Lake County, Indiana

Resident of Lake County, Indiana

Plan to attend a full-time baccalaureate course of study in the fall of 2026 at an accredited Indiana college/university

Unweighted GPA of 3.25

Student MUST reside in Lake County, Indiana AND attend high school in Lake County, Indiana

For more information & to access the online application: https://legacyfdn.org/scholarships/lilly-endowment-scholarship/

To download our application guide (attached): https://legacyfdn.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2026-LECSP-Application-Scholarship-Guide.pdf

The deadline is September 25th.

Attention Brickies!!! Louie's Tux shop is sponsoring their annual Model search this Fall! They will select 20 students locally for a photo shoot and two students will recieve a $1000 scholarship! There are already students from Lowell, Andrean and Lake Central High School; HHS needs representation!! Click on the link below to sign up today!

Each year, the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation awards 150 college scholarships worth $20,000 to high school students across the United States through the Coca-Cola Scholars Program.

Students need a 3.0 GPA and to complete an online application that requires no essays, no recommendations, and no transcripts by September 30, 2025, at 5 p.m. Eastern.

We hope to see applications from your school this year!

The 2025-26 application is open to high school seniors until 5 p.m. Eastern on September 30, 2025.