senior parent guide can you believe they are a senior?
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Senior Parent Guide
Can you believe they are a senior?
Training
• Do you think you’ll start out by working next year?
• Applying to an apprenticeship program?• Earning a vocational certificate?• A two year associates degree?• Pursuing a bachelor’s degree?
Apprenticeship Programs
• Alaska Apprenticeship Information:• http://www.aatca.org/
Vocational Certificates
• UAA Certificates: http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/academics/degrees/certificates.cfm
• UAF:• http://www.uaf.edu/catalog/current/majors.h
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Interested in the military?
• Have you talked with a recruiter yet?• Army: http://www.army.mil/• Air Force: http://www.af.mil/• Navy: http://www.navy.mil/• Marines: http://www.marines.com/home• National Guard:
http://www.nationalguard.mil/• Coast Guard: http://www.uscg.mil/
Career Cruising
• A great tool for students to research career interests and options
• http://public.careercruising.com/us/en• Note the SAT/ACT prep software within
Financial Aid
• www.crsd.us; Guidance & Counseling Page-scholarship/special program information
• Merit based aid…Need based aid…• Grants & Loans• Alaska Commission on Post-Secondary
Education—note the students/parents tab: http://acpe.alaska.gov/
• FAFSA: http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
Financial Aid (con.)
• UA Online (uaonline.alaska.edu)• UA System Scholarship Deadline: Feb. 15th
• http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/scholarships/
Anchorage College & Career Fair
• http://www.eoccareerfair.com/• October 20-21
Western Undergraduate Exchange
• http://www.wiche.edu/wue
College Planning Timeline
• http://www.petersons.com/college-search/~/link.aspx?_id=DE05E09B75A94C3CB154E328693F8730&_z=z