Scholarships are one of two forms of financial aid that do not need to be repaid. They are awarded based on a student's academic or athletic achievement, demographic, cultural or religious background, or special skills and talents.
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If you're an adult who is thinking about getting more education to make a better life for yourself and your family, you're not alone. More and more adults are improving their skills and learning new skills by enrolling in college. And for good reason.
If you think you can’t afford to go to college, think again! Financial aid has helped millions of students pay for their education beyond high school. In fact, just last year, and estimated 13 million students received $150 billion in aid.
Helping and encouraging students to plan for college is an important part of what you do as a school counselor. It ensures that your students are college or career ready, and it provides a critical step in safeguarding those students’ postgraduate dreams come true.
With the rising cost of college tuition, high school students are often looking for ways to cut costs in their journeys after graduating from high school.
Your college journey is starting! As exciting as this phase in your life should be, the process can also feel a bit confusing and stressful. So, it’s no surprise that you may depend on your parents and counselors to advise you about your career and college options.
For many high school seniors, the college application process can be expensive, difficult to navigate, and full of anxiety. Too often, students will self-select out of applying to college, based on the cost of applications and uncertainty of whether they will be accepted.
Once you’ve begun your college search and identified several schools you’re excited about, the next step is start narrowing down these options. Weighing the pros and cons of each will help you get closer to making a final decision you feel confident in.
Transfer pathways are a mechanism colleges use to make it easy to start at a two-year college and transfer to a four-year institution. Most two-year colleges will have a number of four-year colleges they have pathways with. These pathways are designed to save you money and time.
Enrolling in a credential- or degree-granting college or university can open exciting opportunities.