• Financial Aid
• Financial Aid Awards
• Grants and Scholarships
• Outside Scholarships

Outside Scholarships

Reporting Outside Scholarships

Federal regulations require that all outside scholarships and grants be considered as a financial resource. As a result, you must report all outside resources to the Financial Aid Office, in writing, as soon as you are aware of them. If you do not report these other resources, you may have to repay funds received from the College.

Please have outside scholarship funds sent to the Financial Aid Office. The Financial Aid Office will assist with enrollment verification if required by the donor. Outside scholarship checks should be made payable to Occidental College. Be sure to include your name on all correspondence.

Changes to Financial Aid

Outside scholarships will first reduce need-based loans, followed by your work award as required by federal and state law. However, if grants and scholarships exceed total financial need and you have no work award or need-based loan eligibility (as determined by the Financial Aid Office), an adjustment to a grant or scholarship must be made.

Outside scholarships are not allowed to reduce or replace your calculated family contribution. Non-need-based loans are not affected by this policy as long as the total compensation of any need-based and non-need-based aid does not exceed the total cost of attendance.

Outside Scholarship Opportunities

There are many resources available online to search for outside scholarships:

• Cappex Scholarship Search
• FastWeb
• Scholarship Experts

The Financial Aid Office also receives various scholarship notifications from organizations and foundations that have scholarship opportunities for our students.