empowerment21/p-20 initiative paying for college/financial aid/fafsa
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EmPowerment21/P-20 EmPowerment21/P-20 InitiativeInitiativePaying For College/Financial Aid/FAFSA
ADMISSIONS MATTERSADMISSIONS MATTERSiPad Presentation!!! Bowl Tickets…Reality Check Google Searches ExamplesStrategies To Get the Best Aid Packagehttp://www.OfftoCollege.com/FAFSA (
http://www.finaid.org/fafsa/video.phtml)Paying Taxes on Financial AidGov’t direct loan program (forgiveness 10-
yr)Military VA Scholarships – DependentsGood Websites to Review1-800-4-FED-AID or “hand-holding”10 Things You Gotta Know – revisited
Reality CheckReality Check$ Based On The People You Hang AroundDon’t Forget Why Education (Job or L/S?)Hot Majors (pg 38)HBCU/HSIPaying for College
◦Exact match (School Specific Scholarship)◦Not an exact match, BUT!!! ◦Find Schools who are looking for you◦Scholarship mining at schools you REALLY
want to attend
Strategies To Get Best Aid Strategies To Get Best Aid PkgPkgLay Your Groundwork Early (pg 84)Target Your ApplicationsAsk For AidDon’t Stop w/FAFSABeat The DeadlineWeigh The Aid Package (Ratio)Loans/Grants/Work
Study/EntrepreneursFinal OfferMind The Gap/Appeal
Google examples junior college scholarships texas
◦ Click “Texas Scholarship” and scroll to”◦ Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program (TASSP)
(not encouraging you to join the military, but some of you are going to, SO….!!!)
xerox scholarship◦ Shell◦ IBM, etc.
Google Search IdeasGoogle Search Ideas
Website Resources to Website Resources to ReviewReview 5 Reasons why scholarships are essential
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/the-scholarship-coach/2011/7/7/5-reasons-why-scholarships-are-essential.html
Paying for college http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college
Where should I start my search? http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-admissions-experts/2011/05/18/where-should-i-start-my-scholarship-search
Twitter Handles for scholarships http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/the-scholarship-coach/2012/08/02/10-more-twitter-handles-for-scholarship-seekers
More Website Resources to More Website Resources to ReviewReview Paying for college without going broke
https://www.google.com/search?q=paying+for+college+without+going+broke&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari
Paying for college without parentshttp://www.ehow.com/how_5967061_pay-college-parents.html
http://money.msn.com/saving-money-tips/post.aspx?post=fdb60dc9-015a-45a5-bc97-5e90f5d1e4c6
Financial Aid
Wikihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_financial_aid_in_the_United_States
Review the outline (esp "No-Loan financial aid”)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholarship